Help / Mercedes W210 HID Headlight Decision 6k or 8K? please help ( post your pics !)
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Help / Mercedes W210 HID Headlight Decision 6k or 8K? please help ( post your pics !)
Hey guys im planning on buying an HID Conversion kit for my W210, and i cant decide wether to get the 6k or 8k bulbs?
, i dont want them too bright , i want them to have a part of blue in them, i will put them in a new projector headlights that i ordered, please post pics of your HID's , will appreciate greatly, waiting on your pics and suggestions , thanks in advance ![Smilie](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Get 6000K, so you will see better than the 8000K and you'll still get the blueish hue. As for the projectors, IMO you will only get the cosmetic benefit from them if you're not replacing the projectors with the better ones since the factory cut off of these projectors is scrambled/ messy. You should just stick to your OEM with HID
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Get 6000K, so you will see better than the 8000K and you'll still get the blueish hue. As for the projectors, IMO you will only get the cosmetic benefit from them if you're not replacing the projectors with the better ones since the factory cut off of these projectors is scrambled/ messy. You should just stick to your OEM with HID
Yea im actually thinking to stick with the 6k, ive seen some 8k out there on the road they do look too blue, so probably will stick with 6k, plus it will be easier to match everything else like fog lights and parking lights with 6k as well
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I'm running 6000K/3000K for heads/fogs, sort of JDM style
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Sometimes it's hard to match headlights with parking lights even for 6000K, but possible.
I'm running 6000K/3000K for heads/fogs, sort of JDM style
, but I turn on my fogs only when it rains hard, not all the time like most people. It's more of a safety issue to me especially when my wife and my baby sitting in the car.
I'm running 6000K/3000K for heads/fogs, sort of JDM style
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That's with 6000k. The 8000k looked too ricer for me. I might actually go with 5000k to get more light output and get a cleaner, oem+ look
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Old pic of 6k in retrofitted e55 projectors. Since then I have swapped out the lenses for ZKW-R clear lenses (more color better cut off). I need to get a new pic, I can light up 4 or 5 lanes on the highway.
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i have the 5000k hid kit in my car, but the i would go with the 6000k hid kit if i were you. I do have a good picture of my car at night time and i will post it here. the daytime running light are also 5000k LED's.
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