Blazin95

i have an 02 red SS camaro and i want to put HID's in the headlights and foglights

what brightness should i go with and if any of yall have pictures i would love to see them to get a clue of what mine will look like

USArmyZ28

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Most people go with 5000K which is pretty bright blue/white

This is my Trans Am with the low beams on


Also keep in mind, I installed HID fog lights but the amperage was to high for my stock alt and I kept frying my accessories fuse.

HitmanLS1

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are you using the ebay kit?

ben77

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6k ftw.

skorpion317

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I've been doing research on this as well, and pretty much every source has said that 4100K is the best you can get. They are the brightest you can get, being very close to actual daylight.

If you go higher than that, like 6000K, the lights are actually less bright and are more of a bluish color. Some people like that, but I'd rather have the best-performing HIDs.

MjMaro

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FWIW I have 4500K, used to have 6000K and the light output with the 4500K is better. The higher you get in the temperature spectrum the more color is output sacrificing light output to do so.

6000k:


4500k:

HitmanLS1

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I like the 6000k I wonder if they have a kit for the fog light in 6000k?

ben77

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Yea anything higher than 4k range is really for looks because if you go 5k+ any light lower in the spectrum will pretty much just cover it up lol. I just like the blue/white color of 6k =)

slayerized6

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10000k on both fogs and lows. if i had to do it again i would of gotten 8000k....i want some blue tint to my light

VIP1

The K number is the color temp. It is not the brightness (well not directly, I'll explain). 4000K - 5000K is the brightest. Continuing up the color scale, the light gets bluer then purpler and the lumen output (the actual measurement of light) decreases. In other words, a 10000K HID kit is dimmer than a 4300K HID kit. Our eyes are least sensitive to blue light. Blue light also scatters more easily. In the end, we can see better with 4300K HID for many reasons.

thecobrahunter

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Here are my 10000Ks...







Went with 10000K b/c it's not as blinding as 6K and 8Ks, even though I do angle mine down a bit (stock housings). And even at 10000K, I still have a helluvalot more light than crappy stock!!

skorpion317

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One of the things I read is that 6000K is the limit that HID manufacturers go to. Anything higher than that (8000K, 12000K, etc.) are just 6000K HIDs that have been tinted to achieve a different color, making their performance even worse.

uLs1a

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I have 6,000 and love them

https://ls1tech.com/forums/lsx-parts...dual-tips.html

thecobrahunter

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Oh how I love my 10,000K HID lights!

uphigh07

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i got a ? for all of yall, i have 8k but what brands are yall going with. i have xentec high and lows and im having flickering problems. what brands are yalls HID's

xXxSilveradoxXx

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I have 8K Phillips in my Lows and Fogs

xXxSilveradoxXx

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I suppose I should probably post up a pic!

KTK Z28

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I like my 5000K from DDM tuning. I've had 8000K, 6000K, and 4300K in other vehicles. 5000 is a nice compromise between color and light output. Just know if you do go with the DDM kit, the plug that goes from the kit to the factory low beam pig tail is actually reversed. The easiest way is to just look at the wires themselves and make sure red is going to red, black to black.

GTOSE

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I'd probably do 5 if I could do it over again.

Some people bitch about how the 5's don't look as cool. If you do projector's (which you really should) they have more of a bluish look.

fbodyrs96

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heres some new info on HIDs

and here is the site/info page on bulb capping: http://www.retrosolutionsllc.com/ser...OAT-CAP/Detail


and were the info was found http://allfordmustangs.com/forums/20...s-2010-gt.html