is it 4300K, 7000K, 8000K?? does anyone know?

 

i've been wondering the same thing. i would think they are the 4300K, but there seems to be a noticeable amount of blue in them, so maybe 5000K? hope someone provides the info.


[Modified by 330R, 12:13 PM 8/18/2002]

 

Honda uses Osram bulbs.....4300k. The blue is only because of the projector design. I have the projectors from a BMW X5 and I test fitted my 4300K Philips bulbs in them. I got the nice OEM blue. All that has to happen now is for me to find the time to crack my Integra headlights open to swap projectors

 

so to duplicate that color in an ITR what temp HID's should I get????

 

You can't do it by using an HID bulb, you need the entire housing. I suggest that you try to get some S2k projector housing and retrofit them into your integra housings

 

that sounds DAMN expensive

 

how much did it cost to get the projectors from an x5?

 

?

 

Anyway to retrofit the audi housings to an integra? How would it be done?

Jon

 

The projectors were free, thanks to a generous ITR owner who works at BMW.....
It is an easy retrofit to do, and the Audi projectors would be the best candidate as they are the smallest.

 

must....not........give in.......Must not go searching in junkyards...ARGhhHHHH!

 

Funny, I asked an S2K owner the same question today.

 

I really want the look of the Audi HID in my ITR. Do I just need to call the dealership and ask how much the HID headlight projectors are?

Could someone give me a list of the parts I would need to have the audi look? When you say "projector" what exactly is that?

Sorry if I seem neive.
Jon

 

You don't want to do that...they will give you a really big number $$$$$. I'm guessing $2000 for the headlight housings with HID ballasts built in.

 

a better suggesttion? just go wiht the 6000k kit?

Jon

 

Let me ask you guys a question...what are the units used when identifying different types of HID bulbs/systems?

I KNOW that those bulbs do NOT burn at 6000K (the K meaning either Kelvins or the abbreviation for kilo=1000). FYI, 6000 Kelvins would be equivalent to 10,340.33 degrees Farenheit. That would melt just about anything. Therefore, I highly doubt it is a measure of temperature.

Is it just an arbitrary system used to identify different types of HID systems?

Anybody have an answer to this?

-kenji

 

kenji:

6000k or 4300k,...etc refer to the color output or color temp of the light emitted by the arc. Not the actual temperature as a unit of heat.

the HID's "burn" at 35watts. standard halogen burn at 55w.

 

thats what i was wondering too.

 

Soup ****,

I understand that the 'k' does not refer to temperature. The reason I mentioned it is because the first post in this thread referred to temperature and I wanted to clarify that there is no way that the bulbs could emit such energy to produce that much heat.

So you are saying the different numbers along with the 'k' identify the color of the light emitted by the HID assembly, correct?

Is there some sort of scale or units that this system is based upon?

I am probably just putting too much thought into this. But, I am curious what those numbers and the k mean.

Rboosted717 should have some insight. He has approximately 4 million sets of HID bulbs to his collection.

-kenji

 

Explaing K (Kelvin) will involve physics, astronomy and photographic science. A search on Google yielded the following results:

http://3drender.com/glossary/colortemp.htm
http://www.adobe.com/support/techgui...ory/light.html
http://www.tvtechnology.com/features...rh-white.shtml
http://www.sunspot.noao.edu/sunspot/...mperature.html
http://edu.kde.org/kstars/handbook/ai-colorandtemp.html
http://www.mira.org/fts0/stars/114/txt001w.htm
http://www.malvern.inuk.com/temperature/
http://www.goodoffices.com/light_facts/temperature.asp
http://library.wolfram.com/webMathem...nomy/Blackbody
http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

I think this is more than enough to explain how Kelvin and color temperature are related.

HTH


[Modified by Fluoxetine HCL, 2:15 PM 8/19/2002]

 

I have the Phillips 4300k kit, if i wanted the 5000k or 6000k bulbs do i need to change the ballast too or can i just swap the bulbs?

 

Fluoxetine HCL,

I am aware of Kelvin being used as a unit for measure of temperature. But, I was unaware of it as a unit for measure of "color temperature".

Thanks for the links.

-kenji