Volts, watts, and fog lamps

[2amlogic]

So I picked up a cheap pair of low and high beam headlights, mostly white, slight blue, 6000k. Love 'em. Thought I would get fog lights while I was at it. Bought some silverstars from autozone and installed them, and even though they were "8000k", they turned out amber. Pretty much the same as my stock. So I got another cheap set off ebay, thinking it worked out pretty good with the headlights, but even those fogs were amber, though slightly whiter than the stock. I have a 300 Touring, is there maybe a wattage thing or something I need to consider? I mean, the second set I bought, the bulb itself was blue, but no hint of blue and hardly white. Argh! It's really not a big deal, I don't care too much and I'll just slap the silverstars back in because they seem to be reputable - that way when I need the lights for actual use in fog I should hopefully be able to depend on them. It's just a little frustrating, you know?

Also, what does the "k" stand for when we are talking color?

[DYNAMITE44]

k stands for kelvin. kelvin is a system of measuring heat, like degrees or centegrade. when they say 8000K, they're talking about a heat range of up to 8,000 kelvin, or at least that's what i've heard. i could be wrong though.

i personally have hella headlight bulbs (low beams) and silverstar fogs.

the title of your thread mentioned volts and watts. all the factory bulbs run on 12v. the headlights are 55w from the factory, the fogs are 42 or 43 watts or some oddball number like that. i've got 65w headlight bulbs and 55w (maybe they're 65w) foglight bulbs installed currently. they're plenty-bright for me.

the fogs seem to be brighter than the headlights, but i beleive that's because the reflectors were never designed to accomodate such a bright bulb.

as far as something to match HIDs, i'd look in the big headlight thread. i think its a sticky actually.