i have an 04' g35 coupe..
Im pretty sure there HID'S i wanted to get some 6000k or 8000k bulbs for them but i wasnt sure if its a direct replacement or not like it was on my bmw. Also if they are hid's what tempature are they stock?
thanks!

 

Stock is 4100K. I would stay away from 8000K, the light output and quality of these bulbs will be crappy. If you want a good replacement try the Philips Ultinon 6000K D2R or PIAA 6600K D2R. These will be direct replacements.

 

Any D2R bulb will be a direct replacement. . . the higher in the kelvin scale you go, the lesser the output.

 

thanks guys.. i think im gonna go with the 6000k philips bulbs.

 

Just know you'll be losing 25+% of your stock output

 

so the higher the kelvin the less in brightness of the light?

 

Yes, by a significant amount

 

i thought 6000k had only a slight loss in brightness, not 25%??? that seems a like alot for a 1800K difference. i'm not going to do doubt redlude because he knows his stuff but i can just imagine the kind of light output i'd be losing or someone else would be losing when deciding to go with 8 or 10000k or more....

 

Actually, a 3200 lumen to a 2800 lumen decrease is roughly a 13-14% loss, so it's not that bad a loss when going up to 6K's

 

Except Phillips ultinon 6000k d2r ~2200-2400 lumens, not 2800 lumens, so 3200 to 2400 is a 25% loss

 

^not that it matters, but what's your source? i know the internet isn't always as reliable as

it seems, but several websites say 2800 lumens

 

Here is a Philips ultinon "6000k" d2s bulb spec sheet, remeber the ceramic shielding on a d2r bulb cuts the output by 2-300 lumens

2400 lumens is the best case output of a d2r ultinon bulb, it can be as low as ~1800 lumens

 

so let me get this right.. if you were to do a full Quad Bi-xenon setup (like redlude is about to do) what would YOU put on YOURS???

and if answer was not 6000k then why not??? are you going for output, color, both??

 

i don't know who this question is directed to, but if it's for me, then I already have 6000K ultinons. I wanted a good compromise b/w aesthetics and output,

and 6000K was a good compromise

P.S. good find on the spec sheet 'lude, finally something that 'looks' legit

 

for whoever.... thanks for the insight