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Old 04-06-2005, 01:55 AM
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new look for HID's

thinkin about getting these for my HIDs. might be pretty cool lookin. very JDM IMO just seeing what you guys think. let me know

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WDVW
Old 04-06-2005, 02:10 AM
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are those things street legal????
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Save your money (on the purchase and from potential tickets)
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1. those things are pretty ugly IMO
2. you cant pass by a cop at night without getting pulled over. yellow bright headlight are just asking for trouble more than any other HID you can put on ANY car.
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Originally Posted by power3dfx
1. those things are pretty ugly IMO
2. you cant pass by a cop at night without getting pulled over. yellow bright headlight are just asking for trouble more than any other HID you can put on ANY car.
Asking for trouble.
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6000k for the low beam and 3000k for the fogs. they would be illegal in the lowbeam area but you shouldnt get into any trouble if you put them in the fogs.

also, that seller... is a member here
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I don't know...How can they be real HID lights if they are only 3000K? I bet they give off alot of glare & reduce your vision. Also agree they are a ticket magnet.
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ya they might be an attention getter...but they are street legal i think...well maybe ill save my money for now and go for a full 3000k HID fog kit thanks for your opinion. thats cool the seller is a member here. ive already got a set of HIDs from this guy recently. they work perfect.
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Originally Posted by fuzzy02CLS
I don't know...How can they be real HID lights if they are only 3000K? I bet they give off alot of glare & reduce your vision. Also agree they are a ticket magnet.
they actually give off less glare than a 4300K thats why yellow lights are common in fogs...
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Originally Posted by fuzzy02CLS
I don't know...How can they be real HID lights if they are only 3000K? I bet they give off alot of glare & reduce your vision. Also agree they are a ticket magnet.
The 3000K only denotes what temp they burn at. Just because they burn at a lower temp. doesn't mean they aren't HID. HID is a way of producing light not what light is produced. Really these bulbs are only a 1000K lower than some factory stock HID temps. But I agree with most on here they don't look at clean as say the blueish glow of 4000K or higher HID bulbs.
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i personally think thats fugly, although if i had the money i would get 12000k LOL yea, same deal its like asking to get pulled over with violet bright ass headlights, but if not something like 8000k, very blue
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they will not be as bright as your current hid's, 3000k is lower.... consider that
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Some guy has that in Houston before in a hatchback, looked pretty good don't know if he ever got pulled over though..
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personally, i think those hid's are disgusting, these are more to my liking


This is a TL-S that had the oem 4300k converted to 8000k
:TL-S equipped with HID Express hid kit


12000K

^^^ ^ Those are Hot
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lol anything above the phillips 6000k is . you are ruining the purpose of HID by going that high in color temp
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IMO 3000k is not rice...its very very JDM. a lot of the high endurance cars i.e. lemans cars run the 3000k HID. i still stand firm that they would look good as a fog, but thats just my opinion. as for low beam you guys are right. its quite impractical. im considering modifying the headlights by retrofitting a bosch HID projector system where the highbeam is right now and outfit the projectors with the 3000k HID system. then i would aim the beam really low so they would act as fogs from the highbeam position. i think that would look pretty sweet
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Originally Posted by cltypeSLOW
lol anything above the phillips 6000k is . you are ruining the purpose of HID by going that high in color temp

its all about taste bro, just like you like the 3000k, i perfer higher, i love blue being that is is my fav color, and the purple seems to project very well but if i was actually going to get something for street i would get 6-8000k
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Originally Posted by n3o
its all about taste bro, just like you like the 3000k, i perfer higher, i love blue being that is is my fav color, and the purple seems to project very well but if i was actually going to get something for street i would get 6-8000k

well i know its all in what you like...but its just a fact that anything over OEM 4300k decreases in light output measured in Lumens...if you want color just get colored halogens and save money
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Sorry JMO, but those are the ugliest HID's I've ever seen in my life.
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whats wrong with stock, they look so good!!
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Looks cool

I saw those today on a 350z and they looked pretty cool, just check if they are legal
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Originally Posted by clpimp12
I saw those today on a 350z and they looked pretty cool, just check if they are legal
was it white one with kit, lowered, wheels? if so, he has a yellow tinit on the headlights... not the actual 3000K hid bulbs.
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I think 6000k or 6500k are good for some extra bluish color without sacraficing too much visibilty. (6500 is more of a purpleish/white). I've seen 8000k in a 300M that has projector lights, and you can tell how poor visibility is even from outside the car. sure they look cool if one is coming at you, but they light up less of the road.
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Yes, it was white w/ rims dropped. Sorry for the mistake with the HID numbers! It does look pretty cool though
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As a matter of fact that 350 doesn't have HIDs
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Originally Posted by clpimp12
Yes, it was white w/ rims dropped. Sorry for the mistake with the HID numbers! It does look pretty cool though
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