Thought some may be interested in a couple comparison pics. I just swapped out a blown stock 4300K HID with a 6000K and now have one on each side.

4300K on left, 6000K on right.


http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h3...0Kvs6000k2.jpg


http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h3...00Kvs6000K.jpg

 

word, I just hade one blown 4300k, and I put in two 6000k and of course, ONE OF THEM BLEW! So I had to swap one 4300 back in, and it looks like that all the time. Also, It appears to me that there is ZERO ZIP ZILCH NADA noticable difference in light output, would you agree?

 

Yes. No difference that I can see so the 'whiter' 6000K will be my choice if the situation comes up again in the future.

 

how old is the 4300k bulb?

 

Well into 5 years. You think that might cause some of the yellowing? Honestly though, it looked really white until I had the new bulb in to compare.

 

The 4300 and 6000 lumens might be very similar (as you said) because of the age of the 4300 bulb. If you wre to use a brand new 4300k bulb, that would be more noticeably brighter on the road and be more yellow. When HID bulbs get older, they tend to get bluer (colorshift) and not get yellower.

 

where did you get the hid bulbs from? just ebay or you recommend somewhere local?

i wouldn't mind switching my 4300k bulbs for the 6k ones

 

i just switched to 6k bulbs yesterday and i love the color they put out on the road when they warm up, so today im doing 6k hid fog lights!!!!

 

i switch to 8k and u can really tell the diff, and FYI they dont suck during the night, i agree the 43K are brighter but even on rodes with no lights and with my fogs turned off i could c fine. but other peeps might think diff.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=515274

Check it out! Two bulbs for $60. Bought by paypal and arrived in about 2 days. Been happy so far! He has several color variations available.