Should I buy 6000k or 8000k hids?

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06-09-2011
Xanthous

Re: Should I buy 6000k or 8000k hids?

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Originally Posted by gtcoup

i got 35w 8k from vvme. slight blue tint but bright as sh1t. i was worried about getting 6 so i got 8 and i couldnt be happier. i got 10k in the fogs for the blue and i like it, but im switching it up to white to make my car less attractive.

thanks for posting because I've been looking at vvme.

How do you do the fogs? Do you have to buy 2 kits?
06-09-2011
Xanthous

Re: Should I buy 6000k or 8000k hids?

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Originally Posted by machinegunsquid

6000K or LOWER.

6000k has that slight blue tint, and improves light output greatly.

If you run HIDs in stock housings, expect to be pulled over. even with them aimed down, they put out a huge light pattern. Which is why projectors are mandatory to run them legally.

Get 4300k, 5000k, or 6000k, and if you dont like the color you get, then just get different bulbs, no need to buy the whole ballast assembly to change the bulb temp.

Where do I get projectors?
06-09-2011
cleangtp

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Originally Posted by Xanthous

thanks for posting because I actually was going to go with vvme. If you haven't had any trouble, I'll probably buy the 8000k.

How do you do the fogs? Do you have to buy 2 kits?

Don't go with vvme nothing but problems lately putting their kits on our GP's. I know 1 person here that successfully installed a vvme kit and it was WITHOUT their junk relay harness, it was connecting the spades directly into their headlight socket.

Go with ddm tuning hid kits, the wait me be a little longer but I've had 0 problems out of my kit. However I only use Morimoto H1 bulbs in my retro's that I do and only 5000k or 4300k IMO. 6000k is liveable but you want the most usuable light you can have 6000k tends to have hints of blue and 8000k will look "ricerish".

You will need a 9007 kit if you're putting hid's in your stock housings if your car is a 97-03. If you're putting them into bi-xenon morimoto projectors you'll need the H1 kit. Also for your fogs you'll need 880 kit so yes you will need 2 kits. Get relay harnesses if you want your ballast to function properly from the rip.
06-09-2011
cleangtp

Re: Should I buy 6000k or 8000k hids?

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Originally Posted by Xanthous

I favor the color more than light output don't don't want any trouble with the cops. Bio makes a good point when he says different brand hid's color will be different.

Should I worry about blinding other drivers and how would I prevent that? Maybe the only good option is getting spyder headlights?

Also, how do 35w hid compare to 55w? More light output with 55w?

55w kits wash color out and are very unecessary. If you can't see with a 35w kit you're totally blind. If you favor color over light output then look to get harassed depending on your local cops. 8000k will get you pulled over eventually I'd almost bet money on it.

http://www.grandprixforums.net/retro-pricing-43895.html

A very good alternative to the junk ebay offers for our cars!!!

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06-09-2011
cleangtp

Re: Should I buy 6000k or 8000k hids?

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Originally Posted by Xanthous

Where do I get projectors?

Bi-xenon: Morimoto Mini (H1) - HID Projectors from The Retrofit Source Inc

If you need more HID info head over to your header thread haha, you'll understand when you get there.
06-09-2011
Bio248

Re: Should I buy 6000k or 8000k hids?

honestly go with whatever you want. youre still going to blind anyone coming towards you in traffic, even with them pointed down. i liked having them in my own car, but now that they are super cheap and everyone has them i realized that i hate them because they do nothing, but blind everyone else on the road.

go ahead and do a projector retrofit for the sake of everyone else that has to see the front of your car.
06-09-2011
dpzelenak

Re: Should I buy 6000k or 8000k hids?

i'd say go with 8k's..mine are bright as **** with a light blue tint..both of mine are vvme and i never had any problems with them of the cops, and i got 10k's in my fogs to and there even brighter then my lows..but i got the colors i got because of the car of my car..i think that a white car looks better with blue lights..so if you have a light color car then go with 8k if you have a darker color car then go with white
06-09-2011
cleangtp

Re: Should I buy 6000k or 8000k hids?

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Originally Posted by dpzelenak

i'd say go with 8k's..mine are bright as **** with a light blue tint..both of mine are vvme and i never had any problems with them of the cops, and i got 10k's in my fogs to and there even brighter then my lows..but i got the colors i got because of the car of my car..i think that a white car looks better with blue lights..so if you have a light color car then go with 8k if you have a darker color car then go with white

You should make your lights alternate flashings and add a siren then you could be a cop:th_laugh-lol2::th_laugh-lol2:, just playin........
06-09-2011
dpzelenak

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been there..done that...what next??
06-20-2011
twol8uluz

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Well, after being schooled on this issue by a few of you and listening to my neighbor/friend ***** about how bright mine were when they were shining through his front windows I decided to do a distance comparison between my 10k's and my gf's stock g6 headlights, this is what I seen (given crappy pic which does it no justice at all)
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Needless to say I was embarrassed (never seen my lights from that far away before to realized how blinding they really were, lol) so I took the 10k's out until I can find a happy medium bulb. Thinkin about 4300's w/yellow fogs? Something diff, for me anyways. Does anybody run that combo? Pics?
06-20-2011
matt5112

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I've even been flashed with stock, properly aimed headlights.
06-20-2011
cleangtp

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Originally Posted by twol8uluz

Well, after being schooled on this issue by a few of you and listening to my neighbor/friend ***** about how bright mine were when they were shining through his front windows I decided to do a distance comparison between my 10k's and my gf's stock g6 headlights, this is what I seen (given crappy pic which does it no justice at all)
Needless to say I was embarrassed (never seen my lights from that far away before to realized how blinding they really were, lol) so I took the 10k's out until I can find a happy medium bulb. Thinkin about 4300's w/yellow fogs? Something diff, for me anyways. Does anybody run that combo? Pics?

4300k will be brighter than what you already have. The lower you go in the kelvin scale the more lumens the bulb will produce. There's no way around blinding someone with HID in a stock housing, said it a thousand times.
06-20-2011
twol8uluz

Re: Should I buy 6000k or 8000k hids?

Then I need some good projectors then obviously? I prefer function over fashion. Is there any projectors besides ebay?
06-20-2011
cleangtp

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Originally Posted by twol8uluz

Then I need some good projectors then obviously? I prefer function over fashion. Is there any projectors besides ebay?

Sum1 help this guy out with a real headlight setup please........:th_laugh-lol2:
06-20-2011
twol8uluz

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Lmao....its terrible, I know.
06-20-2011
TheOtherNick

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The Retrofit Source online: headlight upgrades for all applications morimoto mini h1s put them in your stock housing.
06-20-2011
cleangtp

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Originally Posted by twol8uluz

Lmao....its terrible, I know.

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06-20-2011
twol8uluz

Re: Should I buy 6000k or 8000k hids?

Yeah, I seen those on multiple threads, however I don't feel confident im "crafty" enough to assemble that. It looks really sweet and id really like a set, but I don't feel I have the patience or know how to do it correctly. Lol
06-20-2011
cleangtp

Re: Should I buy 6000k or 8000k hids?

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Originally Posted by twol8uluz

Yeah, I seen those on multiple threads, however I don't feel confident im "crafty" enough to assemble that. It looks really sweet and id really like a set, but I don't feel I have the patience or know how to do it correctly. Lol

I retrofit for people just sayin, do you not see the banner on my posts? You gotta pay to play my friend......
06-20-2011
twol8uluz

Re: Should I buy 6000k or 8000k hids?

I see it, is it supposed to be a link also? Of course, nothing quality is cheap or easy!

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