Stage III HID in testing...and general HID info
07-08-03, 08:34 PM
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Stage III HID in testing...and general HID info
I just found some very interesting info on stage III HID and Philips HID in general. Example like it takes 100 hours of burn in time to achieve true bulb color. For instance many people dont' like 4100k because it doesn't show the blue, well it's because they haven't had it on for that many hours. It worth reading....
http://www.audiworld.com/tech/ext49.shtml
http://www.audiworld.com/tech/ext49.shtml
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projector lens: 4300k or 6000k?
from the article:
"Regardless what anyone claims, 4300K Philips bulb is the BRIGHTEST bulb available. It burns a bluish-white color when used with a projector-lens. Pure white without projector-lenses.
6000k Philips Ultinon bulb has a slightly less output and burns a Bluish-purple, with or without projector-lenses. This bulb was designed for cars without projectors. It gives that projector light-show to cars without projectors."
So after reading this article, since I have a 95 ES with projector style lense, I should go with 4300k instead of 6000k eh? Plus it puts out more output.
Anyone tried 4300k and 6000k with projector lens?
"Regardless what anyone claims, 4300K Philips bulb is the BRIGHTEST bulb available. It burns a bluish-white color when used with a projector-lens. Pure white without projector-lenses.
6000k Philips Ultinon bulb has a slightly less output and burns a Bluish-purple, with or without projector-lenses. This bulb was designed for cars without projectors. It gives that projector light-show to cars without projectors."
So after reading this article, since I have a 95 ES with projector style lense, I should go with 4300k instead of 6000k eh? Plus it puts out more output.
Anyone tried 4300k and 6000k with projector lens?
07-09-03, 11:39 PM
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The 4300k will look more white-just a hint yellow in the stock ES projectors; the 6000k would be more bluish-purplish.
The color in the 4300k's is largely due to the projectors themselves, the ES projectors which were designed for halogen, won't reproduce these colors like the HID projectors.
The 4300k will be a little brighter, but the 6000k will probably have a little more of a typical "HID" look. I'd probably go for the 6000k, or you can go the projector retrofit route like myself and a few others have done. The beam pattern will be better with a retrofit, the stock projectors will just reproduce the beam pattern you have now except brighter. The cost is about the same, but if you're not comfortable hacking apart your lights, the retrofit isn't for you. Do a search on this if you're wondering, there were some detailed posts from Tiguy99 and myself on retrofits in the ES. I believe EGainer, XenonES3, and a few others have HID's using the stock projectors, you should be able to search for their experiences as well.
The color in the 4300k's is largely due to the projectors themselves, the ES projectors which were designed for halogen, won't reproduce these colors like the HID projectors.
The 4300k will be a little brighter, but the 6000k will probably have a little more of a typical "HID" look. I'd probably go for the 6000k, or you can go the projector retrofit route like myself and a few others have done. The beam pattern will be better with a retrofit, the stock projectors will just reproduce the beam pattern you have now except brighter. The cost is about the same, but if you're not comfortable hacking apart your lights, the retrofit isn't for you. Do a search on this if you're wondering, there were some detailed posts from Tiguy99 and myself on retrofits in the ES. I believe EGainer, XenonES3, and a few others have HID's using the stock projectors, you should be able to search for their experiences as well.
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