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Autolamps.com ,etc are all BS. Again just my 2. cents.
-Antonio
If you mean autolamps-online.com i would have to disagree with you ther,Nick used to work for philips(the people who invented the thing!!!)He knows his stuff & their kits are top quility.
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Autolamps.com ,etc are all BS. Again just my 2. cents.
-Antonio
If you mean autolamps-online.com i would have to disagree with you there,Nick used to work for philips(the people who invented the thing!!!)He knows his stuff & their kits are top quility.
Mondeo V6 RS
RS Bodykit
RS Lowered
SVT UIM
SVT TB
SVT LIM
Philips 6000K HID ZENON
Twin Stainless Exhaust
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Originally posted by Antonio Wright:
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.
Once again you are in the right direction here... The brightest bulb if it were produced would be around 5500K, the color of the sunlight at noon. The 6000k is sunlight around the very beginning of sunset, and most people like it due to the pleasant purplish characteristics of it. As far as the headlight design, I said that very thing in the original post. That is why you should not put a D2S bulb in a reflector housing. It simply will not produce the same results as in a projector. When I am done with my project, I will give you guys the pics of before and after. You will see that the D2S in the stock housing is not even close to the same one being used in conjunction with a projector.... Once again, my advice to you guys, if you want optimal performance, get a 4800K-5500K kit that utilizes D2R, unless of course you have plans to upgrade your headlights to projectors....
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The Xenons on my moms car are NOT pink! They're more of a sky-bluish.
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Originally posted by Cool Blue Mystique:
The Xenons on my moms car are NOT pink! They're more of a sky-bluish.
That's why they are FAKE HID's not real HID's. The keyword for this thread should be REAL HID's.
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These are REAL HIDs, why would a 2002 5-Series BMW have fake HIDs?? 
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Color is in the eye of the beholder... Anyhow, the intent of this thread is for all of us to educate ourselves about HID, and to know what we are doing should we decide to buy them. I have tons of papers, reports, articles, and etc. on HIDs that I compiled in my house, dating back from 1994, the first time I ever saw a car equiped with HIDs... Can you guess which car was the first to have HID? Yep, Lincoln Mark VIII baby!! Ford baby, Ford! 
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HID yes, Xenon no 
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well...does the bimmer have hid or xenon? 2 different bulbs AFAIK...
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