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Old 12-24-06, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Two bit
DO you even have HID's?

I had 6ks before and the glares unbelievable, supposedly as you raise the kelvin, the glare goes down, hopefully this is correct. And a 55-60w bulb does NOT have enough light output unless you're on a side road by yourself with no lights around you.


Also 10k's and 12k's are used in most mercedes so define "ricer"
Glare does not go down if you raise the kelvin...6k will glare just as bad as 10k. Mercedes use OEM bulbs and OEM bulbs never go higher than 4300k. The bluish/purple you see on a mercedes is the flicker from the projectors. Its the optics and not the bulb, not to mention any kit over 6k is ricer IMO.

I don't think Phoenix meant 55-60w bulbs...I'm not sure what the actual wattage on an HID bulb is, but you can modify the ballasts to put out a higher wattage (I think this is what Phoenix was referring to)

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