HID conversion kits

[tuppelo]

[QUOTE=Element12;1845816]I don't live in the city, i live about an hour out of it ?

I live in a moderately sized country town.

anyway, here's the requested picture of the HIDS when i had them in, sorry about the long delay.

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Why r u saying when you HAD them? Did you sell your car or got done for them and had to replace them?

[zorann]

VIC ROADS are currently cracking down on HIDS, as they do not have a sharp cut off line like your conventional H4, my xenon are coming out and taking my projectors out and going to SIR headlights, not worth the hassle, i have air bags and shaved doorhandles on my car, more attention is not what i need, also i was told by my mechanic if you look at H4 Globe it has a small cover over the top of the actual bulb which stops it from shooting out everywhere!

[zorann]

where are your door latches?? how do you get into the car hahaha

what you mean, that's factory , i get a laugh when people go to get into my car and just think that there is a door handle lol

[Element12]

[QUOTE=tuppelo;1847172]

I don't live in the city, i live about an hour out of it ?

I live in a moderately sized country town.

anyway, here's the requested picture of the HIDS when i had them in, sorry about the long delay.

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Why r u saying when you HAD them? Did you sell your car or got done for them and had to replace them?

I'm going through different colour temps, i've used 6000k and 4300k and 8000k and all different bulbs, to find ones i really like.

No, i haven't got done for them :P and no haven't had any problems with them.

[tuppelo]

[QUOTE=Element12;1851966]

I'm going through different colour temps, i've used 6000k and 4300k and 8000k and all different bulbs, to find ones i really like.

No, i haven't got done for them :P and no haven't had any problems with them.

What colour did you find the best? I have 6000K now and they are really good but I am just afraid that they might be a way too bright...Was going to change it to 4300K – Would you recommend it? Is there a noticeable difference?

Thanks

[Sp00ny]

[QUOTE=tuppelo;1852774]

What colour did you find the best? I have 6000K now and they are really good but I am just afraid that they might be a way too bright...Was going to change it to 4300K – Would you recommend it? Is there a noticeable difference?

Thanks

4300K has more lumens (thus is brighter)......4300K is the optimum colour temperature as stated by the majority of OEM Manufacturers and bulb manufacturers. Over 6000K are hopeless in wet conditions and look...well ricey. Any HID's look ricey if they aren't seated in OEM HID projectors. Note: OEM Manufacturers such as OSRAM and PHILIPS will sell them as 4100K to allow for a 200K colour shift.

4300K start of with a yellowy whitish colour temp but after 20-30 hours of use turn into a pure white...(no blue, no yellow just white). This is called "Colour Shift" as HID's get older the colour temperature will rise hence the lumens will fall.

4300K > 5000K > 6000K over 6k...dont bother.

If you would prefer a bluish tinge...the 5000K are a good choice. They have a slight tinge of blue while still keeping up in the lumen output and remaining decent in wet conditions.

[Limbo]

i have 8k HIDs and they seem to be fine in wet. its only got a slight blue to it also.

[Sp00ny]

i have 8k HIDs and they seem to be fine in wet. its only got a slight blue to it also.

Install 4300K and see if what you think then, lol. xD

I had 6000K's and the differance in the wet is very noticable. The higher the colour temperature the higher the frequency which will lead to more light dispersion off a wet ashpalt road, signs, sidewalks etc.

you could deal with 6000Ks in a OEM HID projector or MAYBE 8000K but the differance is still big. There is a reason 8000K+ in america is illegal. ...and here it says on halogens that anything over 4100K is not legal for road use.

Are you sure its 8000k then? the 8000K kits i have seen have a very noticable blue tinge to even the most concentrated part of the beam. If they are a chinese manufactured kit and parts, the colour temperature can differ, i have a mate with "6000K's" that look like 8000+ and one with 5000K which looks like its just over 6000K, quality control is quite poor.

Major Benefit of the 4300K is they don't draw cop attention. The more people that are getting into HID Kits...the more likely it is that police will be trained to detect and defect cars with them.

[Limbo]

yep they are 8k, blueish tinge. I've seen bluer so i'm assuming there are some with 10k & 12k out there.

I've gone thru breath tests and no issues

[FAT VTI]

[Sp00ny]

yep they are 8k, blueish tinge. I've seen bluer so i'm assuming there are some with 10k & 12k out there.

I've gone thru breath tests and no issues

Breath tests don't mean much though, i had a mate that went through with no cat (was waiting for replacement)...was loud and it felt like when we were sitting there we were gonna pass out...and we were inside the car! lol.

Im not really saying anything about the cops atm...Autobahn have already started selling HID Kits(chinese ones for $350 what a rip off!)...so give it a while and cops will be onto them.

Yeah ive seen someone with 32,000k which is close to UV...can barely see in dry conditions and cant see in the wet at all...but the white signs reflect well...lol.

[redmugenjazz]

Breath tests don't mean much though, i had a mate that went through with no cat (was waiting for replacement)...was loud and it felt like when we were sitting there we were gonna pass out...and we were inside the car! lol.

Im not really saying anything about the cops atm...Autobahn have already started selling HID Kits(chinese ones for $350 what a rip off!)...so give it a while and cops will be onto them.

Yeah ive seen someone with 32,000k which is close to UV...can barely see in dry conditions and cant see in the wet at all...but the white signs reflect well...lol.

lol, dats soo cool, i guess, like uv neons, it would make the lanes flouress aswell,