HID Kits

[ippielb]

So, I've been wanting to get HID kits for my truck, and I've been doing a lot of research, the two brightest bulb temperatures are 4300k and 5000k, does anyone know which one is actually brighter? 4300k has a "tint of yellow", while 5000k has a "tint of blue". Meanwhile, I've been looking at the colour of the 12,000k HID kits, and i really like the purple colour they give off. Will there be a huge difference in the amount of light given off from the two kits? I'm looking to get the HID that is best, if there is a big difference in light given off, I'll get the 5,000k temperature HID's, but if there's not that much noticeable difference, I'll get the 12,000k temperature, as i will be the only one, I've ever seen with this temperature. Not once have i seen 12,000k temperature. Ever.

[redneckarmyMP]

i have 8000k and theyre perfect for me.not too blue not too white..and give off a great amount of lighting

[Tdaz250]

What strength of light would you say the xenon lights are on sports cars like BMWs? I dont really want it to be changing color because its so bright(purple) but i just want it white like a BMW's xenon lights.

[redneckarmyMP]

What strength of light would you say the xenon lights are on sports cars like BMWs? I dont really want it to be changing color because its so bright(purple) but i just want it white like a BMW's xenon lights.

i believe theyre usually 5000-6000k

[ippielb]

No one knows if there is a huge difference between the light given off by the 12000k, and the 5000k?

[04SilverChevy]

Pretty much it's just the color. The 5000k will be more white with a tint of blue maybe. The 12000k will give ya that purple look. Both are gonna be brighter than stock.

ahh.. http://www.bltdirect.com/images/colour-temperature.jpg

take a look at that and see if it explains things a lil better.

[Kaiser-Wave]

There is more than just kelvins and temperature, the way is works is simple the more Kelvin (color temperature) the less lumens (actual light) 12000k is pointless u will hate them stay at around 6000k if you want the best kits pre-fabbed for our trucks with the relay for the battery go to a&r motorsports website they are cheap and work well!

[RedneckTrucker]

the higher the number (5000k-8000k-12000k) the dimmer they are. they will be more blue but not as bright especially when it rains stick with 4300-8000k imho

[dsrtne1]

What strength of light would you say the xenon lights are on sports cars like BMWs? I dont really want it to be changing color because its so bright(purple) but i just want it white like a BMW's xenon lights.

4300k-4500k

[DIGS16]

Get the 8000k ull be happy trust me

[Tunnelmotor99]

I just switched from 12000K to 5000K because the 12s weren't nearly bright enough, I couldn't see anything when it was raining at night. The 5000s are about 4x brighter.

[offroadaddict]

I ran into the same problem.. I couldn't get a straight answer on color partially due to the differences in cameras, partially because of peoples interpretation of a color and partially because every brand is slightly different.

I ended up getting 5,000k HIDs for my low beams and fogs. The *should* be here Thursday I'll try and post pics up once i get them installed.

[TritonBoulder47]

http://www.ddmtuning.com/images/products/secondary/38.jpg

That should help... DDMTuning (http://www.ddmtuning.com) is a great place to get HIDs...