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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 10:34 PM
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There has been a lot of debate on this. What type of lighting do you have? projector/reflector? and what bulb do you prefer? 4300K/6000K?
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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 11:11 PM
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can i choose it 3 times? i had 6000k on my acura tls, then on my gs4, then on my is3, then now the fogs on my gs4 are using 6000k hid too

6000k all the way
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 01:20 AM
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My avatar has a pic of my projector lights with Philips 6000 K hid . I have those HIDs on my low beams and my fog lights have sylvania silverstars.

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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 01:52 AM
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 06:27 AM
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Originally posted by rominl
can i choose it 3 times? i had 6000k on my acura tls, then on my gs4, then on my is3, then now the fogs on my gs4 are using 6000k hid too

6000k all the way
Hey Rominl, this may be a stupid question, but I just have to ask it to be sure . 6000k HID in the yellow housing, when it is lit up, do you see PURE bright yellow or is it a mixture of blue/yellow? I was thinking of going with 4300k with the yellow housing, this way, it would look more of a PURE bright yellow.
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 07:00 AM
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I've got projectors on mine... G4 bulbs all round now, as I still have no money to do an HID conversion lol, need to save up for new bushes as mine are dead!
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 08:46 AM
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Originally posted by DIESELMAN63
Hey Rominl, this may be a stupid question, but I just have to ask it to be sure . 6000k HID in the yellow housing, when it is lit up, do you see PURE bright yellow or is it a mixture of blue/yellow? I was thinking of going with 4300k with the yellow housing, this way, it would look more of a PURE bright yellow.
you just see bright white. i put 6000k there only coz' it's a spare kit i got for my other car. if i had to get hid kit for the fogs i would have just gotten 4100k. you won't see any sense of purple in my fogs
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 02:25 PM
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what i have noticed is that most of the people with GS's prefer 6000k and the other lexus owners prefer 4300K... does it have to do with the light housing? Projector vs, reflector?
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 02:32 PM
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Probably just personal preference. It's usually either 4100K or 6000K (actually 5800K if they are Ultinons) for most Lexus owners. The 7000K+ stuff is usually found on the fixed up Hondas and Acuras.
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 02:52 PM
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I'm a purist, Philips 4100K all the way. Clean, white light, brightest, highest visibility--doesn't get any better!



PS: Henry, don't forget about your Xenarc bulbs man, they still in my backseat!
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 06:36 PM
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Originally posted by lex400sc
I'm a purist, Philips 4100K all the way. Clean, white light, brightest, highest visibility--doesn't get any better!



PS: Henry, don't forget about your Xenarc bulbs man, they still in my backseat!
hahhaa yeah i know, don't worry, i am not charging you rent for them when we meet next time you can give them back to me
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 07:37 PM
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the 4300k looks very good in our SC projector housings..

I am going 4300k if possible in my fogs
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Old Aug 2, 2003 | 08:57 PM
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all i hear are philips hids. what about catz? no one likes the 4500k rising sun catz? what are your thoughts on these hids?
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Old Aug 2, 2003 | 10:05 PM
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Originally posted by mrshabo
all i hear are philips hids. what about catz? no one likes the 4500k rising sun catz? what are your thoughts on these hids?
Philips 4100K is the brightest and most reliable, period.
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Old Aug 2, 2003 | 10:09 PM
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aren't there philips 4300k? i thought those were the brightest you can get.
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