I did an HID conversion a while back to 8000K and recently got all V-LEDs for parking and corners in 6000K white. I am probably going to do my fogs too.

Anyways, I'm just wondering do you guys think I should switch to 6000K? Do you think 8000K is kinda ricey?

 

Well is it too blue? I always thought 6k was perfect..., if not stock looking great. 8K might be a little too much Blue imo, and they arent nearly as bright as stock... so, id go with the 6k, it has a hint of blue, while not making your headlights completely or close to full blue.

 

Well, idk. Because I want the car too look elegant. I don't want it to look too... aftermarket. Not to say aftermarket is bad, but Just I want it to look like everything was planned to go together.

I always see these cars with those 10000K lights (which are wayyy to blue to me) and think it is almost tacky.

I think I just answered my own question.

Which leads me to my next:
Can I just buy any old 6000K HID bulb (that fits the socket, I forget what it is) and have it work? or should it match the ballast brand?

 

As long as its the same size bulb yes... and it shouldnt matter about the ballast brand, its the size that matters... (no pun intended)

 

Steve has 20000K lol. It's so scary in his car at night.

 

are they actually 20,000K? I thought he just "heard" that... shouldnt they be purple?

 

12000K is actually pretty purple. I've seen sites that sell up to 30000K... Thats basically no light. Haha

Well I just placed an order for some 6000K H7 replacement bulbs. I'll have to install them in the next few weeks, take some before and after pics.

 

Sounds good, they should look good

 

the good thing about lighting is that you can always change it YOu should play around with different bulbs and see which ones u like better

 

Yup

Like I said, I want to take some pics of the 8000K vs the 6's. The 6's should match my parking lights and corners, and newly ordered puddle lights. I am going to put 6000K in the fogs I think.

But now that I think about it... 8000K might be cool to put in the fogs...

What do you guys think?

 

If youre looking for looks then 6k or 8k prbly would look nice. But apparently for efficiency... the lower ks for fogs the better. Apparently they can shine through light betterr like that or some ****.

 

6k would make night driving better, i switched from 6k to 5500 and it made a difference

 

Ye overall i think 5000 and 5500 is best. You get a very good light output and it looks great, its not tooo white but not too blue.

 

Anything over 6000k is extremely obnoxious and looks tacky.

 

See, thats what I was starting to think, that that bluish look was ricey. The 6000K is white, but if it hits the right angle, it flashes blue. reminds me of bmws. the 7 series specifically. Well the 6000K's are ordered, if I don't like them I guess I could step it down to 5500K. but I'm not sure how much difference it would make

 

I like my 8k lights.

 

yes =)

 

Are those 8k ?? See another thing with lights.... different companies can have the same colour temp... but one might look slightly bluer or purple than the other. The angle also affects the colour of the light too.

 

yes: 6k > 8k

 

no mine are 6..

 

gh8st, are you running 6000K leds in the parking and corner too?

 

Makes me wonder if I should go down to 6k

 

alexb: yeah, i'm running 6k everywhere. that's actually a bad pic.. both my parking lights were going out. my corner lights are tinted too, so it's hard to tell, but they're 6k

 

yep...6k>8k...here's a pic of my v-leds low beams with v-leds also in the parking and corner lights

 

HMMM those 6000k look very white. Doesnt 6k usually have a blue tint to it? It could be the angle