Hid help

[03glgold]

use the search button some
http://www.aleromod.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28389

[Blackthunder99]

So my question to you guys are is 4500k for my 9006 and my 3000k not going to look good or should I do 6000k for my 9006 and 3000k for my fogs

[HazMatt24]

it's your preference. I like the 8 - 10K look, but if you want visibility go with 4500K. Fogs, again personal preference. I live where there is never any fog so I didn't need the fogs for function, I had them for show, so I put 10K in the fogs. If you need the fogs to actually function, go with 3K

[sleepyalero]

idk about fogs but i highly suggest 6000k ATLEAST for 9006.

6000k is like a super white. not really blue. im sure you wont regret 6000k,

ive got 8k and the light output is just amazing.

[RalphP]

Originally Posted by sleepyalero

idk about fogs but i highly suggest 6000k ATLEAST for 9006.

6000k is like a super white. not really blue. im sure you wont regret 6000k,

ive got 8k and the light output is just amazing.

8K won't have ANY visible light.

8000K is too blue for the human eye to work with as efficiently as we could wish.

(Amazing what three zeros can do ...)

Let's start with the human eye spectral efficiency. If you gander at http://lea.hamradio.si/~s51kq/V-CIV.HTM , it has a nice chart that correlates to the wavelength.

However, that doesn't help when the lights are rated in degrees Kelvin. So how do they relate?

Well, here's two charts - one of the degrees kelvin vis the effective color at http://images.digitalmedianet.com/20...0/story/02.jpg . The second is of the wavelengths vis the effective color at http://www.giangrandi.ch/optics/spectrum/visible-a.jpg .

When you line them up with the spectral sensitivity chart in the first link, we find that the BEST color is about 5600K. Which, strangely enough is ... the color of sunlight! (Funny that.)

8000K is that of "daylight", where it's so bright our eyes iris down.

This is NOT a good thing at night - since the retina is not as sensitive, but the mechanism that controls the iris is not that color sensitive, we get smaller irises due to the light level, but we Just Plain Can't See.

For a show car, that's one thing.

For one on the road, that's something different.

5600K would be perfect if we could get it. Barring that, looking at the charts in the first link again, it's better to get closer to 4300K to 5000K instead of going up where we're losing visibility no matter how bright it is.

Of course, that ignores the fog lights. We really DO want it down below the reflectivity index of water in the air - so we go to 3000K to get some usefulness out of the light being emitted, instead of it just reflecting back off the water in the air.

But eh. Your car, do what you want. Just be accurate when you describe lights by Kelvin as to their efficiency (which is what's important. If you see better with color A at 1000 lumen than with color B at 3000 lumen, which is brighter, and which is BETTER? Think about that for a bit ... )

RwP

[sleepyalero]

to each his own, but i love my 8k's.

anything below 10k (unless for show) is way better then stock imo for night drivig, i drive 95% of the time at night anyway, and its never gave me problems.

[jhubbz]

RalphP, are you telling me my 10,000k hids don't produce visible light? Last time I drove down the road, I'm almost positive I saw light coming from my headlights. Also, my brights are 12,000k and it lights up everything around me like it was daytime. Now I will admit 5000k or 4600k would definitely be brighter, but don't go around saying other areas of the light spectrum won't produce light. If you have not used or seen their effects in person, don't go talking down on it.

[Blackthunder99]

Well I'm thinking should I do 4500k or 6000k for my 9006 bulb I know for sure I'm going 3000k for fogs this is hard. Does anyone know where to mount the ballast for the fogs to

[Papa Rad17]

mount them wherever. they should be able to breath a bit but out of water and dirt and crap.

[Blackthunder99]

I know that just won't to know the best place

[sleepyalero]

Originally Posted by jhubbz

RalphP, are you telling me my 10,000k hids don't produce visible light? Last time I drove down the road, I'm almost positive I saw light coming from my headlights. Also, my brights are 12,000k and it lights up everything around me like it was daytime. Now I will admit 5000k or 4600k would definitely be brighter, but don't go around saying other areas of the light spectrum won't produce light. If you have not used or seen their effects in person, don't go talking down on it.

Quoted for truth.

[sleepyalero]

Originally Posted by Blackthunder99

I know that just won't to know the best place

they should be shock proof (water resistant) basically as far as the ballast can stretch to be out of the way of most weathering and all that fun stuff. they should come with 3M double sided tape for mounting

[Blackthunder99]

Okay

Real fast what will look better 6000k in 9006bulb and 3000k in fogs or 4500k in 9006bulb and 3000k in fogs

[03glgold]

Originally Posted by Blackthunder99

Okay

Real fast what will look better 6000k in 9006bulb and 3000k in fogs or 4500k in 9006bulb and 3000k in fogs

look for pictures and such...everybody is different so everyone has different opinions...search and there are pictures everywhere that will let you see the different colors that are available...in the end the only opinion as to what colors you should use that matters is your own

[sleepyalero]

heres a taste of 8k, 6k is more super white then this.

[Blackthunder99]

But I have stock headlights

[03glgold]

i think that he just has cleared corners, it is still stock lens unless the lens is tinted it won't change the color anyways...not to come across as a joke but it seems as if you are shooting down all the help that anybody is trying to give...I can't post any pics of hids because i don't have any

[Blackthunder99]

Know I'm taking it in thanks

[03glgold]

did you look at ddm's color charts...if not then when you look at the kit there is a tab under the pictures that could be of some help

[Blackthunder99]

Yea I also trying to find a different headlight has well