HID lights ??
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2003
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From: Plainfield, IL
Projectors have everything to do with the color of the light that he is talking about. Im sure you have gone down the road and in the distance seen a deep purple light. That color you see is produced from the projector cutoff shield and the lens. This phenomenon even occurs with halogen based projectors at certain angles as well. This color cannot be produced from a free form style HID housing. All OEM HID cars such as BMW, Lexus, and Mercedes use Philips 4300K D2S capsules. To make it simple, the higher the Kelvin (ei. 5000K) rating the lower the output lumens. 4300K is optimal at 3200lm.
Here is a photo I took of the output and deep purple/blue hue produced from my projector unit. Nothing beats the output of a projector end of story
Here is a photo I took of the output and deep purple/blue hue produced from my projector unit. Nothing beats the output of a projector end of story
Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 2002
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St. Jude Donor '17
Originally Posted by Kyle 99 FRC
4000-5000k output HID will be more of a whiter light, but 5500 to 6k will be more of a bluish color light. 6K and above will be strictly blue to purple color... Which puts out less light due to the blue coating of the bulb. Projectors have NOTHING to do with the color of light, they are what forms the beam pattern and level.
that all depends on where you buy them, you have people selling colored glass hids on here and making people think they are getting the real deal.
Safety Car
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: "Same as it always was"
Is anyone familiar with the Nokya Artic White pro halogen??
80W and 100W.
Eurostyle white light
Produces HID apperance at 7000K
Artic white operates at 7000K on the Kelvin scale
That's what I currently have in my 04 Z06.
Thanks!
80W and 100W.
Eurostyle white light
Produces HID apperance at 7000K
Artic white operates at 7000K on the Kelvin scale
That's what I currently have in my 04 Z06.
Thanks!
