would like to see pics of 6k and 8k retros plz.

also which does everyone prefer?

 

ill take some pics tomorrow of my 6k's i would recommend that color temp, very bright

 

6k. imo i'd do 5k, but 6 is close

 

well i have 6k in my stockers right now and i love them but i can trade even for a set of 8k retros for some parts. so i wanted some pics of 8k also and see how much of a diff. there really was.

 

i had 8k in my stockers and there wasnt much of a diferrence between the 6k and 8k just a little bit more blue

 

if its not that much i may do it like i said im trading parts to get these retros and prolly the only chance id take getting them i wish it were 6k but if 8k isnt that much off i m ay do that but like i said i just wanna see sum pics first

 

6k retros, 5k fogs for reference (two different brands; they basically match).. idk if this helps but my friend has 8k retros in his stratus and they are basically a hint of blue.. it all depends on the company

 

cool thanks

 

yeah 10k is where your going to see some color change but less output

 

so 8k is pretty similar to 6k

 

6000k for sure, My 4700k is pretty blue.

 

i just need to see 8k lol

 

My 6000k are PLENTY blue.... so glad I didn't get 8000k.

 

for the most part, every hid companies color temps seem to be different shades

 

ok well maybe i should jus pass this deal up then unless i see them in person myself

 

Well if you're going from stockers with HID's to properly done retros... there could be a friggin penlight in the retros and you're going to get a better and less irritating light output. So I'd just pull the trigg on those retros.

 

so i shoudl get the 8k retros?

 

On my retros i went with 6k, because it looks white and the same color as an OEM HID. Personally 8k is too blue and looks after market. Also, the higher you go up the kelvin rating, the less light output.

 

thanks for the info.

 

No, OEM hids are all 4300k. Anywhere between 4300k and 5000k are the brightest, with 5000k being pure white. This is what I am going with in my TL projector retros winter project. I have 6000k retros currently, and 8000k fogs, hopefully this helps a lil


You can see how much brighter and whiter 6000k is compared to 8000k by looking at the beam on the ground. It's not really the color of looking at the projector that's going to change as drastically as the color of the light hitting the ground and the brightness.

 

those look brighter than most 6k but could be cause of the fogs also. and i think 8k will be to blue but i got a good deal handed to me so i had to attempt it.

 

i know ur thinking this is a useless post cus its 4300k... but this is pure white... so if u want a bit of blue get the 6000k

 

Interesting that 4300k is still pure white... seems like 5000k is the sweet spot then. Depends on brand/ballast too I guess.

 

5000k ftw

 

On ALL OEM applications, 4300k is used.

It's the lense itself that gives the "blue" look that everyone without a projector lense desires.