xmyzteriousx

Well to start off I have a silver '05 Honda Civic EX special edition 2 door coupe. 0h and I'm new here and this is my first thread so hello to whom ever may be reading this.

0k so I really want to get 10000K HID lights but I heard that it's illegal here in California to have that on a car that doesn't come with it. I'm not too scared to go illegal because one can get away with it but the problem is that I'm allready a whack *** driver and I'm going to be adding more parts to my car soon so I don't want to become a police magnet and have to take out all of these accesories, which will be a waste.

I just got 15% tint on all 5 today so my next mission is to accomplish getting a Bi-Xenon HID kit.

So should I go with the nice *** blue lights in the 10000K and risk it or the 8000K softer blue ones and manage? Which one will look better and which size and type do I need for my car type?

Thanks for reading! Please help me out by replying.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

the 10000k is gonna be dimmer than your stock halogen headlights. the 8000k will be a little brighter, and pure blue color, but for best light output you should stick with 4300k or max of 5000k. anything more is a waste cause youre not gonna be able to see anything. and with a white kit, the cops are much less likely to notice.

xmyzteriousx

^^Hmm well I really wanted some blue in it so maybe 8000k would be legit. I don't know though because maybe white would still be all right..

Envy

iTrader: (1)

8000k is like pure blue. 6000k is a light blue/intense white n idk what 10000k is. purple?

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

yeah pretty much

4300k bright white
5000k crisp white
6000k blue white
8000k blue
10000k purple

xmyzteriousx

0h what 1000K is purple?! That's odd I could've sworn it was blue...

Well then I think it's between 6000K and 8000K.
I guess 6000K would still be legit so I guess that's cool ?

xmyzteriousx

0h by the way, thanks mister gearbox and Envy!

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

6000k will still look blue tinted, but you might be able to get by with saying its white. its alot much brighter than 8000k. would look like those really old hid cars with 4-5 yr old bulbs that changed colors already.

xmyzteriousx

0k So what do you want me to do mister gearbox? I can't tell which is best!

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

here are the brightness of each bulb type. above 6000k has never been measured so im making a guess. if you want to be brighter than halogen, stick with max of 6000k. but 4300k will be the brightest light.

4300k=3400 lumen
6000k=2400 lumen
8000k=1800 lumen or less??
10000k=1000 lumen or less??

halogen H1 bulb=1800 lumen

hvc

iTrader: (1)

Stick with 4300k. 8000k isn't going to do any better then a halogen bulb , and i'm not a fan of 6000kelvins either.

xmyzteriousx

Well the thing is I wasn't really shooting for what's the brightest because I don't want to blind people in front of me or the people that drive on the other side of the road. Yeh well I'm not that big of a fan on white either haha. But since majority rules, 4300K it is.

Thanks guys =]

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

well 6000k is a good compromise. it will be mostly white with some blue tints and still be fairly bright.

hvc

iTrader: (1)

Well get the 6000k then, like gearbox said, it's not that big of a comprimise. It's your car, your lights - so get what you want.
And just an FYI the 4300k isn't going to blind people. well, not with proper installation at least.

xmyzteriousx

Yeh I know it's my car and I can do what I want but I came here to get some advice on what's good, not just do what I think is//looks good then later on regret not finding out what's best.

Yeh well I've just seen a couple out in the road that were bright as **** white and I wasn't sure if that would have been the 4300K ones, just assumed. My bad.

Well thanks guys, I'll be sure to get the 6000K ones because I want them and am sure they'll look nice.