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Dec 22, 2010 | 05:16 PM

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huch

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Originally Posted by rvalero

How long did you wait before taking the pic? These bulbs need around 40 seconds to reach their normal color. My 3000k starts off green, but turns yellow in under a minute.

Picture was taken after 40 mins of continuous use. Seriously, stop signs look blue.

Dec 22, 2010 | 05:29 PM

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hmm my 5k looks pretty white after about 15 secs.. id contact their live support tomorrow during the day.

Dec 22, 2010 | 05:29 PM

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Picture was taken after 40 mins of continuous use. Seriously, stop signs look blue.

That would bug the crap out of me. I plan to get a set of Philips 5000K crystal vision when my OEM 4300k eventually die.

Dec 22, 2010 | 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by huch

take a look:

5000k 9006 kit (lows for his vehicle)

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1161/dsc00532f.jpg
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/3623/dsc00535w.jpg
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/203/dsc00538xyu.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5535/dsc00543oh.jpg

looks like my 8000k kit..

Dec 22, 2010 | 06:22 PM

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http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5535/dsc00543oh.jpg

that color looks about right. the camera tends to pick up the hids as more blue.

Dec 22, 2010 | 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by UR2klose

looks like my 8000k kit..

Brutal...

Thing is when I ordered the kits, I ordered them all at once. (2) 9006 5000k kits and an H11 5000k. One of the 9006 and the H11 was for my buddy (in the pictures) the other 9006 kit was for my IS350 fogs. I haven't tested my kit yet but it's identical to the ones in the picture in terms of part number and identification, ie, "9006" "5000k".

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Dec 22, 2010 | 06:32 PM

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http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5535/dsc00543oh.jpg

that color looks about right. the camera tends to pick up the hids as more blue.

The most normal pic of what it looks like is I believe the third one, where we're outside and its shining on the snow. Literally dude, stop signs appear blue, even the exhaust from cars ahead of us on cold days, they have a distinct blue tint to it.

Dec 22, 2010 | 08:57 PM

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that is pretty blue. my 5ks from hidextra in my wifes civic usdm model of yours looks "blue-ish" in the housing but projects white on the ground.

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Dec 22, 2010 | 09:59 PM

#624

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They Are NOT 5K

Dec 22, 2010 | 10:07 PM

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my 5k on a cr-v is blue also, more in the housing than on the ground. i didn't care though, it's a cr-v.

Dec 23, 2010 | 01:13 PM

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I'm reading a lot of posivitve feed back but also a LOT of negative feed back about these kits. So here's the $64,000 question:

Would you guys (the people who actually have the conversion kits installed on their cars) recommend a conversion kit from HIDEXTRA.com or not? Specifically, I'd probably get 5000k 9006 for the low beams on my 1993 SC300. Thanks!

Dec 23, 2010 | 03:26 PM

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my 5k bulbs are white with a hint of blue. if u dont mind the flicker on start up then their pretty good.

Dec 23, 2010 | 04:48 PM

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some of us got them at black Friday price for $29.99/$39.99slim ballast (less than a tank of gas

), you got nothing to loose. For the price, yeah, start up flicker does bother me but I can live with it for now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LiCelsior

my 5k bulbs are white with a hint of blue. if u dont mind the flicker on start up then their pretty good.

Dec 23, 2010 | 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by quang

some of us got them at black Friday price for $29.99/$39.99slim ballast (less than a tank of gas

), you got nothing to loose. For the price, yeah, start up flicker does bother me but I can live with it for now.

Do they ONLY flicker on start-up? Or do they do it all the time? Because for $50, I can deal with just a little flickering on start-up. But if they flicker all the time - hell naw! You can't really find any other kits for less than $80, and those are probably crap.

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Dec 23, 2010 | 05:24 PM

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yep i didnt know they had the slim ballasts on sale also or i woulda ordered those.

yes they only flicker on start up for about 3-5seconds and then it stops and warms up.