white lights
And blind other drivers, be illegal, and no, those cheap kits don't tend to last particularly long. A decent HID setup, retrofitting HID projectors from a car that has them, will cost you $500+ and it will STILL be illegal.
And if by 10x better you mean your avatar there, I'd say it looks pretty bad on your car. I'll take stock headlights any day of the week.
And if by 10x better you mean your avatar there, I'd say it looks pretty bad on your car. I'll take stock headlights any day of the week.
i have the "cheaper" HID kit on my Dodge 1500...it is 8K lows and fogs, and they are far from cheap...if you change your mind dutin...i got a guy in tally that sells them for cheap and installs them
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LEDs, though obviously some of your lights/lenses can't just be white (such as turn signals)
Actually mine have lasted over 2 years. A lot longer than any shitty halogen bulbs with tint on them. I got 10000K and I love the look! It's not to difficult to aim the bulbs down to reduce "blinding" other drivers. I had silverstars on my first car I could barely tell the difference from the $2 kmart bulbs. Let alone they only lasted 2 months before burning out.
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Actually mine have lasted over 2 years. A lot longer than any shitty halogen bulbs with tint on them. I got 10000K and I love the look! It's not to difficult to aim the bulbs down to reduce "blinding" other drivers. I had silverstars on my first car I could barely tell the difference from the $2 kmart bulbs. Let alone they only lasted 2 months before burning out.
Of course, it's not like I'm going to get through to someone who actually thinks 8000-10000K HIDs are anything but a terrible idea. End of discussion (by me, anyway).
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Verdad Gallardo I can aim my headlights down so they dont blind anyone and still be able to see the road. And try telling that too all the people on here running 8000K-10000K HIDs. I guess we are all morons for running HIDs instead of blue colored bulbs.
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And try telling that too all the people on here running 8000K-10000K HIDs. I guess we are all morons for running HIDs instead of blue colored bulbs.
BTW blue tinted bulbs are just as stupid because, not only is the light bluer, but the tint also blocks light thus making them dimmer.
The K number is the color temp. It is not the brightness (well not directly, I'll explain). 4000K - 5000K is the brightest and whitest. Continuing up the color scale, the light gets bluer then purpler and the lumens output (the actual measurement of light) decreases. In other words, 6000K, 8000K, 10000K HID kits are 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 a 4300K HID kit for many reasons.
BTW blue tinted bulbs are just as stupid because, not only is the light bluer, but the tint also blocks light thus making them dimmer.
BTW blue tinted bulbs are just as stupid because, not only is the light bluer, but the tint also blocks light thus making them dimmer.