Suggestion on 3000k HID lights:

[meliketoball]

Back then when HIDs were new/expensive, you can set your car apart from others at a fair distance e.g driving on the highway.

Now, I've noticed that HIDs are becoming the norm and wanted to ask tuners what y'all think about 3000k HIDs for the 9006 headlights?

I have DDMtuning 4500k's and I love em' and I'm looking for something different.

What do you guys think? 3000k > 4500k?

 

[gusu]

I see them around where I live all the time. They are pretty terrible for lighting. If its raining they are HORRIBLE as you can't really see anything on the road, snow is worse, in fog they do not help at all.

Just remember, when you use colored HIDs everything will also be lit up in that color.

Just look at this pic.

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Do you really want to see that every night you drive?

 

[motozachl]

Just looking at that pic gives me a headache. I went with 8k so theres just a tiny tint of blue but still mostly white

 

[snowborder714]

3000k bulbs are typically used in fog/driving lights, and mostly on Euro cars (BMW, VW, etc.). The only time I've seen them used in a practical application was for race cars, although I'm not sure exactly what they help with (possibly rain or fog).

If you want a good HID bulb, get a 4300k to 6000k bulb for a white light or one with a slight blue tint.

 

[souleux]

I see them around where I live all the time. They are pretty terrible for lighting. If its raining they are HORRIBLE as you can't really see anything on the road, snow is worse, in fog they do not help at all.

Pretty much complete truth. I used to have 3000k in my WRX during normal night conditions it was great, you get used to the yellow and anything reflective can be seen very far away. However, I removed them becuase during rain/snow/fog they are absolutely useless. I would suggest sticking with your current setup or going to 6000k.

 

[Quicksilver1695]

I like 8000k the most. They are nice looking, bright, and light up the road well. I have 10,000k on my bmw and it's way too much blue. Not nearly as bright as the 8000k.

 

[kzoosho]

Well if anyone understands how Kelvin work they,would not suggest anything past 5k. 6k has more lumen s over halogen bulbs. Once you get to 6k all you have is cool expensive lights. 3k will cut thru fog and averse weather better than any other. 5k and up will glare worse.

If any of you guys need me to get more elaborate i sure can. But in a nut shell, 3k or 4300k> any other hid crap bulbs for visibility.

 

[Anubis_4_99]

Well if anyone understands how Kelvin work they,would not suggest anything past 5k. 6k has more lumen s over halogen bulbs. Once you get to 6k all you have is cool expensive lights. 3k will cut thru fog and averse weather better than any other. 5k and up will glare worse.

If any of you guys need me to get more elaborate i sure can. But in a nut shell, 3k or 4300k> any other hid crap bulbs for visibility.

2-3 Other members have posted with personal experience to the contrary, so please do elaborate.

 

[DSM nOOb]

Well if anyone understands how Kelvin work they,would not suggest anything past 5k. 6k has more lumen s over halogen bulbs. Once you get to 6k all you have is cool expensive lights. 3k will cut thru fog and averse weather better than any other. 5k and up will glare worse.

If any of you guys need me to get more elaborate i sure can. But in a nut shell, 3k or 4300k> any other hid crap bulbs for visibility.

This is completely true.

Color temperature describes the hue of a light source. It's based on experiments conducted by physicist William Kelvin. He heated carbon which gave off different colored light as it grew hotter.

HID (High Intensity Discharge) lights are high-powered headlamps with warm and cool colors. If HID bulbs are placed in the wrong headlamps there will be glare in some parts of the beam pattern and insufficient light in others, making them dangerous and often illegal.

Warm Colors
Warm colors are colors in the red to white range, including yellow and orange hues. The warmth of a hue varies in inverse proportion to its Kelvin rating --- warm colors have a lower Kelvin rating than cool colors. This does not mean that HID lamps with warm colors are less bright than colors with a higher Kelvin rating.

Cool Colors
Cool colors include bluish whites, blues and indigo shades. They have higher Kelvin ratings than warm colors. HID lamps with cool colors may produce less usable light than bulbs with warmer colors.

3000 Kelvin
A color temperature of 3,000 Kelvin indicates a yellow light. This rating is sometimes used instead of halogen fog lights.

4300 Kelvin
4,300 Kelvin indicates a white light with a yellow tint. It is fairly close in color to sunlight. In HID lamps, this color gives the most visible light. As it has he best performance, it is generally chosen by car manufacturers because of its high performance.

6000 Kelvin
6,000 Kelvin is almost pure white, but has a very faint tint of blue. HID lamps with this rating have a very high performance, although they don't give off quite so much visible light as 4,300 Kelvin lamps. This color is very popular as an aftermarket option.

8000 Kelvin
HID lamps with an 8,000 Kelvin rating give off a pale blue light. They offer less visual light than warmer colors.

10,000 Kelvin
HID bulbs with a 10,000 Kelvin rating give off a deep blue light. The brightness, and the performance of the lamp as a light source is significantly lower than a 4,300 Kelvin lamp.

12,000 Kelvin
At 12,000 Kelvin, an HID lamp gives out a violet light. Visibility is significantly poorer than with other colors. Such lamps must never be used for night-time driving.

 

[meliketoball]

Hmmm, I thought 3000k offered the best visibility over anything > 4500k.

 

[DSM nOOb]

Hmmm, I thought 3000k offered the best visibility over anything > 4500k.

3000-4500 will give you the best visibility over all for any person, however within that range it will differ from person to person as the human eye has minor differences in regards to visible light.

 

[m1nd64m3]

I have 5000k right now and I wish I would have gone with the 4300k because the light output isn't as great as I thought it would have been.

 

[ankaka]

I have 4500k right now. I think 3000-4500 will give you the best visility.

 

[norcal_drifter]

ive gone thru EVERY possible hid setup from 3k to green..... 3k fogs/highs and 5k/6k lows is the best way to go.

 

[AK Maniak]

I like 6500k the best personally. I know anything that isn't purely for performance on this site might as well be considered blasphemy but 6500k to me looks the best as far as color goes and the output is more than sufficient, even for Alaska weather.

 

[rathana]

usually people use 6k lights..thats what i have on my car and its perfect for me...3-4k is usually for fog lights in my opinion

 

[crazytsiawd]

4000-6000 is correct for headlights, anything more or less is garbage.

 

[kzoosho]

2-3 Other members have posted with personal experience to the contrary, so please do elaborate.

Someone beat me to it or i would have. I do custom lighting for many cars, I also have done tons of retro fits as well. I have 6 years into lights mainly reading and understanding.

 

[EDM95]

When I first got my eclipse I had 3k yellow but I did not like them and the cops did not as well. Maybe get a 5k white hid kit from the retro fit source. I'm about to get a hid kit from them for my mazda. I been looking around different sites but they look real good.

 

[96' Eclipse GS]

you want see 3k on a 2ga....they look like sh*t and i have ordered some 10k for the lows, and the 3k's are going on the bottom for just creeping to show off!

 

[EDM95]

I would never order nothing over 6k lets leave that to the honda guys. 8k and up is just ridiculous.

 

[2gtalontd]

I have the 6k and I still don't the tint of blue in them. I had 8k on my BMW and it just lit up the whole rode blue. Go with some 4500k.

 

[red_devil]

I don't see why anyone would run anything else other than 4300k. Has the most light out put, doesn't look like a cheap Honda , and wont attract attention from cops.

 

[MrCii]

Agreed^ id like to have the 3k for foglights and 43/4500k as real driving lights, as soon as i decide to get the pop-ups working XD