CLS-D

I am debating whether to go with the Phillips bulbs or not.
I know they are much brighter but not sure if they look good from
the distance. Can someone post the pics of these take from a distance or perhaps taken during day light.

Thanx




01 CLS
Too lazy to list the mods but evrything I could get my hands on!!!

Nashua_Night_Hawk

They are more purple than stock. I want brighter not more bluer.
But honestly the Stock HIDs are very good as is. We need better roal lamps/fogs, and if you wish getter a HID like 9005 high beams.

mrdeeno

i don't have any pics but bought the 6kK bulbs and they look way better than stocks in both straight on appearance as well as the beam projected.

cldriver

Go to www.acura-tl.com forum and do a search on the term "6000k".

A guy with a TL-s there converted his fogs to 6000k HID and he put up a bunch of comparison pics.

NOVAwhiteTypeS

Why not try a search here?

well here's the pics

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...ighlight=6000k

23wt

I would get the 6000K bulbs if i decide to take out those useless road lamp. Leaving those there with the brighter bulbs will just make the road lamps look worst. Either the 6000Ks or real foglights for me. Question is that since the 6000K brighter, wouldn't they create more heat and might do damage to the housing like the 19224 and M6 to our worthless road lamps?

mrdeeno

the 6000k are replacement for the stock HID's which are already in a high temp housing, unlike the road lamps, so unless it is significantly hotter (which it's not because it's the same voltage and same wattage), it won't damage anything.

they aren't any hotter than the stocks. the color temperature is different, not the thermal temperature. the 6000k are actually slightly dimmer than the stock HIDs, but seem brighter just because of the color difference. this is analogous to putting in the 5watt piaas in place of the 5watt stock road lamps, except the 5w are so weak anyway that it's obviously dimmer.

NOVAwhiteTypeS

some people said they are brighter and some said its just lighter/purple/blue color.

they're both 35 watts and far from burning any headlamp housing. Halogen's are like 55wats~100watts.

Your just chaning the light temp not the temp of the bulb.

nate'sCLS

There is so much misconception about these bulbs.
What they are, as far as I can tell, is a drs/d2r 35watt HID bulb just like our stock bulbs are -- only difference is the glass envelops are blue tinted glass to achieve the color temp of 6000k. Does anyone remember this being done with halogen bulbs, anyone...anyone....??

Feel free to correct me If I am wrong on this.

vuduvida

My understanding is that the color temp is determined by the mixture of gases in the bulb, not from the color of the glass.

nate'sCLS

Is this how its done? :P

If Audi has 6000K (d2s) HIDS that are perfectly street legal - why wouldn't these 6000k bulbs be approved for street use? Maybe its because the OEM headlamp design creates the 6000k and not the bulb itself?

vuduvida

Where did you see that Audis come stock with 6000K bulbs?

Regarding how the gases determine color temp: there is a lot of info floating around the net on this subject. I've read where increasing the indium content will cause the light to appear bluer. A quick search yielded this info directly from a NHTSA document located at: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/rulings/glare.html (part of paragraph 7 from Section 2.2):

HIDs are not just more white (having less yellow content and more blue content in the emitted spectrum), but the light is generated in a different manner. HIDs achieve light by having vaporized metallic salts participate in the electrical current flow through an arc in the bulb capsule. The HIDs blend of metallic salts is designed such that the different salts, emitting different colors of light with different energy levels, will complement each other when fully heated and electricity is passed through them, because each salt contributes various frequencies of light and at different levels of energy.

nate'sCLS

I'm really impressed with your knowedge on the issue bow:
Do you work at DOT ?




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nate'sCLS

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tinman
[B]a NHTSA document located at: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/rulings/glare.html (part of paragraph 7 from Section 2.2):


See, I tried to comprehend what was in the document, but half way through it my eyes started to glaze over... but it's okay because

vuduvida

Thanks. No, not at all... just efficient at poking around the net!

Amir

Yall know im the 6000K man...I love the damn thangs, wouldnt trade them for anything...Here's some snaps i took a while back...enjoy...this is a TL by tha way...Shyne

Amir

another....

Infamuz

Im too lazy to take pics with my car right now. The 6000K bulbs are the shiznit.

Amir

another

Amir

cool pic that shows the color spectrum at dusk:wow:...blurry, but cool...Shyne

Infamuz

Show off!

vuduvida

After driving around on the Autobahn last week, I realized that normal HIDs are a dime a dozen over there. The only thing that caught my eye driving along was the occasional 6000K HID. They really do stand out from everything else. They also definitely catch your eye when coming up from behind. It gives the car a more exotic look.

Vector02

Ok, so the new 6000k bulbs will fit in the stock housing with no mods?

DG-T-S

so, what exactly do we have? how many k's in stock unit?

nate'sCLS

You are correct... see pic.
They are not blued glass.... I stand corrected.

KavexTrax

you also got ticketed for your shiznit

to the people who are interested in them your mileage may vary
from state to state, cop to cop

vuduvida

That's a point I was going to make in my comment above (but I didn't want to spoil the party ). That's the biggest negative about these bulbs-- since they do stand out so much from everything else, you're just asking for extra scrutiny from the police which is the last thing you'd want if you were out late on the weekend.