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Old 01-14-2010, 12:40 AM
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stick with 8K! lol
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Old 01-14-2010, 12:50 AM
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8k is rice, im going with 6k in my fc
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Old 01-14-2010, 12:53 AM
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your face looks like rice
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i have 8K and it looks sexy
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I like rice. It's yummy. Ehh idk the should make 7k
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Old 01-14-2010, 01:16 AM
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Old 01-14-2010, 01:22 AM
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Old 01-14-2010, 01:23 AM
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sleep on your side let the farts air out
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Old 01-14-2010, 01:30 AM
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i have 8K and it looks sexy

hes got a point. His lights DO look pretty sick. Man so many colour temps to choose from. I dont even know which ones to go for.
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I dont like beans to much.
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Old 01-14-2010, 01:32 AM
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12k be a real ricer nothing like purple lights lol
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Old 01-14-2010, 01:37 AM
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Old 01-14-2010, 01:38 AM
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anything over 8k is illegal and not worth it in my opinion
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Old 01-14-2010, 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by mike[piston eater]
anything over 8k is illegal and not worth it in my opinion

Exactly.... 6K is nice for that "elegant" look Alex is going for, 8K is a little more agressive and wouldnt look as good on stock body panels etc. IMO
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Old 01-14-2010, 01:59 AM
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you lose far too many lumens going to 8k. stick with 6k and under.
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Old 01-14-2010, 02:11 AM
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i like the stock hids on the 8 so im keeping those, im looking for some sort of projector headlight to get 6ks on the fc cause those stock lights suck ***
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Old 01-14-2010, 08:11 AM
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Might be a dumb question, but are the majority of you switching out the bulbs prematurely to get different colors or simply upgrading to HID lights from standard halogen?

I'm expecting (hoping) my stock HIDs last at least a few more years (05 model).
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Ye the stock HIDs look GREAT . So if anything for me ... 5000 to 6000k would be good. However, in one of the pics posted, it was said that its 6000k and it looks more white than stock HID which is weird.
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Old 01-14-2010, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by HockeyRX-8
yep...6k>8k...here's a pic of my v-leds low beams with v-leds also in the parking and corner lights


Talking about this pic
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Old 01-14-2010, 09:59 AM
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3000k for fogs.....

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Old 01-14-2010, 10:03 AM
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^6000K or 8000K headlights above 3000K foglights look nice as heck at night.

If I had to buy new headlights I would replace my 8000K with 6000K. The blue gets annoying after a while and does not put out much light
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Old 01-14-2010, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by The Reverend
^6000K or 8000K headlights above 3000K foglights look nice as heck at night.

If I had to buy new headlights I would replace my 8000K with 6000K. The blue gets annoying after a while and does not put out much light
yup.. 6000k is the way to go. like mike said, 8000k is a bit ricey
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Old 01-14-2010, 10:24 AM
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Anyone with 5000k ? Hows that look ?
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Originally Posted by MICHGoBlue
Might be a dumb question, but are the majority of you switching out the bulbs prematurely to get different colors or simply upgrading to HID lights from standard halogen?

I'm expecting (hoping) my stock HIDs last at least a few more years (05 model).
I myself have a conversion kit on my car, so I just buy $20 bulbs because I want to see what the 6000K looks like. I think most of the other's in this thread also did a conversion.
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