HID lights?
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I havent seen purple HID..is it just a filter or does it actually put out light in the purple color range? Purple (or Violet) has a very short wavelength and wont carry near as far. The reason you see yellowish light (esp. on fog lights), is because it has a longer wavelength and tends to be seen better in low light or foggy conditions. Aside from aesthetics, purple HID lights would be kinda worthless.
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Marc, yes you can get the 'purple' looking HID's lights, while you are at it, don't forget the neon underbody lights. 
Sorry Marc someone had to go there. The OEM HID's are rated at 4300K.
Sorry Marc someone had to go there. The OEM HID's are rated at 4300K.
good for clothes too ;-)
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Originally Posted by momo
Marc, yes you can get the 'purple' looking HID's lights, while you are at it, don't forget the neon underbody lights.
Sorry Marc someone had to go there. The OEM HID's are rated at 4300K.
Sorry Marc someone had to go there. The OEM HID's are rated at 4300K.
http://www.intellexual.net/hid.html#bulbs
Pay special attention to this paragraph, but the whole article is full of good advice:
The following is probably one of the largest and most deceitful marketing ploys exploited on the internet today. So I will state, for the record: Osram-Sylvania's highest color temperature bulb is 5400K and Philips' highest color temperature bulb is 5800K (marketed at 6000K Ultinon). Nowhere on either of their corporate or consumer websites do they claim, endorse, or offer any HID bulb or kit that produces light over 6000K. I subscribe to both companies' online newsletters so in the nearly impossible event that they do make a 7000K or higher bulb, I will be one of the first ones in public to know about it and this page will be editted on that same day. But here is why Osram and Philips will never sell you a 7000, 8000 or 12000K bulb. Osram and Philips control the entire market on OEM bulbs, and they make enough money off selling OEM 4100K bulbs to ride it out indefinitely. So there is no reason whatsoever for either of them to nurture the trendy idea of high Kelvin blue/purple bulbs at the expense of their professional reputations.
EDIT: The ebay guy isn't lying exactly, since further down he does state Philips balast, which is a big difference from a Philips bulb...
Last edited by Battousai; Jun 10, 2005 at 07:53 AM.
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