i want to purchase some hids for my eg but i want to know is if i want white what number should i get cause i dont want to make the mistake and get the ones that look blue i just want plain white what number k should i get thanks

 

Factory white is a 5k if you want a blueish tint to the light the 8k is what you want.

 

Not to jack the thread, but is it true if u use hids with aftermarket plastic head lights. that the hids will melt the plastic head light???

 

well thats not 100 percent true as long as you have plug and play oem fit than no but if you are hacking up some TL ones that dont sit properly than yes it will sit wrong and melt the light.

 

so i don't want a blueish tint all i want is for the hid to look white and bright?

 

i would stay with 4-5k if your looking for white, i have 6k and they have a slight blue tint,

also they shouldn't melt your housing's....most every headlight is made of plastic these days,

 

yea cause i have te 8000k with plastic headlights thier blue and i never melted anything but the lower the number the whiter and brighter they are the higher the number the bluer until you hit 12000k then thier purple

 

ok i see what you guys so the lower the number the whiter they are

 

u can pull it off with 6k. butt 4-5k is prolly what ur looking for.

 

I have 4800k in my EK and they are WHITE! Real nice, I didn't want to get the ricer blue like everyone else in my city has. I'm also gonna be putting some OEM yellow fogs in here before too long, they're just sitting in my garage...

 

Yeah but 3000k will give you yellow...look on ebay at the HID kits, most of the sellers have an image of the differen Kelvin levels with the corresponding color, so it's easy to pick out which ones you want...

 

sorry to edit my post ^^ he is correct with the yellow at 3000K

 

my buddy had an 08 altima with 4000k and it was super white! I personally have 6000k which is mostly white with just a slight hint of blue, I love it!

Basically it goes kind of like this
Below 4000k = starting to get yellow
4000k = very white
6000k = mostly white with little blue
8000k = starting to very blue, very noticeable
10000k = very very strong blue, way too noticeable
12000k = starting to get purple

here is my civic with 6k

 

You're gonna blind the hell outta everyone.

 

4300k are white
6000k are crystal white, little, just little bit to blue
8000k are blue
10000 blue
12000 purple

i recommend 4300k or 6000k, 6000k i like better, but visibility is 5% worse than 4300k

 

okay so 6000 are white with just a hint of blue but does anyone have a pic of 4000 k to see how it looks

 

well if 3k is yellow im thinking 4k is yellow with a hint of white

 

Pictures are taken from Google , they are not mine!



4300k on Honda


6000k on Honda

 

nope 4300 is pure white

have a look to this Kelvin scale

http://www.gshid.com/?page=faq#Kelvins