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Im planning to get the 10k Hid xetronic violet purple hid bulb, i was wondering if neone ever tried that b4, will the violet purple be nice? because of the 2000 tl-p, their headlight housings are differ from the tl-s. Suggestions please.

Bareback

WOW - 8000 or 6000 would be better - with a 10K you will not have very good visiblity at night....

AcuraTL2k4

Contact blackshadow. He has 10k with stock balast on his 99TL.

@cUr@-TL

initialD does too... it seems to work just fine, but i dont think id do that... you end up losing too much illumination.. and the color doesnt look very "natural"...

fsttyms1

it will work but y? your useable light wont be very much

ou sig

check out this site...BTW just stick with 6000k if you want some more color - I think the purple looking HID lights are ghetto and fake looking (looks like you got them from wal mart)

http://www.intellexual.net/hid.html

here is just some

"The following is probably one of the largest and most deceitful marketing ploys exploited on the internet today. So I will state, for the record: Osram-Sylvania's highest color temperature bulb is 5400K and Philips' highest color temperature bulb is 5800K (marketed at 6000K Ultinon). Nowhere on either of their corporate or consumer websites do they claim, endorse, or offer any HID bulb or kit that produces light over 6000K. I subscribe to both companies' online newsletters so in the nearly impossible event that they do make a 7000K or higher bulb, I will be one of the first ones in public to know about it and this page will be editted on that same day. But here is why Osram and Philips will never sell you a 7000, 8000 or 12000K bulb. Osram and Philips control the entire market on OEM bulbs, and they make enough money off selling OEM 4100K bulbs to ride it out indefinitely. So there is no reason whatsoever for either of them to nurture the trendy idea of high Kelvin blue/purple bulbs at the expense of their professional reputations.



MISCONCEPTIONS

There are many companies and private merchants out there that will advertise 7000K, 8000K, and even 12000K HID kits. Most of these vendors lurk around on ebay, online car forums, websites, and ricer accessory shops. 100% of the people that buy these kits do so because they are uninformed, uneducated, or misguided in the field of lighting, and will buy these junk kits thinking three things: that these bulbs are brighter, that these bulbs should cost more money, and/or that they will perform better. All three statements are completely false. Perhaps this misconception and frenzy for purple lights originates from BMW and Audi's infamous Hella projector HIDs.

So allow me to explain the real truth of the matter... Philips is the number one manufacturer of HID bulbs. The Philips OEM D2S bulb is rated at 4100K at 12.8 volts and produces 3200 lumens of light. The Philips Ultinon D2S is 5800K at 12.8 volts and produces 2400 lumens of light. As you can see, with all other factors remaining constant, the brightness of an HID bulb declines the higher up the color index you go. Vision, a Korean bulb manufacturer, makes an 8000K bulb, which they used to advertise on Acura-Forums as 2000 lumens bright. This is barely a marked improvement over halogens, and will produce more glare and eye fatigue than it is beneficial. 4100K has been proven through tireless independent research by the Germans, Japanese, and Americans to be the most functional, truest white and thus the brightest possible color temperature (ceteris paribus).

Every car manufacturer in the world (including BMW and Audi) uses none other than a standard 4100K gas-discharge bulb. No exceptions. The reason being is that 4100K is daylight white in color and produces the same color visible light as direct sunlight. This is least fatiguing functional color on the eyes and produces the most comfortable contrast on the road."

BlackShadow

FYI, my color is more blue. And for the last time, there is not that much light lost with the 10K. I also used to have 6000K and I switched to 10K so I can tell you first hand that you can still see the road. If people are really concerned about light loss then they should stick to the oem HID which provides the optimum light output. BTW, a lot of people have not seen the 10K in person so it is all hearsay. The pictures don't do it justice. You have to see it in person to see how bright they are. Anyways, here are some pics:

TL_Fo_Life

very nice.

ou sig

not everyone will have the fog lights also...you can tell how much more coverage that the foglights provide vs. the HIDs (not supposed to be like that); and that glare is very anoying to look at and Im sure it is for you to use them at night for a long time (because of the glare).

just not even close to worth it IMO