How powerful are the HID's on an s2000? I got 8000k HID's and I was wondering how many k's the s2000's headlights are.

 

4300k

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HondaTek &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How powerful are the HID's on an s2000? I got 8000k HID's and I was wondering how many k's the s2000's headlights are.</TD></TR></TABLE>

8000k puts out pretty colors and all but the best light output is in the 4 or 5 thousand range.

 

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8000k puts out pretty colors and all but the best light output is in the 4 or 5 thousand range. </TD></TR></TABLE>

8k HID will make your car look like them cool blue BS headlights you buy at pepboys


01 s2000 silverstone/red
91 mr2 turbo
93 del sol si

 

Get 10k, theyll look purple.

 

s2000 are using standard 4100k-4300k which gives the most light. The color you see is from the projector design and how it refracts the light at certain angles.

 

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Not completely true. The most light given from HID is 5700 kelvin, after that the color changes because of how the gases are burned inside the bulb. It's also true that the color changes due to the ION Crytstal inside the lenses of some cars, but the color differance between a 4500 to 12000 are very differant, from clear to blue to purple and to pink. I have used many aftermarket HID kits in the past from Xetronic to Hella and what I thought were to be the best were Hella. Now I'm testing a new brand called Kaixen. I am truelly convinced that they are the best I have ever used, completely plug and play. They are made in Korea. and the ballast is xtremely top of the line, hands down. The price for these HID kits are a little more but you can see the differance with the product and warrenty that you get.

 

ohh the colors

 

I think when you get down to it though...comparing the light coming from 4300k and 5700k is getting into nit picking...HID's just have great visibility period.

 

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depends. Some HIDs suck

 

But compared to regular halogen, i think we can all agree that you're better off with even some of the cheaper HID kits.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hypnosisracing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">But compared to regular halogen, i think we can all agree that you're better off with even some of the cheaper HID kits.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I wouldn't. A 12K HID kit in a reflector housing with shitty rebased bulbs.. I'd rather have more effective halogens.

But I was really talking about OEM HIDs, of which, audi TT HIDs are worse than Integra halogens.

I have often been tempting to convert to HID projectors from my integra halogen ones, but don't care quite enough.

 

Thats cool...i'll stick with HID's, luckily both of my cars have excellent setups.

 

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I would have to disagree with you. The cheap ones will break or cause a car fire with the bad ballasts. Go with quality over price. It's worth it in the long run.

 

For quality, I would go for OEM. And no, OEM does not just mean oem ballast and aftermarket bulbs sold in a kit. The best thing to do IMO is to get oem ballasts, bulbs, and projectors.

 

What number HID kit am I going to want to get 4100k-1200k? I have a 2000 integra GSR and I have projector stock headlamps with catz 4700k hid bulbs. Basicly what I want are HID's that are a blue color n that bounce/look just like the s2000 and EVO HID's!!! Let me know THANKS

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18cya00 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What number HID kit am I going to want to get 4100k-1200k? I have a 2000 integra GSR and I have projector stock headlamps with catz 4700k hid bulbs. Basicly what I want are HID's that are a blue color n that bounce/look just like the s2000 and EVO HID's!!! Let me know THANKS
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no matter which kelvin color temp you get, you will not get the color flicker. Luxury cars get the color flicker by the projectors which are designed for HIDs. 6000 or 8000k "kits" will give you a pretty decent SOLID color. But if you notice when you drive next to a S2K or a BMW, you will see that the light that put out on t he ground is pretty white(4100k D2S) and that the blue/purple color is a byproduct of the photons refracted off of the cutoff shield within the projector. Your best path is do do an OEM retrofit where you cutout your stock halogen projectors to stick in HID projectors such as those from S2000, TSX, A6, etc. I did a retro on my teg with E55 Bi-Xenons.

 

Has anyone try HID lights from this company? They have HID 10000k xenon for $226 only, lowest price i could find online.

http://www.tunermarket.com/Sea...11692

 

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no matter which kelvin color temp you get, you will not get the color flicker. Luxury cars get the color flicker by the projectors which are designed for HIDs. 6000 or 8000k "kits" will give you a pretty decent SOLID color. But if you notice when you drive next to a S2K or a BMW, you will see that the light that put out on t he ground is pretty white(4100k D2S) and that the blue/purple color is a byproduct of the photons refracted off of the cutoff shield within the projector. Your best path is do do an OEM retrofit where you cutout your stock halogen projectors to stick in HID projectors such as those from S2000, TSX, A6, etc. I did a retro on my teg with E55 Bi-Xenons.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I was thinking about buying some ITR headlamps, because they come stock with HID's n then just get the nicer HID kit, but How do u do what ur talking about? The cutting the stock halogen out...?

 

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I was thinking about buying some ITR headlamps, because they come stock with HID's n then just get the nicer HID kit, but How do u do what ur talking about? The cutting the stock halogen out...?</TD></TR></TABLE>

HIDs were an option on JDM Integras Type-R's. To use those you need the whole front end conversion, hood, fenders, core support, bumper, grill, lights, Gen2 Integra hood release, etc. USDM ITRs have the same headlight housings as your GS-R. Also, the stock JDM ITR setup is fine, no need to upgrade anything in it however it is setup for RHD countries which means you will blind oncoming drivers unless you point the drivers side quite a bit down. It's easier and far cheaper to use projectors out of A4s, A6s, E55s, etc and modify the USDM Integra headlight housings to accept those projectors instead of the OEM halogen projectors.

If you want that OEM look then retrofiting OEM HID Projectors with OEM HID bulbs (generally 4100-4300 k color) is what you need to do.

But really, converting to HIDs is for the functionality not looks right?

 

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HIDs were an option on JDM Integras Type-R's. To use those you need the whole front end conversion, hood, fenders, core support, bumper, grill, lights, Gen2 Integra hood release, etc. USDM ITRs have the same headlight housings as your GS-R. Also, the stock JDM ITR setup is fine, no need to upgrade anything in it however it is setup for RHD countries which means you will blind oncoming drivers unless you point the drivers side quite a bit down. It's easier and far cheaper to use projectors out of A4s, A6s, E55s, etc and modify the USDM Integra headlight housings to accept those projectors instead of the OEM halogen projectors.

If you want that OEM look then retrofiting OEM HID Projectors with OEM HID bulbs (generally 4100-4300 k color) is what you need to do.

But really, converting to HIDs is for the functionality not looks right? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yah I know they only come on the conversions i ment to put that i was getnt he front end conversion, but i didnt. Yah I kinda want to get some TL HID's outa an acura tl n modify my lights to make them work, but I dont know **** about it. I'm strictly engine n exterior n interior lol.

 

OK here's what you would need to do:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1140970

That thread pretty much tells it all. Also:
http://skafia.com/itr/hid/

The Mounting will vary from projector to projector. S2K projectors are in the high end and comes with the heavy price. Audi A6 are pretty affordable. Be sure to chech out HIDPLANET.com

 

So say if I got the Helios HID kit(4000-10000k) with my stock projectors, they wouldnt be the same? I just want the nice hid look(differant color when looking into the light, and the bounce).

 

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The stock integra projectors don't output a very nice beam pattern. If you really want a beam pattern like the s2k or other OEM HID cars, you need to retrofit the projectors into your housings. If all you are after is the purple bling and don't care about how bright your headlights are then get a set of 6000k's or something. You probably will not be able to get the "flicker" though because you will not have the sharp cutoff. There are a few cars with halogen projectors that do work well with HID kits (like the new subaru legacy GT) but the integra isn't one of them. The pics below are from my 98-00 integra projectors with a philips 4300k kit.