Alien

wat K is the stock HID??

Alexxx

4300K Its in your manual.

Alien

thx....
so if i wanna change it to a 6000k do i need to buy the whole new set??

VinTL

repost, from YESTERDAY lol. but no, you dont need to buy a whole new system, just the new bulbs.

i think the 8000k need a different HID system

songoku

You just need to buy either 6000K D2R bulbs(stock one) or 6000K D2S bulbs(w/slight modification).

Alexxx

Well today the 6000K DS2 came in and I put 'em in. The lights are just great, when you turn them on they were purple and then turned into blue. There were a bunch of kids playing in front of the car and they all went "OOOOOhhhh!, AAAAhhhhhh!".

Although when I recieved the bulbs the casing (insulation?) around the wire that is parallel to the bulb had a crack in it at the base of the bulb. My neighbor said that its ok since the casing is still around the wire and the light did work after I plugged it in. Should I be worried?

And another important comment, when I had my 4300K I bought Solaris hibeams, and they had a more of a blue color than my stock HIDs, now they are yellow (or they seem to be since the HIDs are blue) I spent like $70 on them, what should I do, should I glaze the bulbs with some thin blue marker/paint???

adam

the high beams are regular halogens, you can't give them a bluish glow without buying something like PIAA hyperwhites or whatever (the cheap bulbs burn the blue off quickly).

definitely don't put anything on the bulb surface, you can't even put a finger print on them; it'll decrease their life significantly.

rominl

don't even try, you will be doing nothing except destroying the light pattern of the hid and making less light output, you are hardly going to really change the color. plus if anything you are making it bluer, what's the point?

and fyi, with 6000k you will never ever be able to match it with any halogen, it's just too much for the power of halogen to match. you either go with hid high beam (which i think is unnecesasry) or you forget about it. i forget about it coz' i hardly use it except when i flash people

rominl

nop, not even PIAA can help you. i beleive the brightest PIAA produce around 5300k color temperature, which is still some away from the 6000k hid. and the color still won't match the bluish white by the 6000k. from what i have seen there is just no aftermarket halogen that can match it. and keep in mind, with the best PIAA superwhites, you have to worry more about the wattage rather than color.

that's simply when i threw away my old fogs and got 6000k hid for it as well

SilverUA5

I was wondering, how often do you use your highbeams? If your hardly using them, why bother changing it? Your better off upgrading your foglights to HID and leave the highbeams alone.

fsttyms1

where can i get 6000k hid and can i get them for a 2000 tl?

rominl

i got my 6000k philips hid set for 460 shipped, that's 9006

but for 2000 you first need to get a set of fogs, and i am not familiar with those

Tatewaki

Try some PIAA fogs, then buy a H3 HID kit

Tatewaki

Alexxx

For now, I'm mostly worried about the cracked insulation...any comment on that?

TLover8888

FYI, the osram/sylvania 6000K are really like 5300 or 5500K and the philips are 5800K...

songoku

I am not really sure about this, but if it turns on now, I don't think you should worry.

Alexxx

Spoke with J. Lui at SUV lights about my bulb problem. He said that the purpose of that covering/insulation over the wire serves as "a anti reflective surface so it does not affect the function of the bulb" He said that some people crush it and remove it to get more light and color but he doesn't recommend it.

If anyone is looking to buy 6000K I'd recommend him due to his service.