i was wondering if the 12000k bulb is bright? and will cops *** with me?

 

muahahah i dont think u can see **** with 12000K

 

yea 12000 cops will **** with you. too blue. the closer u get to the sun's light, the brighter. think of hid brightness as a "U" graph that peaks at the sun's kelvin

 

how about the purpleish bulbs? how bright are those.. and again.. will cops *** with me?

 

If the light emitted is not white, than it is not as bright as it can be.

You need to read up, here are some keywords:

glare
light focus
light spectrum
kelvin temperature
lumens
difference between kelvin and lumens

etc.

 

yea basically from my experience cops will eye you more carefully if your bulbs are any color but yellow/white.

 

I see most people leaning towards the 6,000 - 6,500 temps

 

basically the higher the kelvins the lower the lumens. lumens is a measurement of the actual light output of the bulb, where as kelvins is a measure of the temperature that the gas burns at.

if you want performance...OEM or REAL H.I.D. (below 6000k) is the way to go, although these so called HID kits are not really made for our cars. Our reflector housings will send the light everywhere including the eyes of oncoming traffic. HID requires a housing with a very distinct low cut-off. Most HID housings are projectors.

also, the halogen bulbs that claim HID are just a blue tinted lens that hinders light output. Just think about it, light traveling through a clear window is brighter than light coming through that limosine tint that you rode in for senior prom.

so when they claim higher kelvin, it's just darker blue tint on the lens...which takes more and more usable lumens away.

 

and blue lights are outdated too

the best effect is to go with hid's with retros. you get many different colors from a bright warm white to blues and purples depending on angle. ex: bmw

even without hid's you still get that effect, the light is just not as bright. i used to have an old bmw and i put some nice piaa's on it, and it reflects yellow/white/blueish

 

well i currently have the catz 4300k system in my car right now.. guess i should just keep those bulbs in there

 

and might I add, there are a few HUGE retro-fit threads floating around HT

 

Don't 12k hid capsule put out a pinkish light? Flamin!!

 

Yup, 4100k is your best performing bulb out there.

Here a chart to illustrate how the higher you go in kelvin the lower your lumen or output. As you can clearly see, the white area is more of a sunlight natural light color, thus this area is right where 4100k comes in to play. Anything higher gets more purple and darker.