**Yet again, another HID thread.. **
ok i felt the need to post this.........due to some of the whinny asses on here & the constant bickering.
Please note: From time to time, I am asked to comment on what are marketed as "new developments" in HID kits, and those asking sometimes point out to me that these "new developments" might render this article out-of-date, since the copyright date on the article is older than the date of these "new developments". Please understand, marketeers will always be coming up with dazzling new pseudoscience, tempting new hype and sneaky new ways of trying to convince you to buy their stuff. It's what they do. This article will never go out of date, because the problems with HID kits are conceptual problems, not problems of implementation. Therefore, they cannot be overcome by additional research and development, any more than someone could develop a way for you to put on somebody else's eyeglasses and see correctly.
from a future customer & this was taken from a thread on our forum regarding HID's:
I'm not trying to na say the idea. I'm thinking about it too.
My guess is the difference between HID and halogen OE housings would come in the reflector then. Just a guess... All the different planes inside the reflector toss light in various directions. In the case of a halogen lamp, the reflector would attempt to make a certain amount of glare to spot signs and stuff off the road. HID reflectors keep glare at a minimum and focus light on the street. Often, a glass lens is used to magnify and direct the light, but it seems not in Subaru's case.
Another option is to use a cold temp. bulb. Like a 10K or something. Those seem a lot less intense. Or maybe a smaller watt HID bulb... I'd like to have a 8K kit myself. I'm interested in seeing how these turn out.
If you're running a projector style (06-07), as far as I know you're pretty much good to go. Those have a very precise beam and typically throw very little/no glare.
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...nversions.html
do your research folks........but remember it is your choice what route you take with your projects or how your money is spent...i do understand that some peoples budgets only allow for within reach mods or you having to settle for a set-up a little more within reason due to the cost of living or when it just basically comes down to priorities.<sp?>
i hope this helps.
Many people believe that the higher the colour temperature the brighter the lamp. This is totally wrong. The colour temperature is purely a scale to measure the colour of the light output and is measured on the graph shown as an X and Y coordinate. It is a reference purely for colour and could equally be called White , Green or Blue. The reality is the higher up the scale the lamps are the less bright they become. 4100K lamps are approx 20% brighter (measured in Lumens not degrees K) than the 6000K. If you want lighting performance the 4100K Philips lamps are the best on the market with 3500 lumen.
Degrees K = ONLY COLOUR
Lumen= BRIGHTNESS
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Originally Posted by Maniac
....we should just ask somebody what they're running when we see some lights that we like?
can't create something else i can't keep up with.
