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Just installed 14000k HID

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Old 04-08-07, 12:03 AM
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i got the 4800K OE lexus hid for 06+ for my gs3 and it goes freakin far! i need to lower the headlamps some how cuz ppl are flippin me off cuz they think im high beaming them LOL
Old 04-08-07, 09:17 AM
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everyone has their opinion on what looks good. if i was driving with those 14000k bulbs, my eyes would be fatigued real quick.

i would sick with 4100k or up to 6000k. better yet, real projectors with a thick blue/purple band.
Old 04-08-07, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by ReLexin
I gonna order this kit for my high beams!
who the truck uses their high beams enough to actually give a truck
Old 04-08-07, 04:13 PM
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smurfy.

although they're too blue for me, I kinda agree that they don't look like 14k. you would think it would be more purple than blue.
Old 04-08-07, 05:05 PM
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I was actually thinking the same thing. I thought that 14k would have at at least a purple hue to them.
Old 04-08-07, 06:22 PM
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I say the 6000k is closest to stockish look on GS models since they have no projectors. 14k HID is too much in my opinion.
Old 04-09-07, 01:13 AM
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yea 14k is little 2much i think between 4000-6000 is best, i am using 6000k hid kit ,, doesn’t perform well on halogen headlight, i just dont have time for retros......
Old 04-09-07, 08:01 AM
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now all u need to do is match the parking lights
Old 06-26-07, 05:10 PM
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I have pink 3000K
Old 06-26-07, 06:57 PM
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Keep in mind those kelvin ratings are all over the place. There's really no standard by which aftermarket HID makers in China abide by. Someones 6k might be blue and 8k is purple, and you move onto another brand and its flipped around. Or someone might sell a 6000k HID kit as a 12000K or 14000K. It's all just BS ratings if you ask me lol. I guess the whole trend of going with advertising/marketing really high kelvin numbers was because a lot of less informed people think Kelvin is light output brightness when really it has nothing to do with that. The higher on the kelvin scale you go, you actually lose light output as well as much of the CRI of the light being thrown out. So you don't just have a dimmer bulb, most of the light being thrown out isn't too easy on your eyes. Long story short...keep the high color bulbs for show and 4300-6000k for the road. It's for your own safety
Old 06-26-07, 08:14 PM
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looks great.
Old 06-26-07, 08:19 PM
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Too riced out. Blue/purple for headlights and yellow for fogs. where's the red and green?
Old 06-26-07, 08:34 PM
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Just ordered a 6000K kit from that site.
Old 06-27-07, 12:08 AM
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For looks its great. For bisibility and everydya driving, its not all that. I guess you get half of each world.
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not my style.. 4300k or 6k should be the only options for headlights.
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