I want to buy an HID kit for my 01 Integra GSR and I don't know which one to buy, if I buy a kit at all. Can I go get some parts from Acura and make a factory kit? I want them to flicker when they come on and I want them to look like an S200. Is 9500K too hot?

 

I have the philips 4300Kelvin kit.
This kit doesn't produce the blue/purple light effect, however it does light up the road alot better then the stock halogens. Some say the bluer 6000k bulb doesn't produce as much light as the 4300k bulb, but their said to look "cooler".


[Modified by shirubia, 10:06 PM 6/3/2002]

 

I don't know if they are good or not.
Check out: http://www.hids4less.com

 

There's a groupbuy on philips 6000k HID's right now. It's in the best buy or classifieds section. I believe its 475 shipped?

 

no man.. 450 shipped....

go for it man..
awesome deal
wish i have that kinda money to buy one

 

Depends what you color & how much you want to pay. But I warn everyone, the price is what you get for. Like with our HID kits, it's made by SPW. We discontinued selling the cheap K2 brands because customers experience too many problems. Nokya HID kits are ok brand also. NEVER buy those kits from eBay. It sucks, less then 90 days or NO warranty, and they'll never tell you what brand or where it's manufactured.

We offer 7000K & 9000K kits. Now these "K" just stands for Kelvin and is only how 'white' 'red' 'yellow' and what color output they are. It doesn't not indicate how bright it is. The 7000K has the super white look with purplish tint, very white & more S2000 looking. The 9000K kit is more blue but brighter then the 7000K.

Here's the difference & what you should look for. What the kit consists of:

1. Ballast - Hella (Germany) or Philips is a good brand
2. Bulbs - Philips & don't buy with cheap molded plugs

If the two condition is not met, I wouldn't even consider buying some of the kits out there. Our HID Plus kit is made with Hella ballasts & Philip bulbs. Plus it comes with full 1-year warranty for all honda-tech.com members Our store is opening in a new domain so keep checkinig but if you do want a kit, you can contact me & I'll give you a better price then the one on the site aki@xenonhid.com

 

Do you guys carry 4300K or 6000K's by any chance?

 

7000K is probably the closest to the 6000K. You can't really tell the difference. They are definitely more whiter & with purple hue to it.

 

Does anybody have a nice chart or something that displays the color spectrum in relation to Kelvin I for one am confused

 

chart? color spectrum...

here you go

<-------------------------------------------------------------->
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet.


that is the spectrum
increase the K, goes towards Violet..

have any more phyics questions?

 

its kinda odd how the 9000k is blue and the 7000k is more purple...


[Modified by neo1z, 9:53 AM 6/15/2002]

 

i wouldn't go with anything over 4300.

 

Allmotor why?

 

Because anything higher then 4300 isn't going to increase your "range". It only makes it so the HID has a cool "blue" or "purplish" look to it. The purpose why most people here buy HIDs is to increase their visibility at night, not for cosmetics.

 

 

Ok so where does white fall? and which end of the spectrum is the brightest (or should I say whitest)?

 

Too many ricers out there who think that more K=better.

 

I think most ricers don't shell out the $$ to get HID, and they don't know what "K" means, they usually just buy some of those blue lights from Wal-Mart.

 

Come on guys...
Please read this before you do any other Posts on H.T.
Thank you
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=208902

 

Nobody's flaming anyone here,

 

No one is flaming any one. It is just that this question has been asked a million times before. A simple search would have turned up numerous threads that I have personally replied to. I know that I did quite a bit of reseach on the internet before I bought my HID kit, looking at the automotive lighting forum at http://www.philips.com looking at the lighting FAQ at http://faq.auto.light.tripod.com and looking at resellers such as http://www.autolamps-online.com and http://www.suvlights .I ended up buying the 4300 K Philips bulbs and Philips ballasts for several reasons

1. All OEM HID bulbs are in the 4100-4300k colour temperature. Bulbs with this temperature put out the most light (rated at 3200 lumens) while the 6000k bulbs put out 20% less light. As the colour temperature goes up, the light output goes down.

2. I bought HID for more light, not because I wanted blue light so that I can look cool. I think that anyone who buys HID for blue headlights is a ricer. In halogen housings, 6000k will give you a good approximation of OEM HID, but the look of the headlights is still different than OEM HID. I did not want to get stopped by the police for blue lights, and in over 15 months of owning HID, I have not gotten stopped once.

3. With a little bit of work, 4300K can be made indistinguishable from OEM HID by playing with the shield.

Here is a pic of my lights after the bulbs are fully warmed up



If people are too lazy to research a part before they buy it, then they deserved to get flamed. As someone said in a previous post, HT sometimes promotes laziness.....
That is something that Tekken should take into consideration


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[Modified by canuck-mx6, 4:50 PM 6/16/2002]

 

wtf 7000K and 9000K???? dude the human eye can't even see in those ranges.... that would probably be approaching ultraviolet wavelengths.... I would be PISSED if somebody had some UV lights shining into MY retinas at night!

 

Dude, Chill. 6000k, 7000k, 9000k denote color temperature, not wavelength. Your monitor even has color temperature settings

-Rage

 

I've got the true Philips bulbs and ballasts 4300k D2S 9006 HID kit from the visualdynamics GB going on right now, and I love them. 4300k will give you the most usable light output, anything higher only give you a more bluer/purplish light but does not give you more light output, it actually decreases it. Enjoy.

 

canuck-mx6: Can you elaborate on the shield adjustment? :D