hid question

[CelicaRcr01]

i was looking at the McCulloch H7 Conversion Kit 5000k, whats the difference between the 4100k, 5000k, 6000k and 7000k etc,

thanks everyone, and is there a brand ya'll would recommend over this, i heard phillips was also highy recommend as well

[k2snownsk8]

ok record straightened right now....

the k is the temp. the higher the temp, the more towards purple it gets but the less light

4100k - white, maybe some blue, brightest
5000k - white with more blue, not as bright
6000k - white and really blue, less bright as 5000k
7000k - blue/purple, less light than 6000k
8000k - dark blue/purple least bright

philips doesn't sell a kit. they make the components. you can't buy a phillips hid kit. you can buy a mcculloch, xenondepot, hids4less kit with phillips parts. just like our cars. you can't buy a denso car but you can buy denso parts to put in your car. phillips and most german brands are the best. the worst are the ones from asia.

[CelicaRcr01]

thanks man, i really appreciate all the feed back

[GTS-POWER]

i recommend going with philips

[01blkgts]

aren't the 5k bulbs painted or something, and the 6k bulbs clear?
i forgot?

[Blue Bomber]

The 4100k bulbs are clear, and everything above has a colored coating on it. That's why they get darker, the higher the temp, the darker the coating.

[pokgai]

well actually the Philips real deal 6000K are clear. its just the inside uses different gas/salts (i really dont know) to change the colour to a more bluer look.

[teletubbies]

personally I don't think my Philips 6000k is blue enough...
looks very white to me

[k2snownsk8]

i know of certain kits, such as hid4less that don't coat their bulbs but use the diffrent salts to get a really deep blue/purple color. but it's also 700 bucks for that kit as well

[IMwhite]

ya i have misterjung's 6000k kit and the bulb is clear so im confused as to where you got that information.

[Sups]

not all kits are the same. some kits have tinted bulbs and some dont

[Blue Lucifer]

That's right. Some cheaper kits to get the effect have the HID capsule tinted to give a higher K appearance. True and good quality capsules are not tinted. So phillips is the real deal with 6000K. I have seen 7000K capsules tinted, and if so, reduce the amount of visible light on the road. So in my opinion, if you want a higher color appearance, I'd get the 6000k. I have a 5000K kit, and even though it is the brighest, it really gets boring afterwards.

[satoshi]

http://plaza.umin.ac.jp/~satoshi/pic130.jpg
i love my 5200K
bluish and reasonable

[k2snownsk8]

most likely i will order a kit from hids4less. they sell a 6 or 7k kit that actually has the right salts and stuff in them. no tinting. as well as a 3 year warranty on everything :)