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Old 08-28-09, 07:27 AM
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Default What else do I need to install HID kit on non-HID headlight ?

i just got HID bowl and ordering Denso ballast + D2R bulbs. What else do I need to get it installed on my non-HID headlight ?

i feel bad to keep asking GSteg through PM on this


thanks in advance...
Old 08-28-09, 10:26 AM
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I saw your purchase over on HiD Planet, you got an excellent price for that stuff.

You'll need to cut off the old connector on the Denso ballast, and crimp on a female 9006, so that your OE GS harness can plug right into it.

Then you will be set!
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emoshunnn...lol...i saw your feedback and stuff that you sold, man you are like HID GOD or something

i hope that ballast + bulb that I bought is pretty good condition.....

thanks for the info so i don't need to buy anything else, right ? i bought "9006 wiring harness" last year from mobilehid...do I need that ?
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It wouldn't hurt, so if you have it, use it!

Yeah being as you say an "HID GOD", it pains me to see people buy anything over 6000k for their cars. Uneducated people just don't understand the sacrifice you make once you leave the realm of OEM, all for the sake of color.

Good to see you're on the right track!
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Originally Posted by emoshun
It wouldn't hurt, so if you have it, use it!

Yeah being as you say an "HID GOD", it pains me to see people buy anything over 6000k for their cars. Uneducated people just don't understand the sacrifice you make once you leave the realm of OEM, all for the sake of color.

Good to see you're on the right track!
hmmm i was actually thinking to upgrade the bulbs to 6000K, is OEM 4300K bright enough ?
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4300k is not a brightness level, it is the kelvin rating, and kelvin ratings don not equate output lumens.

But to answer your question most all OE bulbs that are 4300k, have the highest lumen rating out there.

You see, as you go higher in the kelvin scale ie, 6,000k/8,000k/10,000k you lose actual light output drastically. Even the drop in lumens from 4300k-6000k is considerable.

The only thing you get with higher kelvin rated bulbs is a change in the color out the light that is output underneath your cutoff line. Not lighting power, but simply a different color hue.

Hope that helps.
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that helps Emoshun thanks!

I got all the parts now might ask question again later....
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Originally Posted by emoshun
4300k is not a brightness level, it is the kelvin rating, and kelvin ratings don not equate output lumens.

But to answer your question most all OE bulbs that are 4300k, have the highest lumen rating out there.

You see, as you go higher in the kelvin scale ie, 6,000k/8,000k/10,000k you lose actual light output drastically. Even the drop in lumens from 4300k-6000k is considerable.

The only thing you get with higher kelvin rated bulbs is a change in the color out the light that is output underneath your cutoff line. Not lighting power, but simply a different color hue.

Hope that helps.
well you always have the aftermarket 5000K which is basically a 4300K when color shifted... i'm pretty sure the light output for a 5000K is better than a 4300K right? any thing after 5000K is sacrificing light output for color. (dont quote me on this) =P
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SickES350...

Wrong...

...wrong...

and...wrong again.

Positively no aftermarket bulb will outperform a OE Philips 85122+ bulb, ever ever ever...ever ever everevereverever!

Neverever!
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Emoshun....can i use D2R bulbs into LS430 projector ?
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