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trigger happy · 12-20-2013, 10:49 PM

Between the two of get 6000k

Frs123 · 12-21-2013, 09:22 PM

Is there any way to adjust the bulb to face it more downward, I'm also low and I still get people flashing there High beam at me.

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Andrew025 · 12-21-2013, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Frs123

Is there any way to adjust the bulb to face it more downward, I'm also low and I still get people flashing there High beam at me.

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Yeah, go back to a bulb that's meant for the housing.

Poodles · 12-22-2013, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by wbradley

6000K looks closest to the OEM color on my old TSX. Have them on both my vehicles.

The look truly HID without being overly colored.

Because your old TSX bulbs are old and have aged. They turn blue as they age (and they also lose a lot of output)

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Originally Posted by Diode Dynamics

Modern is a fairly subjective term, don't get too upset about it.

4300K is the most common OEM temperature, but some people don't like the straight white color it produces
6000K is the most popular temperature

It's not ignorance, it's "modern" in my opinion

Nick C.

Don't like to argue with vendors, but just because it's popular doesn't mean it's "modern." When it comes to HID, it IS pure ignorance and it's why so many blue glare monsters roam the roads.

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Originally Posted by MrMarinakos

My diodes:

took pic with my phone so not the best picture, but they look good imo.

They look greenish blue

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Originally Posted by CircuitJerk

You will also get some variance in color temp from one manufacturer to another. Especially when you go the cheap route.
I find that 4300K is not actually a pure white and will have a slight yellow tint. This will also be evident when comparing it side by side with a 5000K or 6000K (In person).

I've typically purchased the 6000K kits, but over the years, I prefer a 5000K color temp. It just seems a little more mature. To each their own.

I purchased a cheap interim kit for now, but the Morimoto Elite kit is on my wish list for next season.

You did use the right term, "mature." As the bulbs break in and mature they shift a bit and lose the yellowish of a brand new 4300K.

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Originally Posted by Frs123

Is there any way to adjust the bulb to face it more downward, I'm also low and I still get people flashing there High beam at me.

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I'm guessing you either bought a really crap kit that doesn't have the bulbs in the right spot, don't have them installed correctly, or didn't mess with the squirrel finders and you're glaring people to death. Lowering your headlights would just make you not able to see, which would be pointless when that's the whole point of a headlight...

MrMarinakos · 12-22-2013, 01:42 AM

@Poodles no they don't look green at all

wbradley · 12-22-2013, 06:54 AM

[QUOTE=Poodles;1405517]Because your old TSX bulbs are old and have aged. They turn blue as they age (and they also lose a lot of output)]

Actually I had the car from brand new and kept it approx 3 years.

Vincenttam · 12-29-2013, 03:25 AM

If it was up to me i would want my car to look like this

But because of california laws and them legally taking from my wallet if i go slightly out of line, i think ill just get some 6kks.

woode · 12-29-2013, 08:44 AM

I don't understand the obsession with intentionally diminishing your light output that some people have.. the only thing worse than anything over 6000k color is the people who put them in non-projector housings.

4300k has my vote. I had a 5000k and 4300k bulb in each side of my wife's lexus as testing like a year ago and the 4300k clearly illuminated better. Yah, the 5000k looked "whiter" and I guess from the front was brighter sort of.. but as far as actually lighting up the road and seeing - 4300k.

Andrew025 · 12-29-2013, 08:52 AM

Bcuz its koo d00d
Hatas gun hate

I personally think the blue light makes the cars look cheap and ghetto.
I couldn't imagine staring at everything being blue while driving either.

Diode Dynamics · 12-30-2013, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Poodles

They look greenish blue

You need to calibrate your monitor, perhaps.

Pete156 · 12-30-2013, 01:32 PM

Don't look at the K, instead look for the LUMENS output (at least 3000) on the specific bulbs you are purchasing. They will be the safest product for you and your oncoming traffic IMHO.

iamhubert · 04-29-2016, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MrMarinakos

My diodes:

took pic with my phone so not the best picture, but they look good imo.

Are these 8000k or 6000k diodes?

NahumCC · 04-29-2016, 09:42 PM

Looks like 6k. That's what the switchbacks come as.

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Wacko · 05-01-2016, 11:41 AM

Diode Dynamics 8000k HIDs

Love the look personally

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