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Old 12-22-10, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rvalero
How long did you wait before taking the pic? These bulbs need around 40 seconds to reach their normal color. My 3000k starts off green, but turns yellow in under a minute.

Picture was taken after 40 mins of continuous use. Seriously, stop signs look blue.
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Old 12-22-10, 05:29 PM
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hmm my 5k looks pretty white after about 15 secs.. id contact their live support tomorrow during the day.
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Old 12-22-10, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by huch
Picture was taken after 40 mins of continuous use. Seriously, stop signs look blue.
That would bug the crap out of me. I plan to get a set of Philips 5000K crystal vision when my OEM 4300k eventually die.
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Old 12-22-10, 05:34 PM
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looks like my 8000k kit..
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Old 12-22-10, 06:22 PM
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http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5535/dsc00543oh.jpg

that color looks about right. the camera tends to pick up the hids as more blue.
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Old 12-22-10, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by UR2klose
looks like my 8000k kit..


Brutal...

Thing is when I ordered the kits, I ordered them all at once. (2) 9006 5000k kits and an H11 5000k. One of the 9006 and the H11 was for my buddy (in the pictures) the other 9006 kit was for my IS350 fogs. I haven't tested my kit yet but it's identical to the ones in the picture in terms of part number and identification, ie, "9006" "5000k".
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Old 12-22-10, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by LiCelsior
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5535/dsc00543oh.jpg

that color looks about right. the camera tends to pick up the hids as more blue.
The most normal pic of what it looks like is I believe the third one, where we're outside and its shining on the snow. Literally dude, stop signs appear blue, even the exhaust from cars ahead of us on cold days, they have a distinct blue tint to it.
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Old 12-22-10, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by huch
The most normal pic of what it looks like is I believe the third one, where we're outside and its shining on the snow. Literally dude, stop signs appear blue, even the exhaust from cars ahead of us on cold days, they have a distinct blue tint to it.
that is pretty blue. my 5ks from hidextra in my wifes civic usdm model of yours looks "blue-ish" in the housing but projects white on the ground.
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Old 12-22-10, 09:59 PM
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They Are NOT 5K
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my 5k on a cr-v is blue also, more in the housing than on the ground. i didn't care though, it's a cr-v.
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Old 12-23-10, 01:13 PM
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I'm reading a lot of posivitve feed back but also a LOT of negative feed back about these kits. So here's the $64,000 question:

Would you guys (the people who actually have the conversion kits installed on their cars) recommend a conversion kit from HIDEXTRA.com or not? Specifically, I'd probably get 5000k 9006 for the low beams on my 1993 SC300. Thanks!
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Old 12-23-10, 03:26 PM
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my 5k bulbs are white with a hint of blue. if u dont mind the flicker on start up then their pretty good.
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Old 12-23-10, 04:48 PM
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some of us got them at black Friday price for $29.99/$39.99slim ballast (less than a tank of gas ), you got nothing to loose. For the price, yeah, start up flicker does bother me but I can live with it for now.

Originally Posted by LiCelsior
my 5k bulbs are white with a hint of blue. if u dont mind the flicker on start up then their pretty good.
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Old 12-23-10, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by quang
some of us got them at black Friday price for $29.99/$39.99slim ballast (less than a tank of gas ), you got nothing to loose. For the price, yeah, start up flicker does bother me but I can live with it for now.
Do they ONLY flicker on start-up? Or do they do it all the time? Because for $50, I can deal with just a little flickering on start-up. But if they flicker all the time - hell naw! You can't really find any other kits for less than $80, and those are probably crap.
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Old 12-23-10, 05:24 PM
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yep i didnt know they had the slim ballasts on sale also or i woulda ordered those.

yes they only flicker on start up for about 3-5seconds and then it stops and warms up.
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