Originally posted by Mondeo V6:
4100K in a halogen headlamp=yellow output BUT brighter than 6000K 9Sill whiter than halogen though)

6000K in a halogen headlamp=blue output BUT not as many Lumans as a 4100K system.

6000K Philips burners are clear,the colour change is achieved by a different mix of gases/metals etc.Ones with a blue coating will be cheap Korean 4100K burners


8000K would be purple,the output would be shite and there wouldn't be ant point!

There aren't any cars in production(in europe anyway)that come with 6000K burners(ALL have 4100K)-they don't need it,the headlamp is designed for HID and they get a BLUER output than 6000K in a halogen headlamp!

Take some advice from Nick at autolamps-online.com.
He was on the development team at philips for HID so i think he knows what he is talking about.

And guess what autolamps-online.com kits are??? You guessed it cheap ass Korean Kits. You can say whatever you want but this picture tell it all. Autolamps-online.com and all those kits on Ebay are the same damn thing. Half ass slapped together kits. I am not knocking you boy Nick. What I am stating is that their kits are [censored]. Pictures speak louder then words and that useless garbage you are spewing.

-Antonio

For quicksilver..

What is the difference between D2R and D2S?
The main difference is the U-shaped masking on the D2R that blocks out unpredictable light in certain directions. Also, the base has different notches. D2R was developed so that Merchedes could still use their reflector based headlights. They did not want use projectors like BMW. A glare box inside the headlight could have been used, but a mask painted on the bulb must have been cheaper to make. Using a D2R in anything else than a OEM HID headlight designed for the D2R bulb makes no sense. It will only reduce output. Some HID kits comes with D2R bulbs. Some amateur kit designers will even claim that D2R genrally reduces glare in a retrofit. This is nonsense. The D2R bulb masking is around 3-4 a'clock and 8-9 o'clock when bulb is in right position. Those are not the (only) sectors that creates glare.

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