Got my HIDs in today, I ordered Philps 4300k, but they send me 5000k. Now before i install them i am wondering what is the colour difference with the two? And which is better

 

neither. 12000k is the best imho.

 

4300K is the best.. 5000K will give off like a sky blue affect and u will lose a little bit of light over the 4300K's.. if i were you, id ask them to send me the right bulbs.. i just wouldnt be happy with blue ground lighting..

 

Where did you order from, and what bulbs did they send you? Do the bulbs say Phillips on them? Do they have a blue tint on them? Just wondering because I don't think Phillps actually makes any blue tinted HID bulbs. Mine have Phillips along w/ some other stuff printed on the base.

 

someone post the light spectrum chart. i thought 5000k is the whitest and brightest you can get. anything higher is blue, anything lower is yellow



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I swear, I see this style of post 52165431354 times

 

What i heard from people are that 4300K is the best HID bulb, but then ive also been doing my research on kelvin temps and this one site had 4700K as the closest to natural sunlight. So i guess around 4300k-5200 K isnt bad... one ur 500k away and one your 400k away... but no one can tell the difference... not from the human eye at least...

Heres a pic of a chart... its not very clear tho... by the chart it seems like 5400k is pure white...

Heres another one



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Here is my Philips 4300K.......Shattered.

 

wow how did that happen?

 

holy cow! what happen?

 

Fender bender and the bulb shattered. The gas and salt is still intact as you can see (yellow ish)

 

Damn did it stain the inside of your headlight housing?