I am buying HID for my R
Wondering if anyone has pics of their 12000k HID on R or

8000k , 6000k ,

IS XTEC a good brand and anyone has it?

 

I must ask why? From what I have researched, the visible light that is put out by the 12000K HID bulbs is lower on the spectrum of visible light when compaired to the other lower numbers. The bulb indeed does burn hotter than the 5000K and the 6000K but the visible light is poorer than those two respectively. The 12000K light on the spectrum is like a dull purple where as the 5000K and the 6000K bulbs are more in the middle of the spectrum and put out the "white light" and "ice blue" light that we are familiar with. After 5000K the light visible light waves produced actually gets worse as you go up in tempurature. So just because it's 12000K, doesn't make it the best. I would definately not recommend these for driving at night. You'd be better off holding a flashlight out your window.

I hope this explanation helped.

Aloha,
Brandon

 

Mag light out the window > 12K HID

 

4300
5000
6000 i think this is perfect, some blue but still nice and bright
8000 kind of dark
above 8000 night time owns you

 

Not sure if it's just hear say but, supposedly the higher kelvin HID's are supposed to melt Integra headlights.

 

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lolz.

i'd stick with 4300k or 6000k.
i have 4300 k And i luv it

 

i had 8k mini cooper hid's in my teg' and they were just perfect... planning on picking up some 6k hid's for the wrx...

 

I would stay away from anything but Philips or Osram/Sylvania HIDs. Too many horror stories about yellowing, short-life, and crappy light output. 4300 and 6000 are the only good HIDs. 4300 = 3200 lumens...about triple what the stock 9006 bulbs put out.

 

i would definitely stay away from 12k hid kit.
higher # doesn't mean better lighting. i have a 4300 from an audi a6 and i think it looks great while putting out tons of great light. don't believe me? see for yourself:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=905139

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1090042

 

I rock an infinity m45 retro, and i love it. 4300.

You wont need more than 6000