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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 10:00 PM
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What temperature for HID's

So what temperature HID's should I get, I'm going to get the same temperature for headlights and fogs. I have HID headlights right now that came with the car and I believe they are around 8000k-10000k as they are a light blue. Basically I'm looking for anyone who has pics of their HID's to post. I like the blue look but I want to see as much as I can.
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Id leave the fogs yellow or make them even stronger yellow. Would look sick with blue headlights


My friend has that setup on his C36, it looks awesome


If ur going with hids don't do anything too crazy. A bit more blue then stock blue would be perfect coz our stock xenons kinda turn very bright(whitish) once they warm up


Btw I think stocks are 6k

my car below, I love my yellow fogs

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Id leave the fogs yellow or make them even stronger yellow. Would look sick with blue headlights


My friend has that setup on his C36, it looks awesome


If ur going with hids don't do anything too crazy. A bit more blue then stock blue would be perfect coz our stock xenons kinda turn very bright(whitish) once they warm up


Btw I think stocks are 6k

my car below, I love my yellow fogs

Yeah... I am not a fan of the tri color fronts (blue headlights, orange marker lights, and yellow fogs. I did some research and the best temperature for vision is about 4300k (3000 lumens) but from 5000k - 8000k the light output is 2900 lumens. Anything above 8000k and you start dropping serious lumens making it harder to see at night defeating the purpose of HIDS. I am going to go with 8000k as it is the bluest with the most lumens, I will be doing 8000k in the headlights and fogs. I will post pics as soon as the MOD is done. Should be in a week or so.
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