DavidsGX

Is it going to be too blue? Will it still have white output? Or less bright? Pictures will be helpful. Thanks!!

rominl

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8000k is all blue, sux... never do it, waste of money. too blue to get pulled over.

and it's not going to be of good quality imho

MrJohnE

my 8k's are not too blue, sitting next to my friend that also has 8K mine seem to be more pure white . now on the other hand my Blue LED"s in the parking light , Those are BLUE

DavidsGX

Do you really need to change the ballast to produce the real 8000K?
Actually, I have 6k but it just looks purple to me in day time. Night is almost pure white.

3rdelement

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ok lets see how much i can remember from my cinematography class about the subject of lighting temp.

2500-yellow ish tint
4000-4800 almost pure white(visually) depending on ambient light
7200-9000 purple/violet tint
also keep in mind with true hid you will usually see each of these colors depending on the prisming effect towards the edge of the beam.

I am looking at purchasing a set for my es and 4300k is the range i want. im picky and i hate the blue color from the 8000k temp.

EXE.UCF10

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You don't need to change the ballasts to achieve the 8000K color. All you need to do is get a pair of 8000K HID bulbs and pop them in...just make sure the connectors of the bulbs are compatible with your ballasts or you will have to do some wire splicing. Take rominl's advice, the color will be very blue, and the output will be minimal (although you might not think so) compared to the 6000K you have now.

MrJohnE

correct, i have 8k bulbs and all i did was replace the bulbs!

rominl

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on some of the 8000k setup, they do have different ballasts to provide a bit more juice to make the bulbs brighter

mystic

8000k HIDs in my viper....

MASH835

The use of 8000K HID is not good for your eyes, specially for long term driving at night

DavidsGX

Thanks for the help guys!! 8k is really blue!! I think driving in a city is allright since there are many road lights, but for the rural area, that might be enough to see clearly.

Do you know how does POLARION HID kit differ from XenonDepot HID kit(assume they are both 6k)?

ShadyJC

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Here's some interesting reading on HID color and luminosity.

http://www.intellexual.net/hid.html
http://faqlight.carpassion.info

Also, here's a site with a java demonstration of black body radiation emissions and kelvin color temperature. Change the value in the "Change the temperature" field and then see the effect in the "Appearance" circle at the top.

http://www.usask.ca/chemistry/course...s/BBR/BBR.html

1994 LS400

Hey Everyone,
I am just curious what kit and bulbs everyone is running ?!?
Thanks,
Paul

aloha08isf

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I had the HID stock on my car (03 GS) soo all I did was change the bulbs....I am using Phillips 6000K hids D2r.

rominl

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i had 2 sets of hid kits, both philips ballasts and philips 6000k hid bulbs

now i have oem hid, and 6000k philips bubl on the gs4