Brightest Bulbs

[qcivic]

Originally Posted by TJ213

he means $250 with a 2 year warranty

but damn, 12k, what color is that

I was looking at the silverstars for my Si, but have heard about poor reliability, coupled with the fact I don't know how to change my own lightbulbs

i went with the ones from Acura, they look just like hid's and are very bright with a blue hue.

[JCool]

ya the 12,000k Refers to the color spectrum 3,800k are what your stock should put out they are a sorts yellowish color. The next step up is 4,000k (silver star) a more whiter color. But you realize that the higher you go up the Kelvin scale the hotter and brighter they get. Next would be 4,300k witch would be what most BMW’s have ex.. That’s about the whites your going to get. Then there’s either 5,000k or 6,000k witch would be a light green color. Then it goes to the cool colors like blue and purple, and let me tell you, you can’t miss these cars. They are 8,000k (blue), and 12,000k (purple). I hope this makes sense, but if you have a chance to look at the back of the box of the silver star lights they give you a color chart that I described. Oh and I believe that my HID’s are 35 watts of power. And I think that your stock ones are 45w low b and 55w high b.

[TJ213]

yeah, but after about 4300k you start to lose actual light output

intellexual net · m k i v

I just have never seen 12,000k bulbs

[accorlude22]

ok...got it...just didn't understand the way you first put it. Is that 250 for the set? I don't have HID so I'd need to get the conversion...any idea how to get that for a reasonable amount?

[heavyhitter92]

Originally Posted by accorlude22

ok...got it...just didn't understand the way you first put it. Is that 250 for the set? I don't have HID so I'd need to get the conversion...any idea how to get that for a reasonable amount?

the whole conversion kit came with mine for $250 bulbs ballast wires for the most part mine was plug and play i asked for the 9006 set and i got 2 ballast that the stock wire harness plugs into the bulbs and all wiring needed i dunno how other kits are

[heavyhitter92]

Originally Posted by TJ213

yeah, but after about 4300k you start to lose actual light output

intellexual net · m k i v

I just have never seen 12,000k bulbs

alot of people havent seen them but they are available,, they r NOT legal but im just the f*ckit type and ill do stupid sh*t sumtimes and the 12k's were 1 of them but im happy i did it because i can c the street like its daytime but with a dark dark blue tint if u go onto ebay type in hid's or hid kit and there is a guy who sells 30k he says they are dark purple i wont do that bc i think they r 12k's but hey ill never know unless sum1 buys them

[TJ213]

eventually you are going to get into the ultraviolet range, I wonder what that would look like, maybe UV Fog

$250 is not a bad price, then usually range from $200-$500 for a kit, however I reccommend that you use a projector retrofit with a 4300k kit if you can afford it, it puts out the most light and has a HID cutoff to prevent others from being blinded.

Be careful with 12k PnPs, if anyone is blinded and runs off the road it will be considered your fault for having illegal lights

[JCool]

Well I’m not sure how much you want to spend on HID’s but I wouldn’t be cheep. I spent around 300 for my kit, the kit wasn’t bad the only thing was the 9006 connection was sort of crappy; you needed to make your own connection. And when you put in the connections in the 9006 they needed to be glued in. they moved around too much. I feel the factory should have done this but I think they didn’t want any liabilities. To get back to the kit most are closely the same just look what the ballast, has to offer. Like how fast you can turn on and off your lights, what’s the delay time, dose it have any protection from power glips or spikes, Ex. If you have a big stereo. And any other equipment protection.

[superdoopercooperman]

Hey all, I'm newer around here as well. My question is, if you go and get those silverstars or a 4,300k bulb, are they a simple change with the current bulb, or is there more to it then that?

[TJ213]

If you go for the silverstars it is just a simple bulb change

The PnP xenon is the bulb, balast, and some wiring

A true HID setup requires projector headlights or adding a projector lens to your headlights.

I'd advise against the PnP kit for on road use, they are not nearly as good as a projector, are dangerous, and illegal