HID Kit

ilpadrino · Post by **ilpadrino** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:15 am

What's weird too is that even though the light output goes down, as the temperature goes up, the price goes up too.

So the 8000k kit will cost more, even though it produces less light than the 6500k.

The only reason I went for the 8000 is because in the pic it didn't seem too blue. But alas, it is, but I won't complain because they still kick some major booty.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:34 am

ilpadrino wrote:What weird too is that even though the light output goes down, as the temperature goes up, the price goes up too.

Most kits I've priced have been the same no matter what color you go with. I was originally set on the 10000k, but after talking with a couple people I've decided to go with the 8000k, because I want some color.

I like the looks of the purple-ish ones, but I don't want to sacrifice too much light output... Also, because of my budget, I'm going to shop around a bit and not instantly buy the McCulloch's. Granted, they're a good name, but I've seen other companies that offer three year warranties. I saw a Philips kit yesterday and they wanted something outrageous like $380 for a kit and $460 for the bi-xenon kits.

I'm not spending that much.

Neonix · Post by **Neonix** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:28 am

Yeah that's weird, cause when I was shopping around for mine, every site I went to that was selling them, all the temperatures were the same price.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:50 am

I wish there were some better photo galleries of HID conversion kits installed on cars. I've seen a few different galleries, but they all look different. Like in some pictures, 10000k doesn't look all that purple, but others they come out super purple... And the same with the blues... Some 6000k look REAL blue and others don't. Now I'm stuck because some of the 8000k's look like a real fake bright blue. Like how the APC blue bulbs look for the first week you have them.

I wish the 12000k's were still bright, but looked purple. I love the looks of them.

ilpadrino · Post by **ilpadrino** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:31 am

You want a pic of mine at night? I can show off the output of my brand new racoon headlamps lol.

Phillips, supposedly, is a good name too. McCulloch is one of the best names too. Someone on this site referred me to a site that sold some good ones too--it's probably in this thread, i'm just too lazy to go back to page one lol.

The differences in actual color is what stinks (meaning, the pictures the vendors supply).

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:54 pm

ilpadrino wrote:You want a pic of mine at night? I can show off the output of my brand new racoon headlamps lol.

YES.

ilpadrino · Post by **ilpadrino** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:34 pm

Will do when I get home from work

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03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:39 pm

ilpadrino wrote:Will do when I get home from work .

Sweeet, thanks man!

Neonix · Post by **Neonix** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:37 am

If you go to factoronegarage.com (I think it is). And look in their gallery, they have some decent pics too.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:15 am

Neonix wrote:If you go to factoronegarage.com (I think it is). And look in their gallery, they have some decent pics too.

I don't see any pictures with HIDs, though.

Although when I came across this picture, I almost thought it was Joe's wife (teamliviD)...

Oh yeah, where are the pics, ilpadrino??

Neonix · Post by **Neonix** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:37 am

Hmm...I know they're on there somewhere...did you scroll past the women?

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:40 am

Neonix wrote:did you scroll past the women?

Well duh.

Actually, I only say one picture of a headlight and that was a BMW with the 'angel eyes' er 'halos' or whatever they're called lit up.

ilpadrino · Post by **ilpadrino** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:57 am

Hey, sorry dude, the batteries were dead, plus I had someone with me last night (never mind the excruciating heat).

I'll charge the batteries for tonight and I'll even use the cell phone if I have to.

Neonix · Post by **Neonix** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:00 am

03sxt wrote:
Neonix wrote:did you scroll past the women?
Well duh. Actually, I only say one picture of a headlight and that was a BMW with the 'angel eyes' er 'halos' or whatever they're called lit up.

Odd. I remember looking at them, there was a few Magnums, a couple Chargers...hmm....

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:02 am

No big thang, man.

Just to slightly express how frustrated I get when looking at different places to buy HIDs from, I compiled a bunch of images from places that sell them and was comparing the colors... It seems like almost every place you can get them from has different examples for the colors.

And sometimes it's kinda' hard to tell if they just photochopped some of the images to alter the color between the K scale because they were too lazy to swap bulbs, etc... So here's my compilation of the HID pictures... Note some of the extreme differences in colors between the companies that sell them.

I really like the color from the '10000k' kits in the 'Halo' example and the 'supervtec' example at the bottom left... But the others show it as a APC blue color.

ilpadrino · Post by **ilpadrino** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:07 am

That supervtec, 10000k is about the same as mine. Mine are little less blue though.

This doesn't help matters either:

That's from hid-sin.com. That's the 8000k.

The 6000 advertised on the same site is closer to what I have:

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:16 am

Currently, I'm torn between the two extremes.... 6000k or the 12000k.

Neonix · Post by **Neonix** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:32 am

10000k is very blue. I've even heard purple, but 12000k is the purple one.

Neonix · Post by **Neonix** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:33 am

Personally I think 6000k is a good color. If you want a little blue, 65000k has that.

SILVER-ES · Post by **SILVER-ES** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:46 pm

Here is a link to what Cassi was talking about at Factorone.

http://factoronegarage.easystorecreator ... rsion_Kits

From previous experience, both on my cars and friends cars, I wouldn't go anything over 6500k. However it all depends on what you want.
3000k is yellow, alot of people use these in their fog lights
4300k is supposedly the whitest, these are what the stock 300C's are
5000k is what redeuroneon has and his are pretty much pure white
6000k is somewhat of an aqua blue (they have a blue green tint to them) *Mine
6500k is where you start to get hints of blue *Cassi's
7000k-8000k are the blue range
10000k-12000k are purple, the higher you go the more purple and less light you get

Neonix · Post by **Neonix** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:50 pm

I knew I wasn't going crazy..or crazier.

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:20 pm

I have PIAA bulbs that are HID bulbs, they are the purple tint, and I love them.

FTWNeon · Post by **FTWNeon** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:40 pm

scneonchic wrote:I have PIAA bulbs that are HID bulbs, they are the purple tint, and I love them.

Where did you get yours from?

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 4:12 pm

Ehh, ill be the first one to say retros are the only way to go. 4300k so I have pure white, but in the color beam i have deep blues, purples, and some yellow its crazy. I was going to get an hid kit, then after seeing them in a bunch of other cars and getting blinded, retro is still the best choice. I was at a stop light with a honda with the purple 12000k, it seemed like my stock lights were brighter than his

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:46 pm

Thanks for the input everyone... I wanted to be slightly different from the crowd and not go with blue, but I don't want to lose too much light by going with the purple. Looks as though I might just go with something in te 4000k - 6000k range. I dunno... I'll never make up my mind until I actually get the money and just add something to the cart.

SolarYNeon · Post by **SolarYNeon** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:05 am

03sxt wrote:

I hate false advertising...

I've always wanted HIDs but I have the same dillema as everyone else. I can never decide. Plus every one in the world shows the different color spectrum at different temps. You can never really get a straight answer.

Post by **Diablo0** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:18 am

I have 7,000K and I think they're pretty white with a slight purple or blue hue. Mike and Dave (FTWNeon) saw them the other weekend for Carlisle... maybe they can give their opinion on what color they think they are. I like mine though... they aren't ungodly blue, they aren't really purple... just a nice mix in between but still pretty white. If I were to do it again... I'd get the Phillips 4300K dual beams.

ilpadrino · Post by **ilpadrino** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:14 am

Here are mine. They're the 8000 from McCulloch.

Even though you can't notice, those are my new headlamps too! The racoon style, baby! I may try and raise the cutoff point though.

I'm rambling. It's 3 am and I have to be at work at 11 am.

Good night to all.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:32 am

I'm back to liking the 7000k-8000k range again.

They just look a lot more ricer blue when you look at the headlights when they're on, but what projects is a completely different story. I just wish I could find REAL pictures of other temperatures and not some photochopped shit to 'represent' the actual color. I'd like to see real pics of 10000k setups and maybe 12000k.

SolarYNeon · Post by **SolarYNeon** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:15 am

03sxt wrote:I'm back to liking the 7000k-8000k range again.

They just look a lot more ricer blue when you look at the headlights when they're on, but what projects is a completely different story. I just wish I could find REAL pictures of other temperatures and not some photochopped shit to 'represent' the actual color. I'd like to see real pics of 10000k setups and maybe 12000k.

I'm with you on that man. I dont want to spend 200 + bucks and end up not having the color that was advertised.