HID KIts?!?!?
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From: Fort Lauderdale, Fl
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From: San Diego, CA
The color temps vary slightly by company. The lowest are yellow. They get to white around 4300 or 5000. The 6000 are where they start getting a blue tint. I am going to guess the 10000K are blue-almost purple. What brand are you looking at? If they don't provide a color/temp chart you are just going to have to guess.
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From: Laguna Niguel, CA
The higher the kelvin rating the whiter and then bluer the light gets.
The higher the kelvin rating the whiter and then bluer the light gets.
Light is rated by temperature... oddly enough - the color is related back to the color of steel when it's heated.
When you heat steel the each of these temperatures - the steel looks about "x" color or the color of the light at that temperature.
A regular light bulb burns at 2700°k rather amber looking - not so good for lots of contrast.
Low voltage halogen MR16's burn at 3200°k..
Fish tanks range between 5000°k and 10,000°k. which really help show off all the color of the invertebrates.
The sun is a bright 10,000°k at high noon... but warms up to 2500°k or less at sunset...
Get what helps with your function the most... - but the Kelvin rating is so-pose to be universal....
(now if we get into the CRI (color rendering index) - that could shift the color correctness of the kevin rating.... ) (yes another variable... :(
I know this goes beyond confusing - but that is how all light bulbs, (lamps) are rated.
Hope this helps you in your choice!!
Mr Luminosity!
Light is rated by temperature... oddly enough - the color is related back to the color of steel when it's heated.
When you heat steel the each of these temperatures - the steel looks about "x" color or the color of the light at that temperature.
A regular light bulb burns at 2700°k rather amber looking - not so good for lots of contrast.
Low voltage halogen MR16's burn at 3200°k..
Fish tanks range between 5000°k and 10,000°k. which really help show off all the color of the invertebrates.
The sun is a bright 10,000°k at high noon... but warms up to 2500°k or less at sunset...
Get what helps with your function the most... - but the Kelvin rating is so-pose to be universal....
(now if we get into the CRI (color rendering index) - that could shift the color correctness of the kevin rating.... ) (yes another variable... :(
I know this goes beyond confusing - but that is how all light bulbs, (lamps) are rated.
Hope this helps you in your choice!!
Mr Luminosity!
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From: New York
If youre looking for usable 'white' light, stick within 4300-6000k's. 3000k is amber - which I have in my fogs. Anything over 6000k is for looks and IMO way too blue/purple. Most OEM HID applications are between 4300K and 5500K.
If youre looking to replace your headlight bulbs with HID's, remember that you'll be blinding everyone coming at you due to the fact that the stock housings do not have the proper reflectors and cut-offs like HID housings do. Most folks point their lights straight down after installing HID kits, which I believe defeat the whole purpose of replacing the lights in the first place. I run silverstar halogens in the stock housings and theyre definitely brighter and better than the crappy bulbs.
If youre looking to replace your headlight bulbs with HID's, remember that you'll be blinding everyone coming at you due to the fact that the stock housings do not have the proper reflectors and cut-offs like HID housings do. Most folks point their lights straight down after installing HID kits, which I believe defeat the whole purpose of replacing the lights in the first place. I run silverstar halogens in the stock housings and theyre definitely brighter and better than the crappy bulbs.