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Has anyone bought those headlights the 8000k or the 8500k blue lights that is spammed all over ebay??

Any Pictures of the quality?

Post Pics If ya'll have them!

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1. You can't search because you haven't donated to the org.
2. If you're talking about 8k HIDs don't waste your money.
The higher kelvin you go with HIDs the more color you get. The more color in your headlight the less light output you get. If you're going to get HIDs get less kelvin. 4300-6k are the best IMO. Also try to search around the org before posting.

 

i wana blind other drivers hehehe

 

you wont. 8k is not how bright they are. It's kelvin. It's basically the color of the light. The higher you go the more color. 8k is blue/purple. It's a complete waste of money because you won't be able to see 50ft in front of you car with purple lights, let alone in the rain....won't see ****.

 

i got Silverstar's and i cant see S*&T in the rain it really sucks i wish i could make it better

 

7-8k is factory BMW tempurature. blue/purple is 10-12k 3-6k = yellow- yellowish. the closer you get to UV (higher the Kelvin) the more the light will be absorbed by the water in the air. Thats why yellow fogs work best and 12k HID's suck in the rain.

 

no they arent... they use phillips d2s bulbs 4300k...

 

For OEM applications, NO ONE uses ANYTHING BUT 4300K or 4100K bulbs. If you hear otherwise from someone, they're talking out of their ass or are repeating info they got from someone else who was talking out of their ass. Some HIDs look bluer because of the prism effect they get from the projector. That is all. 6000K+ put blue light on the road that is invisible in the rain and unsuitable for OEM applications.

 

where i live....theres no such thing as rain

all day sun and beach

 

So take out your headlights altogether? Why do you want HIDs?

Oh sorry, you want to blind people.

 

if you arn't going to listen to what people say then go buy what you want...get 8500k HIDs. When it does rain, and when you actually see your light output to blind people, you'll be quite unhappy.

 

I just needed information on HID... Im giving up my maxima soon..going to get m3. Im giving my maxima to my little brother for a birthday present..

Morpheus What Kind of bulbs are you using for your maxima? (looked at your signature

 

Sorry if this was offensive to people.

 

Osram 4300K D2S.

 

haha so why are you spending money on the max if you're buying an m3?

 

I was strolling on ebay for some bmws, and on the side advertisements were those cheesy HID 8000k lights.

Thanks for the information guys

 

oh ok. Well good luck with the m3. Like to see some pics if you do end up finding one.

 

I got the headlights, but I told them to change the HID to a 6k, since thats the lowest they had, and plust the R34s have horrible output so the brighter the better... but haven't installed them yet, its too cold and I have no garage lol

 

did you get hammered with snow too? i use to live in oswego county. off route 11.. 12 ft...

 

no didn't get hammered really... its just been really cold out so I haven't had the chance to install them, I'll post pictures after installation

 

how are those compared to Silverstar's???

 

They are awesome.

 

this is like a mash pit of headlights guys, there are people here talking about hids, halogens and god knows what

silvestars aresimilar to ultras which i have, i like the ultras they are white light OK in the rain and snow at night but excellent in dry conditions, they are very very nice when its dry out

 

aren't ultras, "Silverstar Ultras"? It's just an upgraded silverstar.

 

Yeah I'm curious as to what the difference is between silverstars and silverstar ultras.

 

as I said, I believe they are just upgraded silverstars. Just called them ultra for better marketing haha

 

Well that's what they want you to believe. But you can only "upgrade" so much on a 55watt blue-tinted bulb.

 

exactly my point. It's marketing. Without changing the name, no one would think it offers anything better. No one pays attention to the fact that the bulb is still the same wattage as before.

 

If 4.3K bulb is puts out more visible light than an 8-10K bulb why is 8K bulb is more expensive?

I could only think of two reasons: marketing or higher Kelvin bulbs are more expensive to make. Anyone care to elaborate?