01f1502wd

they go up to like 35k which is probably all purple and not very bright at all.

Becca

^^^i was just gonna ask that... lol.
They aren't illegal here in CA... Unless they go out of the legal light spectrum color- purple, pink, green, etc....

flipd2k

yes ser but im not talking bout those cheap knock off bulbs im talking bout the high intensity discharge lights the ones that use ballasts 300% brighter than halogen

01f1502wd

well im a crazy **** and gonna get the 9007 55W 5k lights. but we will see how they do. if good, the fogs and KCs are to come. most ppl here get the 35W. one of the first things im going to do it drive to a cop buddy of mine and see what he thinks/ says about them.

flipd2k

the fog lights are 20k

Becca

i have the 8000k HIDs in my truck, and they are plenty bright and blue for me lol

bambo2888

for what its worth, the higher the kelvin rating, the lower to light output... food for thought.

plus anything besides slight blue is going to make you "that guy".

ps. the glare isnt because of the aiming, its because the factory halogen housing is not designed to aim an excited xenon gas, its designed to focus a powered filament.


with that all said, i have 8000k in my heads and fogs and love them. just changed from 6000k heads (white)/ 2500k fogs (yellow).

dilloncawthon

hid's are in fact illegal in pretty much all if not all states, that includes cali.

01f1502wd

^that is if theyre not OEM, like us who put them in our halogen designed heads. BUT if you do a retro-fit (putting HIDs in true projectors- acura TL's are the best projectors but expensive, not crappy ebay ones) theyre legal since they have a good cuttoff unlike the halogens.

tonight (yes its 2:40AM) i drove home and went by several cops, I had my brights on and fogs too (i did the mod for em, pretty sweet) and they continued to sit there. so guess im good....for now.

dilloncawthon

yeah i've driven by several cops and have yet to get pulled over for them but retro fit's are illegal too. they are not dot approved and therefore illegal, but odds are very slim for getting pulled over if you have a retrofit done.