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Old Dec 9, 2006 | 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Speedtoys
Do you understand how -dark- 10k will be?

You'll get more usable light out of OEM halogen bulbs.
Ya, I want it to be as dark blue as it can get... I really don't care how bright it is... Having HID's non the less is brighter than normal lights, so I'm really not worrying if I can't see stuff ahead of me... Or if others can't see me....
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 02:56 PM
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Ya, I want it to be as dark blue as it can get... I really don't care how bright it is... Having HID's non the less is brighter than normal lights, so I'm really not worrying if I can't see stuff ahead of me... Or if others can't see me....

Thats actually not correct. The farther away from the ~6500K range you get, the LESS efficient your eyes are at seeing light, and 10k HIDs will appear darker than a properly wired 6500k Halogen.

IMHO..go 6500-7k, or get a relay kit to bump your halogen voltages.

10K will be optically darker and..I hate to say it, massively ricey.
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Speedtoys
Thats actually not correct. The farther away from the ~6500K range you get, the LESS efficient your eyes are at seeing light, and 10k HIDs will appear darker than a properly wired 6500k Halogen.

IMHO..go 6500-7k, or get a relay kit to bump your halogen voltages.

10K will be optically darker and..I hate to say it, massively ricey.

hahaha, well I got the idea from a black MazdaSpeed RX 8 with no fogs that I saw on the highway in Houston a couple of months ago... Plus my fogs are 6700K (all other lights are LED's which are slightly blue), so blue is what I'm setting myself for... And in all reality I think 8000K (aqua blue) is aqua pansy...
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 05:31 PM
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just a fyi, one of my d2s plug got burnt from cheap ebay hid replacement bulbs.
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 12:23 AM
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okay, so I bought the 10000K...

I could really understand why people would say that it is dark... So little actual light comes out that after looking into the blue light for some 30 minutes, seeing you dark light verse others headlights almost gives me a headache...

But non the less I got a stupid question... Is their a left bulb or right bulb? I don't think that sounds logical, but the line my HID produces is lower in the middle and higher on the sides...
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 08:59 AM
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There shouldn't be a difference in the bulbs.

But there could be a length difference between the stock and the aftermarket. If they are longer or shorter the projected light may be affected.

The stock HID setup beam cutoff should have the driver's side lower than the passenger's.
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 10:11 AM
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There shouldn't be a difference in the bulbs.

But there could be a length difference between the stock and the aftermarket. If they are longer or shorter the projected light may be affected.

The stock HID setup beam cutoff should have the driver's side lower than the passenger's.
Good...

Funny that you speak of size because that was one of the first things I notice on the bulbs is how the aftermarket is slightly smaller (I think)... The big part I noticed is how the bulb is built... I think the light emitting part of the HID is on the top of the bulb... And being the light so weak you can actually look at the projectors and see the light source, it's pretty defined...

And the HID cutoff is weird... I'm thinking that I'll just post photo's within the next couple of days...
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