I'm thinking of upgrading the head light bulbs to either 6000k or 8000k. Will the 8000k too blue and dim for night time driving? The factory ones are pretty bright but I wanna add some blue tint to them..

 

i think 6000k will be good enouf 8000k is like purplish i think you wont get much visibility

 

Before someone tells you to do a search, Philips Ultinon 6000K. You'll get the blue tint you're looking for without losing the lumens you would with cheaper 6000K bulbs. You're still going to lose just not as much but it comes with a price, $180-200 per pair. Now go do a search to learn more.

 

what he said.

 

Thanks so much for the info!..Sorry, I;m still new to this site and try to look up all the info. I can find here. This is a great car forum!

 

I perfer 8000k, i wanted to upgrade to away from the crystal white look to the blueish purple tint. And as to if the are dim at night, no darker than the stick 4300. IMO there perfect!

 

hey welcome to the forum. I'm thinking you already know this but i'll say it anyway. higher temp = lower lumens.

I have the ultinons 6000K and love them. When they first turn on they have a nice bluish look to them but as they warm up they

get a nice crystal white light. Looks great IMO. hope that helps.

 

+3 on the Philips 6000k.

 

what is the best place to get them?

 

I mean... the OEM bulbs are quite yellowish when they get all warmed up.. Does 6000K really make a big difference in color-wise? Is there such thing as 7000K bulbs...?

One reason I did upgrade my bulbs was because I couldn't justify the price of $150+ for a set of bulbs... I can spend that kinda money towards a nice set of rims, intakes or even some springs... you know?

Now with that said... is it worth it? (I know I'll get a biased answer, but.... oh well... )

 

if you are talking about it's being practical enough or not then I think it does not worth the $

It does improves visibility but not that much. Color deff is much better. It does not gets yellowish at all. that is the only thing I liked about mine when I had them.

 

Cool... Good to know. Although I don't really like that it has a yellowish tint on the OEM... I think I'll wait until I have more "free money" to do the mod...

For now, I'm going to get the pop-charger and lower the car first... as well as powder coat the wheels (or getting new rims) for my car.

Er.... maybe I'll do the mod soon. HAHA Can't make up my mind.

 

you'll love the 8000k's until you drive your car in the rain. then it's like looking at black ice almost impossible and very scary to drive in. hell even, with our 4000 or 4300 kelvin lights it's hard to see in the rain. i think if i were you i'd care less about what other people see in the distance and more about how much distance you can see w/ your headlights. or do some research on the new LED headlights coming on the lexus lf-a and audi r8.

 

8000k will be dim, even worse than halogens

 

Thanks so much for all the inputs...Guess I will just go for 6000K max.