Got a package today
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Got a package today
so a lady in a green 4 door cavy pulls up to my house. WTF? she gets out carrying a small package. She has no uniform what so ever. hmmmmmmm. Needless to say it was my 10000k H.I.D.s.
Hella
Blue
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install tomorrow morning after work. im going to bed.
Hella
Blue
.install tomorrow morning after work. im going to bed.
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nah hes puttin em in projectors so if they are aimed right they wont blind anyone.
I have 10k bulbs in my garage, the color is cool. but its true you do lose quite a bit of output compared to a lower kelvin.
As long as you dont do alot of nighttime highway driving you should be fine.
I found them still quite adequate at night. just not as good as 4300 or 6k
I have 10k bulbs in my garage, the color is cool. but its true you do lose quite a bit of output compared to a lower kelvin.
As long as you dont do alot of nighttime highway driving you should be fine.
I found them still quite adequate at night. just not as good as 4300 or 6k
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nah hes puttin em in projectors so if they are aimed right they wont blind anyone.
I have 10k bulbs in my garage, the color is cool. but its true you do lose quite a bit of output compared to a lower kelvin.
As long as you dont do alot of nighttime highway driving you should be fine.
I found them still quite adequate at night. just not as good as 4300 or 6k
I have 10k bulbs in my garage, the color is cool. but its true you do lose quite a bit of output compared to a lower kelvin.
As long as you dont do alot of nighttime highway driving you should be fine.
I found them still quite adequate at night. just not as good as 4300 or 6k
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nah hes puttin em in projectors so if they are aimed right they wont blind anyone.
I have 10k bulbs in my garage, the color is cool. but its true you do lose quite a bit of output compared to a lower kelvin.
As long as you dont do alot of nighttime highway driving you should be fine.
I found them still quite adequate at night. just not as good as 4300 or 6k
I have 10k bulbs in my garage, the color is cool. but its true you do lose quite a bit of output compared to a lower kelvin.
As long as you dont do alot of nighttime highway driving you should be fine.
I found them still quite adequate at night. just not as good as 4300 or 6k
i was till i found out the ss/tc is gonna be a joke.
Last edited by Dead Zen; Nov 15, 2007 at 09:17 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
I would say the lights will be an awesome improvement on looks with your car Dead Zen! Will definately compliment the car at night. But like stated by myself and an0malous, the light output isn't what you would expect from an aftermarket HID kit.
Personally I felt the stock halogens were the worst lights I have ever owned on a car. Could be a personal problem, but again I thought they were horrid. I upgraded to a retrofitted D2S style 6,000 watt bulb in E55 Projectors and I couldn't be happier.
Overall, you will LOVE the color! If you purchased the kit for better lighting (Output wise) you might be slightly disappointed, but it's still an improvement!
Personally I felt the stock halogens were the worst lights I have ever owned on a car. Could be a personal problem, but again I thought they were horrid. I upgraded to a retrofitted D2S style 6,000 watt bulb in E55 Projectors and I couldn't be happier.
Overall, you will LOVE the color! If you purchased the kit for better lighting (Output wise) you might be slightly disappointed, but it's still an improvement!
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why is he gonna blind people with 10k?
are there still really people out there who think the number has anything to do with lighting power? or heat? or wattage?
The number assigned to HID kits is based on the kits COLOR ONLY.
let me repeat that.
the K (Kelvin) rating of HIDs is their COLOR
the reason its in kelvin (which is a temperature measurment)
is the kelvin color scale is created by measuring the color emitted by a block of carbon when it is
heated to that temperature in degrees kelvin.
the corrolation between brightness and kelvin number is in fact the OPPOSITE that people expect.
The brightest visable light is created at 4300k
as the number goes up, the usable light created becomes LESS, as the color changes.
are there still really people out there who think the number has anything to do with lighting power? or heat? or wattage?
The number assigned to HID kits is based on the kits COLOR ONLY.
let me repeat that.
the K (Kelvin) rating of HIDs is their COLOR
the reason its in kelvin (which is a temperature measurment)
is the kelvin color scale is created by measuring the color emitted by a block of carbon when it is
heated to that temperature in degrees kelvin.
the corrolation between brightness and kelvin number is in fact the OPPOSITE that people expect.
The brightest visable light is created at 4300k
as the number goes up, the usable light created becomes LESS, as the color changes.
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