HID pic request

[ahowie]

i wanna put an HID kit in my car soon.. i cant decide what temp i want. i was thinking about 8000k or even 10000k. not sure they will be bright enough though, can you guys post of some pics of your HID's with color temp.

 

[KerryKool]

If your looking to get HIDs for more visability, stick to 6k and lower. Anything higher you lose brightness to color.

But here is my 5k:

Halogen comparison:

 

[Robsdaace]

just wait till you see how the kits i sell light up.. lol

 

[my98SVTturbo]

my 8000k hids. they are not as blue in real life. just the flash of the camera adds to it.

 

[ahowie]

my 8000k hids. they are not as blue in real life. just the flash of the camera adds to it.

are your 8000k's pretty bright compared to stock halogen?

 

[Berkel]

are your 8000k's pretty bright compared to stock halogen?

Any HIDs are gonna be way better than stock.

here's my 5000k.

Mind you, the bluer you go, the worse it is in the rain.

 

[LilCe98]

Here you go

You may also wanna check this out. It helped me out when picking a HID color
http://www.contour.org/ceg-vb/showthread.php?t=7941

 

[ahowie]

yea i looked at that... i just wanted to get an idea of what they look like actually in the cars. but the real thing i was wondering about is the brightness cause i have some Xenon bulbs in my lows now and i can barely see the road at night, its getting to be dangerous.

but thanks for the help guys, i think i am going to start looking for a 6000k kit.

 

[TheMexicanJob]

i think i have an 8000k kit, i can't remember, but they are tons better than my standard headlight bulbs. Even is 8000k is supposed to be less light output, still blows oem halogens out of the water.

the "Xenon" blubs i assume have a blue tint. That is only for color, they can greatly reduce light output, sure they might look cooler, but functionally they're not good, and like you said, potentially dangerous.

 

[ryanblacksvt]

That 3000k yellow is hideous, I see alot of ricers around here with them

 

[TheMexicanJob]

That 3000k yellow is hideous, I see alot of ricers around here with them

when i get a vehicle worthy i plan on using 3000k for my fogs.

this is back in the day of my first tour, loved it.

 

[ryanblacksvt]

when i get a vehicle worthy i plan on using 3000k for my fogs.

For the fogs yes, but not the headlights.

 

[xtascox]

when i get a vehicle worthy i plan on using 3000k for my fogs.

this is back in the day of my first tour, loved it.

What is that green glow coming from your grille?

 

[ryanblacksvt]

What is that green glow coming from your grille?

His moderator status:laugh: or a marker of how tall he is

 

[TheMexicanJob]

His moderator status:laugh: or a marker of how tall he is

fosho hahaha


that was an LED bar that i put in there, when i had that with the underbodies on it looked really good.

 

[theSCHAFF]

Havn't seen anybody post up 6k's so here's mine during the day...

 

[xtascox]

fosho hahaha


that was an LED bar that i put in there, when i had that with the underbodies on it looked really good.

That actually looks pretty good. I don't think I ever saw something like that before. Anyway I'll let you guys get back to the original topic!

 

[Phil Rohtla]

You guys all install projectors, or just install an HID kit and keep the stock reflectors?

 

[Berkel]

You guys all install projectors, or just install an HID kit and keep the stock reflectors?

Just in the stock reflectors.

To get projectors made you're lookin upwards of $1000. :crazy:

 

[CSVT1214]

I'll see if I have any pictures of mine later, but I'm not sure.

I'm running Phillips 5000k D2R with Hella Gen 3 Ballasts. They look awesome and give it a nice clean factory look. The light scatter is absolute crap though. I thought it was good until I compared it to my IS300 factory HID's.

I'm definitely going for projectors this year.