Fd3BOOST

I want to get some. My lights are aweful. I am scared Im gonna hit a deer at night. 100Mph and low visbility is bad.

I have been looking into them and now Im sharing some info...



HID-Frequently Asked Questions



Q. How exactly does HID differ from regular halogen car bulbs?



A. In a nutshell, HID does not use the standard filament system of standard bulbs. It works on a new system where a ballast connected inline with the system draws the 35W and drops the current down to increase the voltage to 23,000 Volts. It then creates an arc inside a Xenon gas filled HID bulb or capsule and excites the gas producing a nice colored light with a much higher Lumens rating.



Q. What is all this talk about 6000K, 8000K etc...?



A. This is one of the biggest misconceptions out there today. The "K" rating or Kelvin rating simply indicates the color output of the light on a Kelvin color temperature scale. It actually has NOTHING to do with brightness and EVERYTHING to do with color. A pure white light is around 5000K and a 6000K will give you more of a purplish hue. The 8000K system will give you a bluer type of color. Standard halogen bulbs are around the 3200K level which is more on the yellowish side. Once you go above 6000K it slightly changes the formula. You can have 6000K and up in various colors. Above 6000K it depends on the gas mixtures which can be produced to give off various colors. Typically, the higher the "K" number, the more color you will have.



Q. So since the color output differs aren't the bulbs tinted which will reduce the light output?



A. While unfortunately some "cheaper kits" do tend to take the shortcut and tint their bulbs which WILL reduce the light output, the bulbs used in our kits are always clear. What affects the K rating or light color is the amounts of Xenon gas (which burns blue) or Krypton gas (which burns more purple) concentrations used in different bulbs.



Q. Won't this system produce so much heat that it will melt or damage parts of my vehicle?



A. No! What produces heat is not the amount of light outputed, but rather the amount of Amperage or Current put through the wires. Here is a simple electrical formula. Wattage = Volts x Amps. A standard 55W bulb at 12V will draw 4.58 Amps while an HID bulb at 35W will only draw 2.91 Amps. You heard right! HID burns at less than HALF the heat of the bulbs that your vehicle came with from the factory..

FikseRxSeven

yeah thats right..... i have 6000k and i think 4600k is brighter, only cuz our eyes is more inclined to seeing white rather than blue at night.

Fd3BOOST

Here is what Phillips offers for Fd's



http://www.brightheadlights-hid.com/hid-9003.htm

Fd3BOOST

So you have HID or just xenon gas bulbs?

Fd3BOOST

The major difference is in found in the bulbs. Hid- Fog Lights run at 5400k and Stage 2 bulbs run at 6000k and are composed of a gas mixture that emits a very Blue hue, Versus a Stage 1 kit, which run at 4300k, and emit a very WHITE light. The Stage 1 kits are the same lights and OEM color in BMW & Lexus this color give you the MOST LUMENS (light output). The stage 2 system is the same exact system found on the European Le man Race cars. This system eclipses any other automotive lighting system in color on the market today. Nothing can even match the light color. Stage 2 is much more BLUISH hue than Any BMW, Mercedes, or popular luxury car on the market.



The choice of stage 1 or stage 2. If your looking for the most light output go with stage 1 (4300k) which is OEM color in BMW and LEXUS. If you just really want that more Blue / Euro look go with the Stage 2 (6000k) kit.

Fd3BOOST

Also I didn't know if you guys knew this or not but HID's are illegal in some states and are no longer being imported into the States so buy them while they last. They will be extinct soon.

Im gettinga set asap.

FikseRxSeven

i have High Intensity Discharge bulbs retrofitted into hella 90mm housings......... should have went with 4800k bulbs. would have been much more useful, although blue lights is nice too look at from outside the car

FikseRxSeven

my recommendation is getting green hid like the ones that will come out in the new porsche carerra GT's and le mans cars. stage 2 just looks good..... but poor at night vision

Fd3BOOST

I was leaning toward the 4000-5000k white.

I just want super bright. I don't care what color it is.

FikseRxSeven

here are photos of my hid kit... they're kinda big pictures though



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keep in mind that the car on the far left is a g35 coupe, the middle has halogen lights, and im on the right with unaligned 6000k blue hid lights