im trying to decide wether to get 7000k or 8000k HID. do u guys have pictures of the two that i can compare them? i would really appreciate it. i would really like to have a nice white/blue color. i dont know if im gonna see a significant difference between the 7000k and 8000k kits. any comments? any pictures? side by side pictures of a 7000k and 8000k kit would really help me out.

 

4200-4600 is OEM and anything else performs less and is kinda gay looking. I had 4600 OEM D2S bulbs and they look like real HID's because they are real HID's. If you want purple, save yourself some $ and get some overwattage purple bulbs.

 

Hi,
How much is the kit? Is it reasonably easy to install? Do you have a pic?
Thanks.

 

i want that blue tint to it tho. and my bro has the 8000k and his sometimes over performs other cars with oem hid.

 

mine are 6000k
heres a pic of wut they will look like
http://www.eurospeedperformanc...e.htm

 

7000k is purplish and 8000k is more bluish.

check out this site for pics. http://www.misterjung.com

 

o really? so 6000k is more purplish aswell? im a little confused cuz i know theres 8000k thats either purple or blue. i thought the kelvin determines the color, i didnt know it could be changed. maybe its cuz of the gases inside the bulb that changes the color?

 

If you want performance out of your kit, then go with the 4300-4600 OEM bulbs, they are the brightest bulbs. If you want the kit for looks, I say still go for the OEM look. Part of the reason for the color is the cut-off line, in other words when you see a beamer notice that the light stops and all you have is darkness on top and light on the bottom. That is caused by a metal plate inside the housing and the thickness of the plate determines the color of the glare at the edge of the cut-off line from far. Try these sites, lots of info!

http://faq.auto.light.tripod.com/
http://www.hidforum.com/ayh/lumen.php

 

it looks like the acura xenon headlights are 6000k. are they? my bros 8000k doesnt look too blue but its nice.

 

Which acura are you talking about? Did you get any info off the sites I gave you?

 

i tried going on hidforum yesterday but it was down. today its finally up. i got a lot of info so far. the new acura TL i think it was. im gonna go dig up some info from hidforum.com now.

 

That other link I gave you has a ton of info. It helped me out alot.

http://faq.auto.light.tripod.com/

 

If you go over 4xxxk ten it stops performing well...

If you want the bluish-ricer look, then go get some blue-tint bulbs; it'll be a lot cheaper, be the same color, and put out the same amount of light as a 8000k HID kit.

 

[...]hid is NEVER like halogen. 8000k or not.

 

and acch22, i read the website but im just curious to know just exactly how much difference in output there really is between the phillips 6000k and my bros 8000k kits. i really want to see the difference.

would u know a good website to find the philips 6000k kit? i might purchase that.

 

you need 10,000k

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Loveless &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you need 10,000k </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MidNiteMysT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ludeykrus, ur a idiot. please dont post in my thread again. hid is NEVER like halogen. 8000k or not.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Look here newb, if you think that buying a 300-600 buck set of HID's for the color they put out is cool, even if they PUT OUT ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF LIGHT AS HALOGENS, then you, sir, are a [fool]....

 

ludeykrus, you are a moron! i can prove you wrong with proof. my bro has a 8000k hid kit while i have 8000k halogen bulbs. his output cant even be compared to my output because his is so much greater. i cant believe you even said that. its just like saying if i got 4300k bulbs and a 4300k hid kit, they would give out the same output. and if your trying to compare regular halogens to a 8000k kit, your wrong again.


does that look like halogen bulbs to you?

 

Once again Newb, if you would search, you would find plenty of topics regarding HID's and how there's a misconception about the high the kelvin rating, the higher the brightness is.

You obviously don't understand the concept of different colors of light actually not being brighter and better for the eyes.

 

" MISCONCEPTIONS

There are many companies and private merchants out there that will advertise 7000K, 8000K, and even 12000K HID kits. Most of these vendors lurk around on ebay, online car forums, websites, and ricer accessory shops. 100% of the people that buy these kits do so because they are uninformed, uneducated, or misguided in the field of lighting, and will buy these junk kits thinking three things: that these bulbs are brighter, that these bulbs should cost more money, and/or that they will perform better. All three statements are completely false. Perhaps this misconception and frenzy for purple lights originates from BMW and Audi's infamous Hella projector HIDs.

So allow me to explain the real truth of the matter... Philips is the number one manufacturer of HID bulbs. The Philips OEM D2S bulb is rated at 4100K at 12.8 volts and produces 3200 lumens of light. The Philips Ultinon D2S is 5800K at 12.8 volts and produces 2400 lumens of light. As you can see, with all other factors remaining constant, the brightness of an HID bulb declines the higher up the color index you go. Vision, a Korean bulb manufacturer, makes an 8000K bulb, which they used to advertise on Acura-Forums as 2000 lumens bright. This is barely a marked improvement over halogens, and will produce more glare and eye fatigue than it is beneficial. 4100K has been proven through tireless independent research by the Germans, Japanese, and Americans to be the most functional, truest white and thus the brightest possible color temperature (ceteris paribus).

Every car manufacturer in the world (including BMW and Audi) uses none other than a standard 4100K gas-discharge bulb. No exceptions. The reason being is that 4100K is daylight white in color and produces the same color visible light as direct sunlight. This is least fatiguing functional color on the eyes and produces the most comfortable contrast on the road. "


http://www.intellexual.net/hid.html#miscon


Don't worry, everyone was a newb at one time or another; just some were stupider than others at first

 

im not a [...] idiot. i know that the higher the kelvin, the less bright but my bros hid is plenty bright for me. and i dont wanna a pure white or a tint of purple in my lights. i want a tint of blue. i fully agree that 4100 is the best and whitest and brightest kelvin to use when you want maximum output possible. i just dont see a big enough difference in my bros kit from that philips kit. and plus that philips kit is way to expensive. with my bros kit, i will see much better, and my bro even tells me that sometimes his hid kit overpowers some other oem hids on the market when riding side to side to some cars. but theres no way u can compare 8000k hid kit to halogen, well at least, not with the kit im getting. am i still wrong?