YEAH ! I got HID's for Christmas but I have never seen this brand before ----- HID PRO (in a black and green blox--Xenon Light Beam HID PRO conversion kit)... My girlfriend bought it for me and she got the 10,000K Purple 9600 type... I think the gift is awesome !!! ... But I just want to know if its a quality brand and just wondering what kind of visability I'll have on the road... It will probably be the purple Audi look but I want some good visability also---better than stock is good enough... Can someone post some pics of it please if they have the kit... I was gonna return it for the Philips 6000k kit ... thanks

Kit comes with:
-2 Hella brand ballast (made in Germany)
-2 HID Xenon burner
-2 sets of connector/wire bracket and relay


[Modified by spoonfed, 5:14 AM 12/26/2002]


[Modified by spoonfed, 7:32 AM 12/26/2002]

 

10,000K!!!!! holy crap. Thats gonna be purple much more than any Audi.

 

I am curious on the accuracy which these companies rate the Kelvin for their HIDs. 10,000k seems extreme for a HID kit. Personally I would get the 6000k or even the 4300k from Trevor at Visual Dynamics(not a plug).

BTW, I don't think that HID kit will be bright at all. It will be too purple to illuminate the objects that you are shining on.


[Modified by Chaze*R, 9:31 PM 12/25/2002]

 

It will be barney purple for sure.

 

i like purple lol

 

hahaha

 

you should see if you can exchange it for a 4300k kit.

that way it will throw more usable light on the road. the main purpose of HID's

 

Har har har

 

bump

 

man.... i got purple 9006's also. hope not everyone will run out and get them..

 

anything above 4300K is crap..dont waste your money on purple lights.. go buy PIAA's

 

Thats not very nice to say. What if he likes the HID's for the color? Not really the cheapest thing to do but his girlfriend just bought him a present and you trashed it?

not cool

 

are you going to install them and take pictures for us. I am curiouse of how well they light and the looks aspect of the whole thing.

 

make sure you got relays
without relays they won't go on sometimes and they could flicker off

 

I am curious also to see how they will look...

 

Sorry to say, but I have to agree with the other opinions.

Talk to your girlfriend and find out where she purchased this kit... exchange it for a 4300K D2S 9006 conversion kit, please! You won't be dissapointed.

 

I've been told when you put the 4300k up against the 5200k and 6000k that it makes the 4300k look yellow.
What about the 7000k from Hella (I've even heard they have 12000k)? They seem to be bright white with a little purple?

The way I understand it (From my research on HID's) is that 5200k is the brightest output that you'd have (3200 lumens). The 6000k is slightly less bright (@ 3000 lumens) and the 7000k is slightly less brighter then that (@ 2800 lumens).

Am I wrong in my research or what?

I have no clue how much light you are losing with a 10000k or 12000k kit but I assume it wont be much better light out past the more expensive PiAA bulbs.
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he asked if it was good quality, and if he'd have visibility.. so i was honest with him.. i dont care who bought it.. he asked for an opinion..and any lighting enthusiast knows that anything above 4300K is unnecessary and usually is a tinted bulb that doesnt last.. and they also know that when u get up that high in kelvins, you are basically back to stock lumen range.. but with blue light..so its crap.. it may look cool to some people.. but not even 6000K looks like OEM HID.. so im just trying to help him out.. its cool that his GF bought it..the thought was great..BUT..hows she gonna feel when her expensive gift either gets her BF tons of tickets, or blows out after only a year of use?

 

actually, if you want to come off as an *******, the only way to go about it is to say that anything but 4851k is crap. 4300k is crap. 6000k is crap, 4850k is crap, 4852k is crap....

everything is crap except the brightest of them all, 4851k.

but im sure you weren't trying to come off as an *******, were you?

 

not this time.. but i do sense that you were.

 

 

tizzite

 

just curious as to why 4851k is the best of the best? is that the best light u can get that will illuminate everything to the best of it's ability? any oem cars come with em?

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id...787144#3787144

Refer to this article and pay particular attention to the Kelvin rating for S2000 HIDs.

 

Someone once said the lower the kelvins the brighter the light. I've seen a 5000k kit and the light is very white and usable. So NOT everything but 4300k is crap. Of course when you get up there to 6000k, 7000k, 8000k etc., you will have the H.I.D.'s for purely color/show, and not for function. However, they will still maintain some usable light in which is superior to halogen regardless.

I've seen 5000k and even 6000k H.I.D's on the street. Although they may not be the same kelvin temperature that come on stock OEM vehicles, they will surely not be mistaken for halogens nonetheless. Either way, 5000k should be the highest color temperature to go if you must when getting H.I.D.'s

If you really want the color and brightness, purchase some smaller Xenon projectors (assuming you have an Integra) and retrofit them into your housings with a 4300k kit. This would be the "legit" way to achieve that OEM S2000/BMW X5 flicker, while maintaining the brightness intended for the lights. Most people don't have the money or time to do this, hence the produiction of higher kelvin kits in order to favor those whom desire the cool blue/purple resulted from High Intensity lighting.

I once owned 6000k and the bulbs were not tinted. They were clear. The mixture of gas in the bulbs were purely more in favor of Krypton (purple light), than Xenon (blue light). There are however some bulbs which are obviously tinted. Refer to eBay for an example of those lights.