So we just got a crazy snow storm, and I, being the "smart" man I am have 30'000k HIDs in and cant see f^#@ ALL

So I just ordered 3000k hids

But my question is what are the brightest HIDs ?

 

4300 is the brightest, according to some computer.
ppl say that 5k is the brightest, i have 6k and love them. both in my cl and tl.just the slightest tint of blue, but for me, i can see better with these then teh 4300

 

x2, somewher right around there







btw: if you want some bright suckers, they make some 70 watt (twice the power of oem) hid kits now, if the housing/wiring can stand up to the heat produced by them

 

^live and learn. ppl with 55w kits dont have problems.i believe oem is 35???

 

55w 6k's would be bright.

 

Some one told me that every ones eyes pick up differnt colors differntly so it depended on you eyes all I know is that I hate 3000k but a friend of mine has them on his skyline (35 watt ballast) and they were way brighter than mine so for the winter im going with 3ks

Im talking bulbs

 

actually got my old ballest right in front of me (at least on a tl-s) and it says "output voltage, power : 85V, 34W"

and here is that 70w kit i saw:
http://www.dxhid.com/70wattxenon.htm



i know you just wanted bulbs, but thought i just mention a higher wattage kit if you really wanted to be able to see


and like said before, it is more then likely that every picks up colors slightly different, so it is proably somewhere around 4300 to 5000k that is the brightest

 

If that is true that they are that much brighter Im going to get that kit next spring for my high beems

also Im going to take som pics of the 3k out put when I get them

 

3000K will have a yellow tint to them. I have 8500K (blue) and love them!

 

a Yellow tint Thats the understatment of the year LOL I have 8000k fogs they look really good but for the winter Im not concered with loooks just visability

Heres an Idea of what they look like but I have never seen them in head lights besides my friends car

 

4300k puts out the most lumens. 5000k is closest to white. Anything higher is just color.

Dont run 55w ballasts. You will melt your housings. Hell, 55w kits melt some metal projectors. They got hot. Stick with 35w.

If youve seen my pictures of my retrofit, Im running 4300k Phillips bulbs. Remember when you buy new bulbs, they will take a few hours before they color shift, so if you buy 5000k bulbs, they will look more like 4300k for awhile. You probably know that though.

And the pic of the IS300 is 8000k?? Are you sure? 8000k has no yellow, just blue. Those look like 3000k.

 

u want to see at night in winter, so ur gonna run 3k hids? wtf? ur gonna see green everyone. i have that in my highs with a 35w kit. once the 3k and 6k mix its kind of a greenish tint on everything. DONT do it if u want to see where ur going

 

4300K will give you the whitest and brightest output, 5000 or 6000 will be blue, 3000K will be yellow

 

I was talking about my fogs when I sid 8k the lexus is 3k

Im curious to see if it will turn every thing green but I dont think it will because fy fogs are pointed down and too the sides

Im going to take pics of my 3k bulbs they will be in 2-3 weeks

 

I'm lost now. U have 30k for low's and can't see shit. So u want to put 3k for low's and keep ur current 8k fogs? U still won't see shit.

 

6k's everywhere.low,high,and fogs.
You will be able to see.

Just sounds like you need some bad ass fogs to cut underneith the conditions.

KC daylighers in the lower grill ?
Fluff,
Your the one to pull off the crazy lighting.

 

This is True But im not putting those KC lights on my car it would look like shit. my HID fogs are really good. but those 30k hids are horrible and I didnt relize it untilll the snow storm.

I knew every one was goin to say 4300k are the best I was just wondering if there were some differning opions on it but I think 3k lights are going to be the best Im not going to say they are but I will take pics when I get them

BTW of my older cars jeep grand cherokee limted 5.2L Had 4 kc lights on the top and three on the grille gaurd that was the ultimate snow meachine

 

I was out just out and seen a f 150 with 3k headlights.It looked like he was trying to hard to have some wow affect.
He had yellow headlight, orange parking lights and some kind of hid looking fogs.
I would say he's probally going to get a ticket first officer he drives by.
When he was driving at me it looked cool,I was thinking what the hell was that.(good)
Then when we were driving by each other I was like what the hell was that.(bad)
It looked like a dam spaceship.

3k's look good for high's or fog's

 

Lol

3k for fogs, 4300k for lows = win

 

actually I was going to do 3k fogs and 30k headlights

Im going to see how the 3k headlights look and then maybe get 3k fogs aswell

I just want to see at night well ( although I should probably just go with the projectors but I dont got the $$ LOL)

Im going to change the 3k headlights after winter BTW

 

if u want to see, 3k is not the way to go

 

6k for lows and 3k for fogs. thats what i use for snowy places and it works great in that combination.

 

thats what im doing to my tl

 

heard these were supposely good and small too:
http://www.myhellalights.com/hid_xen..._DE_Xenon.html









but $$$




and yeah i just got stock bulbs all around right now

 

They are actually Pretty good and they dont stick out that much, but People already make fun of my angel eyes and im a little crazy with lights so the only way im going to put anything on my car that doesnt use stock housing is if I put it on the lower grille and get a plate that moves up and down so when there off there covered like the 69 rs/ss Camaro But if id that im going to put 8 of those lights down there LOL

 

at like $700 a set
would you mind sending me a set too, so you would not be the only one rocking them and they could make fun of me too, so you are not alone

 

Is that how much they are, holy shit with that Avatar pic I dont think your going to have any problems with that

 

Yea, those Micro DEs are expensive. But they are pretty damn good.

 

for the lights:
http://www.tirerack.com/lighting/det...=Lighting+Kits


and :lmfao:

 

So I got my 3k hids yesterday and put them in my headlight and took my 30k hids and put them in the fogs im going to take some pics in the next couple of days but they are pretty bright

 

This...
What makes some appear to be brighter is the housing/lenses. Some are made better to direct the light.

 

The more kelvin (color) the less lumen (light output). 3000k is not sufficient for light output for low beams since it has a yellowish color. Yellow is good for cutting through fog but it's not good for long range light output. 4300k emits the most light; we have had great success with KAIXEN 5000K (natural white) and 6000K (extreme white with a tint of blue). Since the light is whiter is also appears brighter.

 

Simply put 4300 will give you the most usable light there is.

 

I have 4300K bulbs in mine, and I still think it could be alot brighter, I can't see shit on the back roads.

 

^factory bulbs?
might be time to change them
go 5k or 6k
i have 6k in my tl and cl, love them, wouldnt go any higher.

 

I love my 3k bulbs they seem to travel quit far , just sayin dont get upset or anything LOL

 

well I just installed HID high beams (6k) they do seam do be better than my headlights (3k) and definitely better than my fogs (30k) but I think im going to be sticking with the 3k bulbs in the headlights for the winter at least because It does seem to snow a lot in Ottawa Canada and they seem to work very well but in the summer im going to go with 6k headlight 6k high beams and 3k fogs

 

Does anybody know the stock HID bulb output (light wise) I know it is 35W

 

I have 8K in my CL First gen... i love the color!

My brother has 6K in his car and there not my thing.





Not the best pic but you get the color idea...i find them bright..its a slim balast with an ANTI flickr.

 

I just switched too 8 k from 6k in my high beams and I like them alot better because 6k looks a little yellow ill try to post pics