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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 11:57 PM
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I just got my blue xenon lights and was wondering how to take the plastic healight cover off and is 9006 high or low beam. thanks
Old Sep 24, 2007 | 12:10 AM
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The bulbs pop out from the back. You don't have to remove (and you can't without baking them) the plastic headlight cover.
9006 is the low beam.
Old Sep 24, 2007 | 02:57 AM
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alright i got it done but now have another question. They are brighter and blue but when your inside driving it dont look as bright ahead of you as it did stock. why
Old Sep 24, 2007 | 04:29 AM
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I noticed this too
Old Sep 24, 2007 | 05:23 AM
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because you got bulbs that are less bright..

kinda obvious from the light output and what you just said.. wouldn't ya think?
Old Sep 24, 2007 | 05:37 AM
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what temp are the hids?
Old Sep 25, 2007 | 01:32 AM
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well there 8000k, and look brighter on the outside jus not inside while driving its wierd.
Old Sep 25, 2007 | 02:30 AM
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The higher the Kelvin, the less usable light.
Old Sep 25, 2007 | 02:56 AM
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so does that mean bmws and expensive cars cant see good, or how can i have blue lights like them and still see good.
Old Sep 25, 2007 | 03:03 AM
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The blue you see in cars like that is a property of the optics. The projector breaks the beam up into it's different colors. Like a prism. Higher end vehicles run ~4300K bulbs, not 6000K or higher.
Old Sep 25, 2007 | 03:34 AM
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did you get HID bulbs, or an HID kit?

HID bulbs are just tinted bulbs to look like xenon headlights. but the tinting of the bulbs dims the actual light output.

as for kits, i have 8000k, i see just as well as i did before if not better.

oh, and cars with real geniune fromt he factory xenon lights, like my dad's porsche cayenne s, and my brothers mercedes cls 550, are like driving with stadium lights mounted on the front of the car! literally, it feels like the car has flood lamps in the headlights.
Old Sep 25, 2007 | 04:58 AM
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Obviously not real HID.
Old Sep 25, 2007 | 04:09 PM
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yea, i think heard it best put;
nobody tints their windows to let more light in their cars, so why would you buy tinted bulbs to get more light on the road?
Old Sep 25, 2007 | 04:40 PM
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Yea. The bulbs you bought were just a tinted halogen bulb. Nothing "HID" about them. What brand did you buy? Those types of bulbs typically do not last long.
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 12:28 AM
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I got the hid light bulbs for pretty cheap from ebay. so if i order the 800k hid kit from say racingsolution.com for 200$ it will be alot brighter and will the lights still look blue and stuff, thanks
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 12:48 AM
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The bluer the light, the more eye fatigue. I wouldn't go above 6K.
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 12:56 AM
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I suggest sticking with oem 4300k bulb.
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 02:22 AM
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will 6000k still be blue
Old Sep 26, 2007 | 03:28 AM
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Yes. Blue-ish white, not blue blue. But I think the color depends on the manufacturer, some claimed 6000k HIDs will be blue than others.
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