Can I put in a whiter or brighter HID bulb other than OEM dr2 without replacing other parts?

Has anyone encountered the death of HID on gen 5.5 yet?

Thanks.

 

just get a set of d2r bulbs in any kelvin of your choice and use the oem matsu****a ballast

 

all bulbs are universal they just have to be D2R

 

You guys got my head clear up! Thanks a bunch!
Any recommand one?

 

I would recommend philips 5000k. OEM quality. http://www.hidplanet.com/philips5000k.html

 

i concur; but if he wants brighter ones, he should get stock 4300K, because it has not colorshifted yet; the yellowness will give off more light; the 5000K is meant for replacement of a single bulb after it has colorshifted, giving it a slight blue look, but not as much as the 6000k

 

PM Maximabest, he sells Helios kits and bulbs. Check his threads in the Group Buy section. Brightest = 4300K. Most color without losing too much visibility = 6000K IMO. They run about 80-100/pr I believe depending on the Kelvin rating you choose.

 

If "taken care of" properly the OEM HIDs on your Maxima should last you the life time of the car.

A pair of 4300K bubls will provide the most output, and will color shift to a nice white 4500 to 4700K.

The 5000K phillips bulbs are also a good bulb, however, they will also color shift slightly to a higher temp.

If you want way more output you should conisder an HID Retro as our reflector HIDs are terrible. You could also go for a set of supercharged ballasts and pump 50W to 70W through your current HID bulbs. Just a thought.

 

i personally have 6 k bulbs and i love the look and i always get compliments on them but i can also see perfectly fine to

 

if you currently have stock d2r they're problly 4 years old and has colorshifted quite a bit and output has decreased slightly. get a new pair of 4300k d2r and the output will be brighter but i'll be pretty yellow tho lol i have brand new 4300k bulbs in my tsx projectors and the output is a ton better but they are pretty yellow lol

 

yes, like i said, get new 4300k bulbs =)

 

Thanks for the recommendation and input. I'll try to find the comparison. Blueish seems to have more 'cool' factor, but I'll see how much it decreases on the brightness.

I love this car...

 

I've heard great things about the Philips Ultinon's...6000K