DaBombX

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What is your opinion about the best temp HID for a p. beige maxima?

I don't like the 12000k... the color doesn't match very well I think...

5oooK? 6000k? 8500K? 9000k? etc...

What's your preference?

f550maranello2

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dude put in regular Philips 4100k bulbs not some stupid ricer bulbs... why would you want to sacrifice color for output…???

DaBombX

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Stop calling it rice yo.
Rice is an actual staple food for many ethnic groups, mine included.



(I'm just givin you a hard time :-p )


What can I say? I think HID's look cool. Plus, aren't they supposed to be brighter? You must know something I don't. Someone explain plz.

njmodi

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He's not telling you NOT to get HIDs, he's saying just get the 4100k rated bulbs - it provides the best light output, but doesn't provide the :chebosto color (which is at the cost of light output).

Iron Scimitar

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what does the color of your car have to do with anything? get 4100k - 4300k bulbs and be done with it.

BlueC

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Any other temp is just rediculous and defeats the whole purpose of HIDs.

86maxima96

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but everything's better in purple light yo!!11one!won

the 5th gens got it right with OEM bulbs at 4300K (or is it 4100K? Either way, it looks just fine.)

FormorAccordMan

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the degree of the bulb has EVRYTHING to do with the light output. The higher the kelvin, the lower the lumens. The lower the lumens, the less usable light is emitted onto the road. If you go to some extreme kelvin rating, your car is not gonna have a whole lot of light on the road, but instead will have purple headlights, barely being any brighter than stock bulbs on the ground. You will be seen, but wont be able to see on the ground. This absolutley defeats the purpose of having HID's. IMHO, unless you are gonna get a retrofit projector, HID's are far from ideal in our 9004 setup. believe me, i learned the hard way. I had HID's and went back to stock. 4100-4200 degrees is a standard HID bulb. Also, alot of the times, these super high HID bulbs are nothing more than regular HID's with paint on them. This is not good. I see alot of cars with rediculous kelvin ratings at night, and when i pull up next to them, I see more light on the road from my own regular lights than theirs. I think they look rediculous and just say "hey look at me- i got silly purple lights". Good luck in whatever you decide, but don't say we didnt warn you.

PBX

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If you want to get hids prepare to spend $500+. Projectors are the only way to go! Philips 4100k bulbs inside the relector housing will blind the fawk out of other drivers.

DR-Max

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HID color temp should be based on what your eyes prefer to see. The more bluish the temp gets, the less the visibility will be. I'd stay within 4100 - 5000k.

VIP Maxima

6k heads, 14k fogs. thats all u need

SMX95

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I have 7k for my car, you can check it out on my cardomain. If I had to do it all over again it would be 5k without a doubt. 1 less reason for cops to pull me over for blue/purplish lights.

Dubbya

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They always seem to be hondas too.

DR-Max

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I thought you weren't using HID???

achebee4you

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if u want a lot of color don't lose light output by getting a 6000 or higher bulb stick to 4100-4200 depend either phillips or osram but if u get a good set of projectors and do the mod on the by bending the shield youll get mad flicker wich will look like theo pretty 6000 or 12000k u want but with 4100 light output, so people get to see the wonderful color of flicker while u get to still see them, lol

99grnmaxgxe

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Anything over 5000k will be too blue and that decreases visibility at night, so stay around 4000k.

ThisMaxIsTight

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most of you are somewhat accurate ... 6000k really isnt that blue at all, theres only a small hint of blue ... trust me..I studied Nismotics 6000K hid light output in a garage .. very hard to see any blue ... 4300K IS said to give you the most light... its equal to the sun ... theres not much difference between 4300 and 6000K .... HIDplanet.com, everything you need to know

if your worried about glare, which you should be, just buy a bulb shield on ebay or make one yourself so it blocks the extra light hitting the upper part inside the headlight, this is what creates all the glare that people complain about when looking toward oncomming traffic

hollaatchaboi

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can we get away with putting HID's in the stock housings? If i were to get 4300K hid kit and aim the headlights down a little, will i still be hasseled by cops?

ThisMaxIsTight

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yes there is too much glare ... you can aim them down but it wont do much.... get a glare shield ... im gonna go look on ebay right now and look for the link for the bulb shield

MorpheusZero

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Probably. There are one or two methods that you can use to fix this, including the "bulb/glare shield" mentioned above.

ThisMaxIsTight

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Hixen...spagenameZWDVW

i think I said something wrong in my previous post, excuse my drunken state, its the bottom of the headlight housing in which the glare is created .. wait ... im not sure ... i cant remember if its the top or bottom, lol

99grnmaxgxe

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I think it's the bottom.

DR-Max

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I was loooking at the headlight housing in my 95SE and noticed that there is a bulb shield in there. It's a tube shaped with both ends opened. Will this be enough for shielding? Not sure if 97+ headlights have this, probably not.

Kevlo911

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Pebble Beige Maximas wont power HIDs...

njmodi

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hey hey hey... don't be trash-talking the pebble-beige Maximas!

1HOTMAX

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yellow hid's look sick on a beige maxima

kingrukus

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personally i like red hid's, they look sick against the beige color. make sure you get the 230000k version for the brightest light.

arrrghhh

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LOL

4300k heads, 2-3000k fogs... why don't ppl like yellow fogs? they cut thru fog so much better...

RacerX1320

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FINALLY the thread I’ve been looking for!
I have a black 5th gen max. I am deff going with 6000k at most for the heads and Im not sure if I should go with the same for the fogs or go with some yellow ones. I kind of like the yellow fog look reminds of cars of my childhood.
Thanks for the shield idea I didn’t know that, do I need those on my fogs as well or no?
Also do you guys know any reliable name brand kits and bulbs I should look for?
Thanks again guys

ROCKART

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2 year old thread FTL
wrong forum FTL

kzoosho

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WTF IS THIS SH IT LOL.

f550maranello2

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read post #2

RacerX1320

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NO NO DONT LOCK THIS THREAD i need the info guys please pleeease ..... Im melting.... meeeeeeltiiiiiiiiing.

kzoosho

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What do you need man