Originally posted by Quicksilver:
Antonio, I am not going to dipute what you said above, because it is basically true.

However, I was trying to tell people that the bulbs are specifically designed to work in conjunction with respect for which optics they were made to work with.

All of you guys with D2S, pull up to a BMW, Audi, and compare the brightness of your lights. It is going to be dark purple compared to the hot pink of those cars.

To illustrate this point even further, a Lincoln Marc VIII uses a 4800K kit, with a D2R bulb. This is almost 1200K less than our 6000K, and yet they look brighter. Why? Because the focal point is picking up the most intense spot on the bulb. The D2S focal point is designed to be used by a Projector optics unit, which works in a totally different way. In addition to this, the D2S has at least 2mm lenght difference than a D2R. If you are into optics, you know that this means a difference between a light output that can bring the sun out, or one that looks like a real expensive PIAA bulb...

-Milan


Again, you are correct but only to a certain point. As you go HIGHER in the x000K range you are actually LOSING light performance. For example I compared my old 4x00k kit to a local 6000k kit. My kit outperformed his in lighting output. Yes his lights looked real nice with purple tint, but I did not get my lights for that. People get who get retro-fit HID kits for two reasons.

1. They want more light output so they stay in the 4000k-5100k range. (My number is not accurate.)

2. They want that BWM, Audi look. SO they get 6000k and above. I have seen 9000k kits in person and yes they look great BUT the downside is they produce the same light OUTPUT as the high end PIAA HALOGEN bulbs. Also the reason why BMW, AUDI etc are able to achieve those nice colors is due to the HEADLIGHT design not the bulb. Example... takes a look the VW passat at night. At certain angles those lights appear to be HID's but as they get closer to you they turn yellow.

Now I hate America? That is a new one to me.