Okay so about two weeks ago i noticed my drivers low beam was turning pink.... my passenger headlight was normal. Well its going out, and flickering and is its normal color again... but like i said it goes out every once in a while. Sooooo.... my question is. Is it the Ballast or the bulb? I always do research so i would just like to know your guy's opinion. I would like to switch to a 10k HID kit. I know there are some cruddy HID that will go bad, so i would like Preferences on where to buy some good HID's. ?!

 

if its pink then its the bulb. good hid bulbs are philips, osram, and morimoto(retrofitsource), dont get 10k bulbs, it will be very dim

 

Well I like the blue tint to the stock so I figured I'd try darker but ill take your advice cause I'd rather have them brighter . What about 9k? And stock are 8k right ? any websites as well?

 

Stock are 4300 or 4500k

If you want a tint of blue, then 6-8k should be your max, anything above that is too blue (rice) and actually produces less light output.

 

I think 6000K should be the max.
even 6000k you're straining your eyes to view the road.


Dont even try 8000k, that shit just fatigued my eyes trying to watch for objects in the road.

the more you go up in the Kelvin scale the more blue the color is; however you lose visibility.
I dont know about you but I'd rather see the road than "look cool"

 

Agreed!

5k for crystal white great output

6k for a slight blue tint and good looking with still great output

anything above that = and less lumens

 

I always see people bashing anything about 6k. I've had 12k 55w lights in my Integra, and in my TL, WITH tinted windshields and never had a problem with visibility. I've even had people sit in that car and comment on how bright the headlights were.

As for your problem, I agree that it's probably your bulb. Or, at least a good starting point. Personally, I had a stock ballast go bad. I ended up just doing a complete revamp of the stock HID's. New bulbs, ballasts, igniters, etc.

The only modification I had to make, was to chop off the stock harness and wire it up to a 9006 style headlight harness so it would plug into the aftermarket ballast.

 

not trying to argue with you; but its pretty proven that anything above 8000k fatigues your eyes, not to mention loss of visibility in rainy conditions.

maybe the upped wattage helped...
but seriously, check your eyes.

 

What I'm getting at, is that people are so quick to talk down about something they've never had or have any experience with. They just recite what someone else has told them.

In both Acuras the visibility was great. In my BMW I can't see shit. But, then again, I couldn't see shit with the factory bulbs either. Something about that car...

However, I did read that the 55w washed out the color.

 

I installed 8000k's into a friends ride and took a test drive right after..
seriously, it fatigued my eyes and it was harder to make out objects in the road.

nevertheless; the science involved with reflecting light in rainy conditions.
simply put; 8000k SUCKS!

 

Guess ill go with 6k for a while and see how it goes. Thanks for input dudes