Im loooking to buy a HID kit but I need to decide on a color temp first. I need someone who has seen many different HID setups to be able to give advice. Im caught between 4300k and 5000k. I know the 4300k is supposed to be brighter but Ive heard they can look yellow. I do not want this at all! Is that true or total BS? Ive also seen pics of 5000k and they look perfectly white to me, and only give a subtle blue tint if at all. I would rather trade some light output for no yellow. But if the yellow rumor is not true then Id rather go with the more light output.

 

I had to make the same decision before too. I have the Philips 4300k kit on my R. I don't see any yellow at all. My kit is pure white. If I turn them on during the daytime they might have SOME yellow, but if you turn on any headlights during the day they will have some yellow in them. My kit has a blue hue to it when it reflects off glass, for example when i pull into my court my headlights beam into my neighbors windows and I can see the blueish color, but thats about all the color change i get. I hope that helps you somewhat. good luck on your decision.

 

http://www.misterjung.com

i have the 5200k. they are so awesome. words can't describe.

 

to Misterjung... Crappy customer service... Only contact is through email which he doesnt respond to...


[Modified by spankey167, 8:45 AM 4/2/2003]

 

See my sig for where to get HID

 

I was in Toronto last weekend, should have stopped by and checked out some fellow H-T member's HIDs. What temp are you running Canuck?

 

I ran 4100k when I had an HID kit, but now I have OEM HID, so it is still 4100k

 

Can I get pics of 4300k vs 5000k on the road? That would answer all my questions

 

Phlips 4300k from http://www.visualdynamics.ca


My car on the right vs. an S2000 on the left.

 

From a photographic standpoint, 5500 Kelvin would be considered white light and anything else lower than that will tend to get warmer, and anything above 5500 will start to get cooler /bluer. Based on that piece of information, if you want a whiter light go with the higher Kelvin. And if you really want to check on the color temp and intensity of the light, go borrow a color temp meter and a light meter from a photographer friend or rent one froma camera store and then you can tell the difference for sure.

 

So with, say, a 5300K kit, if you're looking at the headlights will they have that blue-ish tint to them like on TL's, or will it look like a halogen bulb but stronger?

 

4,100K looks Yellow.... well, somewhat true but only when compared with 5K.

I have 5K bulbs and I recommend 4,200K.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EL'ation &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> 4,100K looks Yellow.... well, somewhat true but only when compared with 5K.

I have 5K bulbs and I recommend 4,200K.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Look at the pics I posted. Do they look yellow?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TypeRod &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I had to make the same decision before too. I have the Philips 4300k kit on my R. I don't see any yellow at all. My kit is pure white. If I turn them on during the daytime they might have SOME yellow, but if you turn on any headlights during the day they will have some yellow in them. My kit has a blue hue to it when it reflects off glass, for example when i pull into my court my headlights beam into my neighbors windows and I can see the blueish color, but thats about all the color change i get. I hope that helps you somewhat. good luck on your decision. </TD></TR></TABLE>

have you ever seen 12000k hid's during the day?

 

The 5300K kit will look pretty white, compared to a halogen, the halogen will defintely look warmer that the HIDs. But one other thing to note that the HIDs will give you a color temp rating but the glass/lens that it is projecting thru may give it a more bluish or greenish tint depending on the type of glass that they used for the lens.

 

as far as headlights go.. 5000K has a really ugly looking blue tint to the output..

4100K might show a little bit of yellow if you go up and look directly at the headlight, but it does that on lexus' and all the other cars too.. but HID isnt for looks anyways.. so get 4100K, best output, factory appearance.. 5000K just looks like a super white on sterroids.. my friend has that BS mccolloch kit on his RSX and its total crap..

 

Stick with quality Philips or Osram 4100k (4300k same ****) HID bulbs for white light. Any bulb that produces a blueish light more than likely has its glass tinted blue which not only reduces light output but creates a cheap looking beam color. Like those stupid 5500k McCollugh HID kits. Also the headlamp housing has alot to do with how the color is perceived.

If you want a purpleish/white light then the 6000k Philips Ultinon bulbs do the trick while still producing 2800 lumens. The 4100k Philips bulbs produce 3200 lumens.

 

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The pics Ebelp posted of his 4300k phillips kit looks pretty good to me. It looks sort of blue already in the pic, is the color accurate in that picture? The HIDs on the Integra look better than the S2000 HIDs in my opinion.


Modified by Muckman at 2:44 PM 4/10/2003

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eTec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you want a purpleish/white light then the 6000k Philips Ultinon bulbs do the trick while still producing 2800 lumens. [img]</TD></TR></TABLE>

actually 2400 lumens.. and ive been in a car with ultinons.. lighting wasnt great at all.. purple ground light sucks

 

Does anybody have any good pics of a 5000k Phillips kit illuminating the road?

 

Photoshop - Color Balanced


Ran the pic thro Photoshop to get a more accurate display of the real color. After auto color balancing, the light became more white than blue.