I know our stock hid setup is 4300k. I want to upgrade and order the hid 10k kit. It says if its H2,H3,H4,H5, ETC....Can anybody tell me wut one is it for 2000tl. I kno the 10k are bright as a muthafucka. I kno i wil be blindin people left and right and stright. Yet i neva seen them in person only on the fourms and shit from "blackedout." I wanna also no if my hyper white turning signals will be hidden from the brightness of the 10k, should i upgrade to different bulbs. helppp

 

Our HID Bulbs are D2R bulbs.

 

Do not buy any of those H3, HB4 ... etc kits. Those are for people who do not have HID stock. All you need to do is buy D2R bulbs at the 10000k rating. If you are in for less light on the road(very hard to see in rain especially) then go 10000k. Otherwise 6000k is the farthest I go. Anyway, take pics when you get them installed!!

 

will 10k or even the 12k, do you think it may melt the plastic off?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=36476

 

I want to get them too but im scare that they might melt the plastic off. Does anyone here have them installed with pix?

 

Why does the higher the K the less you see. I dont want lower beam lights because i have trouble seeing outta a 35 percent tint front glass. Mabye i will add the 6k like was suggested and some good fogs ...mabye piaa

 

4300k is sunlight. Anything more and you get less light output.

 

i think that is what someone else said.

 

Yeah that's correct... but at 6000k you get a sleek look with minute reduction in light.... it's not noticeable. Plus when you team it up with HID fogs... SWEEEEEEET!!!!

 

No it won't melt your housing, HID is only 35W. The only thing that can melt your housing is around 80-100W... but I use 100W fine since it's for Highbeams and those aren't on for long. Aside from that... the K temperature rating if for the color not for the temperature in heat. So Kelvin is something like this.

4300k = True White (Still looks yellow to us due to optical illusion)
5000k = White (Actually a mix of some blue but not noticeably diffent from stock)
6000k = White with tint of purple (Looks beautiful but has a minute decrease in Lumens or brightness)
8000k = BLUE/GREEN(Fraction of light on ground)
10000k = DARK BLUE(Really cool looking, but now your eyes hurt after driving long enough)
12000k+ = Purple (By now you will have to wear night vision goggles)

That's the breakdown. On wattage.. I would recommend no higher than 65W for halogen bulbs you can get... any higher and you risk frying your housing. But common sense is to follow stock which is 55W for most bulbs.

 

6k all the way

 

thank you for that wonderful explanation Biggy.

 

why would you 35% tint your WINDSHIELD?...

 

Sorry, just trying to kill 2 birds with one stone...

 

I'd tinted my windsheild so their will be less light cmin in my car ya know, my girl felt more comfortable when all the glass is tinted. Besides that, It looks meaner wit my black interior

 

Anyone tried the D2S?

 

dude, 35% on the front?....thats sick, hehe.......anyways ABOUT THE LIGHT OUTPUT.....i had stock 4300k then switched to 8000k.....i can't really notice the difference......the blueness really lights up the road.....

IF YOU WANT TO BUY NEW D2R bulbs buy them from HIDKING.COM......they have great prices. hope this helps. -shawn

 

Dude, are you talking about an HID conversion or just a bulb replacement?

The higher your Ks are the LESS light output it has. The higher number means the measurement in light output as per the light spectrum.

Your stock 4300K, as "normal" as it may seem, has one of the brightest HID outputs out there since it is the closest to the whitest area of the spectrum. Be careful with replacement bulbs as there are imitation ones out there that are not as good as the factory ones. Philips, Sylvania. OSRAM are the best bulbs for HID and the most reliable.

IMO, trying to look like the BMWs and Mercedes is more than just replacing the bulbs. If you notice them head-on at an angle, the glare is BLUE. I think it is merely from the projector lens giving off a bluish hue on the peripheral beam and not the bulbs themselves. Coz if you drive a BMW or Mercedes, the light output is actually WHITE and not blue.

 

do not get 10K or 12K at all lol their output will be similar to halogens and maybe stock halogens in some cars have more output than the 10-12k's. it won't be brighter than your stock hid which is 4100k i believe...they're the brightest you can get. it might look nice tho but i say stick w/ your stock or maybe get philips 6000k...that's the highest i would go w/o sacrificing light output. but if you're going for looks then yea the 10+K bulbs will look very colorful =)

 

vicman- yeah i think LEXUS SUVs and audi's have those too.....white OUTPUT, blue at an angle....and sometimes, the angle is so perfect they seem like 8 or 10,000 Ks! -shawn

 

this topic was just discussed last week.
http://acura-tl.com/forums/showthrea...ghlight=10000K

 

It could be the prismatic effect of the light on the curvature of the projector lens. Those "blue" rays do nothing to your driving, you probably don't even see it at all. (Not in a Benz or an Audi anyway).

It's just the ricer who wants the look of an expensive headlight without actually fully understanding the concept of HID. Why do you think there is a big market for colored blue and purple bulbs as well as stolen HID sets?

I also frequently see those riced up cars that has the PIAA or whatever bulbs and angle them up wanting to look like HID equipped cas but you see nothing but annoying glare.

The TL has one of the best looking stock HIDs out there, IMO.

 

very well said vicman, i agree
the stock 4300k look kinda purple to me, if i change the bulb i would want a mor epurple color then blue.

 

D2S&D2R is for car which already have HID conversion kits. You can't use H1~H11 series to replace D2S or D2R. If you want to upgrade the light, just change the bulb. However, I don't suggest you use 10K 's bulb. The color is too blue and with a little bit purple. It's dangerous while you are driving if it's raining.

 

Right, don't buy any H1-H11 series kits.
However, if you got 10k or even 12 k's kits, it's hard to see in raining day.
Because the color of the buls is blue, not yellow, therefore you can't see clearly.

I'm selling HID kits.