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Old 10-11-2009, 07:14 PM
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Are these really worth the money? Also I have heard they might melt your headlight lens. has anyone had this problem before? Also can anyone recommend a good company or link to purchase them from. Thanks for the help!
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As far as I know they won't melt your lens. When I had mine they were really nice. As long as you get a good quality set you will like them. They do help with vision at night especially. The best set that I ever had was Phillips. They were awesome.
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Thanks, I will check them out.
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ya id like to get them to and put some halo led projectors in with a hid set up whats the best color and k to go with??
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From my experience, the 5K or 6K will give you the best vision. Other than that, its just a matter of what color you want. The ones that I listed are pure white. There are the other ones that are blue or even purple but I personally think that those suck for night vision.
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I will probably go with the pure whites. Are they really that much better than stock?
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From my experience, the 5K or 6K will give you the best vision. Other than that, its just a matter of what color you want. The ones that I listed are pure white. There are the other ones that are blue or even purple but I personally think that those suck for night vision.
ya i heard that from lots of people and the white is better isnt there a 30,000k i saw one on the vendor thing for hids...
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Yeah 30K I believe is basically Purple.
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Yeah 30K I believe is basically Purple.

that would be pretty fruity honestly...you know anything about headers?
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yeah make sure you do your research. i think pure white is like 4500k. white with a hint of blue tint is about 6000k. i have 6000k in my headlights & fog lights. i've had them for about 3 years now with no problems.

http://www.tophidkits.com/

that site has a diagram of what colors shine depending on the temp chosen.
here's a pic of the 6000k on my scab


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