Blue tinge to lights

[Ari]

I've not got xenons, but at night when my cars lights illuminate roadsigns there is a definite blue tinge to the edges of the lit up bit. I've never had this with previous cars so it is definitely these lights that are different.

I thought only xenons did this blue tinge thing?

[AZURES3]

I did not order Xenons as the standard car has Ellipsoidal gas headlights anyway and they seem good enough to me, they also give a blue tinge. I would not pay £750 for different lights however good they are. Thats BOSE and a wind deflector

AZ

[Paul]

I bet you have a magnifying glass type globe in your headlight that the light shines through. (at work we just call them modules)

Same effect as passing light through a prism.

[Ari]

Ah, that'd be it then I reckon. Not an expert on lights (or much else!!)

Lights look like this:

[Paul]

Thats it. The Dipped beam on the RHS has the elipsoid glass, which is effectively a magnifying glass.

when you pass light throught it it has similar effect as a prism, and you get the blue/ rainbow tinge on the edges.

Oncoming traffic also get to see them twinkle as you ride over the bumps and the light moves.

[Ari]

COOL!!

Cheers Paul.

(And I knew taking a photo of my headlights would come in handy one day!!)