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HID Bulbs
« on: December 17, 2006, 07:07:38 AM »
I want brighter visibility while driving. Since I deleted the fog lamps, I need to upgrade the brightness.  The bright blue hue is what I'm looking for. Which color temperature do you guys recommend? 
6000k
8000k
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12000k
Who has what and what's your experience?  Thanks for the feedback.
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Re: HID Bulbs
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2006, 09:14:34 AM »
I would not recommend anything higher than 6k.
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Re: HID Bulbs
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2006, 09:52:37 AM »
I have 6000k and I love it.  The blue is just right and so is the brightness.  Agreed on not going 8-12k.
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Re: HID Bulbs
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2006, 01:48:25 PM »
I have 6000 and it looks slightly blue to the eye but the road appears in bright white.  Its awesome
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Re: HID Bulbs
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2006, 02:14:38 PM »
Yes Carlos, your stock HIDs are 4200k . The 6000k is a bit bluer but you do loose a little bit of visibility, which IMO is good trade off. Now the question is where do we get the 6000k D2S bulbs for a reasonable price(really cheap), because my HID bulbs are almost 7 years old and I'm sure they've lost a lot of their output.
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Re: HID Bulbs
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2006, 05:35:34 PM »
I'll be checking a few places this week for pricing.  Maybe I'll arrange a group buy if anyone's interested once I get pricing.
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Re: HID Bulbs
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2006, 08:00:34 AM »
This is where I buy my kits. Least expensive and good service so far, bought three kits from them so far and like it very much.

http://www.pilothid.com/
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