Should I keep 6000k HID, or go 8000k, 10000k? (PICS)

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:26 pm

Hey guys, After reading the glasswar's sticky, I though that the 6000's hint of blue would be enough for my blueish signals and side markers. But it turned out after installing them, that they are mostly just white, and it doesn't match the rest of my front end lights. It looks weird now that I have 2 different colors.

pics from my phone lol:

So the guy that sold me this set is willing to exchange my bulbs for another color if I want to, and I am trying to balance out the difference between the colors.
Would I be sacraficing much visibility by switching to 8000k?
Would you say 8000k or 10000k matches better with my signals?

GWing · Post by **GWing** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:45 am

keep 6000k i remember reading somewhere that anything over 6K is useless i forget why.

Cabbs · Post by **Cabbs** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:01 am

Blue light is useless for visibility. Keep your 6000K's. Also, read up on your laws about blue turn signals. Some states anything other than yellow in the front is illegal.

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:05 am

I'm not too worried about the cops, they seem to not care about blue HIDs because I have a handful of frends who are running 8000-10000 for a year or two now and haven't gotten any crap for it yet. And I don't really drive that much at night anyways lol.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:24 pm

Keep your 6000ks or get 4300ks, your night vision will thank you. Anything above 6000k and you have so little usable light they are totally pointless. Not to mention they look stupid as all hell.

Post by **racer12306** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:26 pm

blue HIDs = teh ghey

white HIDs FTW

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:30 pm

your lights are there for seeing at night. not to "look cool." i HATE people that go above 6000k for the tinted took, it's completely pointless. You're getting less visability than stock lights at that point, and how is that an "upgrade"?

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:52 pm

By going any higher all you are going to accomplish is A. gain more unusable light, B. decrease your nighttime visibility, and C. look like a tardbar.

benzsxt · Post by **benzsxt** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:37 pm

RICEY!!!!! You should get your turn signals to match the headlights!

Donkeypuncher · Post by **Donkeypuncher** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:44 pm

This actually brings up a question I have. What are most of the oem hid setups (bmw, lexus, infinity)?

My moms IS250 is a little blue, her old 330ci was blue and my friends g37 is kind of blue. Does this mean they're running 6000k? Just curious.

Cabbs · Post by **Cabbs** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:00 pm

I think most OEM's are 4300K. I wouldn't be surprised to ses 5000K in though.

benzsxt · Post by **benzsxt** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:23 am

My Cadillac had 4300k but I upgraded to 6000k bulbs. They have a very slight blue tint.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:20 am

cabbspapp wrote:I think most OEM's are 4300K. I wouldn't be surprised to ses 5000K in though.

Correct. I believe most OEM setups are 4300K.

Keep your 6000K, BTW.

2005.Neon.SXT · Post by **2005.Neon.SXT** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:51 am

Can't believe you even wrote 10000k in the Poll

lol.

Keep the 6000k's.

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