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Old Sep 18, 2006 | 04:19 PM
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i guess that you could replace your bulbs to regain some brightness but i wouldnt even bother with it yet.

we have a 00 LS w/~65k on it and drive it a decent bit at night yet lights look bright as ever.
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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by rominl
thanks for stating the truth.....

30000k...... what a joke. when some companies they have no better ideas on selling their stuff

I have 20,000k's and there blue white. but when they do stay on for more then an hour it starts to get purpleish
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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 92ls400vip
no he hasn't lost his mind... i have a friend who has 30,000k... and no this is not a typo. he had 15,000k before. i never heard of 30,000k or knew that there was one but then again he said that it just came out... not sure on the brand though. but right now i haven't seen them in person. but my other friend said that it made his stock hid's look like garbage... by the way they both have gs's. to me i would prefer anything from 6000k - 10000k.
Once you get above 20000K there is very little difference in color - you are in the very blue/purple region. The 'K' is degrees Kelvin, representing the temperature of a black-body radiator. As you heat up a black-body beyond 20000K, the increase in heat changes its color progressively less after it gets white hot.

6000K is just about pure white, but will appear blue next to stock HIDs, which are around 4000K+.

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Old Sep 22, 2006 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by engin_ear
Once you get above 20000K there is very little difference in color - you are in the very blue/purple region. The 'K' is degrees Kelvin, representing the temperature of a black-body radiator. As you heat up a black-body beyond 20000K, the increase in heat changes its color progressively less after it gets white hot.

6000K is just about pure white, but will appear blue next to stock HIDs, which are around 4000K+.

Jerry
Im gonna go back to my science teacher in high school and beat him down for not xplaining this or getting to this subject... like stars and planets were important. when this is more
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Old Sep 22, 2006 | 04:29 PM
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that's funny
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