HID Help! 8000k or 6000k
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Originally Posted by shadowcat
uhm... anything beyond 4300K-4500K, you lose visibility.
Daylight is 4300K. The higher you go beyond this, the more you are going into the UV section of the visible light spectrum, and the LESS light you put out that can be reflected back. Sure, they look pretty and purple, but you see MUCH less.
See here: http://www.proxenon.com/resource_details.php?id=24
"Color Temperature is a measurement in Degrees Kelvin that indicates the hue of a specific type of light source. Many people believe the misconception that color temperature is a rating of the brightness of the bulb or HID kit. This belief is completely false. The reality of the matter is that the higher the color temperature, the less useable light output you will obtain."
shadowcat
Daylight is 4300K. The higher you go beyond this, the more you are going into the UV section of the visible light spectrum, and the LESS light you put out that can be reflected back. Sure, they look pretty and purple, but you see MUCH less.
See here: http://www.proxenon.com/resource_details.php?id=24
"Color Temperature is a measurement in Degrees Kelvin that indicates the hue of a specific type of light source. Many people believe the misconception that color temperature is a rating of the brightness of the bulb or HID kit. This belief is completely false. The reality of the matter is that the higher the color temperature, the less useable light output you will obtain."
shadowcat
Nicely said!!!
Originally Posted by shadowcat
uhm... anything beyond 4300K-4500K, you lose visibility.
Daylight is 4300K. The higher you go beyond this, the more you are going into the UV section of the visible light spectrum, and the LESS light you put out that can be reflected back. Sure, they look pretty and purple, but you see MUCH less.
See here: http://www.proxenon.com/resource_details.php?id=24
"Color Temperature is a measurement in Degrees Kelvin that indicates the hue of a specific type of light source. Many people believe the misconception that color temperature is a rating of the brightness of the bulb or HID kit. This belief is completely false. The reality of the matter is that the higher the color temperature, the less useable light output you will obtain."
shadowcat
Daylight is 4300K. The higher you go beyond this, the more you are going into the UV section of the visible light spectrum, and the LESS light you put out that can be reflected back. Sure, they look pretty and purple, but you see MUCH less.
See here: http://www.proxenon.com/resource_details.php?id=24
"Color Temperature is a measurement in Degrees Kelvin that indicates the hue of a specific type of light source. Many people believe the misconception that color temperature is a rating of the brightness of the bulb or HID kit. This belief is completely false. The reality of the matter is that the higher the color temperature, the less useable light output you will obtain."
shadowcat
they are still brighter than stock by a lot
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Originally Posted by shadowcat
uhm... anything beyond 4300K-4500K, you lose visibility.
Daylight is 4300K. The higher you go beyond this, the more you are going into the UV section of the visible light spectrum, and the LESS light you put out that can be reflected back. Sure, they look pretty and purple, but you see MUCH less.
See here: http://www.proxenon.com/resource_details.php?id=24
"Color Temperature is a measurement in Degrees Kelvin that indicates the hue of a specific type of light source. Many people believe the misconception that color temperature is a rating of the brightness of the bulb or HID kit. This belief is completely false. The reality of the matter is that the higher the color temperature, the less useable light output you will obtain."
shadowcat
Daylight is 4300K. The higher you go beyond this, the more you are going into the UV section of the visible light spectrum, and the LESS light you put out that can be reflected back. Sure, they look pretty and purple, but you see MUCH less.
See here: http://www.proxenon.com/resource_details.php?id=24
"Color Temperature is a measurement in Degrees Kelvin that indicates the hue of a specific type of light source. Many people believe the misconception that color temperature is a rating of the brightness of the bulb or HID kit. This belief is completely false. The reality of the matter is that the higher the color temperature, the less useable light output you will obtain."
shadowcat
-Chris
Last edited by bassplayrr; May 6, 2004 at 12:23 PM.
i have EDM and always notice the high cutoff on the right side of the road. with the cutoff switched to the other side and an HID kit, wouldn't you blind just about everyone?!?!?! i know you plan to adjust the beam pattern to lower it, but having seen the EDM pattern, you'd have to basically point it to the ground to not blind people. 
i thought about putting in an HID kit into my projectors, but i feel the stock EDM light output is enough to blind everyone to the right of the car!
i thought about putting in an HID kit into my projectors, but i feel the stock EDM light output is enough to blind everyone to the right of the car!
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Originally Posted by doughboy
with the cutoff switched to the other side and an HID kit, wouldn't you blind just about everyone?!?!?! i know you plan to adjust the beam pattern to lower it, but having seen the EDM pattern, you'd have to basically point it to the ground to not blind people.
Originally Posted by doughboy
i thought about putting in an HID kit into my projectors, but i feel the stock EDM light output is enough to blind everyone to the right of the car!
think about it this way, at least you wont be blinding people on the other side of the road.
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