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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 05:05 PM
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Someone needs to explain to her that the lower the Kelvin number, the better.
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 05:31 PM
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Looks more like blue-ish green.

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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 05:41 PM
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Why is the beam pattern so deformed? Those look like they blind the hell out of people.
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 05:50 PM
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20k blinding people????? If the 20K are barely lighting up the road, what makes you think that it will blind on coming traffic? These 20K will probably do her more harm for lack of output than blinding other people
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 06:02 PM
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man those hot spots are SWEET!!!
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 06:07 PM
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yeah... if only someone were able to take pictures and show how dim those really are.
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 06:10 PM
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There dim as hell at first I thought pure blues would light up the road. Until I saw an SUV with like 10k, they do not light up the road seriously.
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 06:47 PM
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I got pink hids in mine, w/ anzo projectors. When you look head on at the headlights they look white, but all the light reflecting off the ground signs etc is pink with a purplish blue line where the cutoff is. Crummy thing is they don't really light up the road much, so I'll prob change to like 8k.
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 06:48 PM
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Pink o.0?? You havent been stopped?
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 07:53 PM
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Just so the less infoemed understand . 20K does NOT exist . Sorry . On an actual Kelvin scale , there is no 20 K that can be seen with the naked eye . And , just by the pictures alone , seems obvios they are between 12 and 14K actual . Because someone says they are 20K does not make it so . Too funny . Come on guys .
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by falkor
Just so the less infoemed understand . 20K does NOT exist . Sorry . On an actual Kelvin scale , there is no 20 K that can be seen with the naked eye . And , just by the pictures alone , seems obvios they are between 12 and 14K actual . Because someone says they are 20K does not make it so . Too funny . Come on guys .
Haha ya its 20K just because an ebay seller said so. Since when is an ebay seller selling crap bulbs an electrical engineer.
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 08:07 PM
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Lol . Yep !!! They should be ashamed
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by falkor
Just so the less infoemed understand . 20K does NOT exist . Sorry . On an actual Kelvin scale , there is no 20 K that can be seen with the naked eye . And , just by the pictures alone , seems obvios they are between 12 and 14K actual . Because someone says they are 20K does not make it so . Too funny . Come on guys .
True. Don't believe those lying b*st*rds who doesn't give a sh*t about their product's real specifications.
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 08:55 PM
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Ok yeah. So I researched the heck out of this. There is a 20k for a metal halide bulb. Now I think we all know a car is not going to have a metal halide bulb though.....can you imagine?

Anyway...sorry 20k is BS.

Considering it is from EBAY though I put together how they came up with the number.

Below is math...well EBAY math:

1 bulb @ 10k

2 bulbs @ 10k = 20k?

Yeah that has to be it. Silly Ebay math is for kids!
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 09:03 PM
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those blue lights look sooooooo stupid. i've seen lots of cars driving with them around my area and they suck. you will get pulled over eventually with these. no matter what anyone tells you, it's pretty hard to not get the wrong type of attention when a neon blue beam is shining 15 feet in front of your car.
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 09:03 PM
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at what point would they go from being headlights to lasers?
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 09:05 PM
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If they want blue with a great output 8000k FTW!!
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 09:07 PM
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Thats pretty funny, i agree with the 10k+10k= 20k . I know pictures arent perfect on cell phones but u get the point that the hids are crap . Its all about the persons taste. Some people like hot cars like Scions, others like dodge neons.
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 09:11 PM
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HIDs without projector housings for the lose!
Old Apr 2, 2007 | 09:43 PM
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Please don't choose the ricer path.

10K + 10K = 20K HIDs FTW!!! LoL!!! ohh crap....



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