the problem is that despite what the seller told you, you do not have a 4300k hid kit. What you have is much higher k, and do have less lumens output.
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other potential issue is that drop in hid kits very often have an incorrect focal length for the housing they're going into(you're putting hids into a housing designed for a halogen bulb... THEY ARE NOT THE SAME). Often times, this causes light to not be aimed correctly, resulting in much less usable light output, even if the lumen output of the bulb is the same.
Park in front of a wall, pointing at it, and take a photo showing the light output of the headlights on the wall... will give a good idea if the focal length is horribly off or not.
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