Which 6000k HIDs should I get?

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Old Jul 8, 2010 | 03:17 AM
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its a bulb... just get the cheap one!
Really..

You drive a g35, not a civic. I'd go for Phillips for peace of mind.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2010 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Tabris
Really..

You drive a g35, not a civic. I'd go for Phillips for peace of mind.
g35 is the NEW civic...

i would just get the cheaper bulb personally.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2010 | 12:55 PM
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g35 is the NEW civic...

i would just get the cheaper bulb personally.
It depends on when you want to replace it, I had/had vled ones and one just went out after a yearish.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2010 | 01:09 PM
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iv had a $25 set of 8k d2s last me 2 yrs. and they looked perfect. white with a tint of blue.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 04:28 AM
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It's not that you can't buy a cheap bulb and have it last a long time.. it's just that the quality can be all over the place with cheaper xenon bulbs. 2 months.. 2 years.. who knows. I'd rather pay a bit more and not have to guess if I bought good ones or not.

And the G is getting less expensive to purchase, but there are SOooo many more civics made then g35's. Plus, just because you can afford to buy a G, doesn't mean you can pay for the gas/repairs on it.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 12:35 PM
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wheres a good place to buy good quality brand name bulbs?

i looked at the philips, and they were quite expensive.

any suggestions?
 
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 07:40 PM
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You get what you pay for. Do yourself a favor and just go with the philips. You don't have a cheap car, so don't put cheap parts on it.

Anyways, this is a photo I've seen passed around before. I find it quite helpful.





 
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 10:58 PM
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^^ nice study...

looks like im gonna try for some phillips 6000k... stocks not matching my 6000 leds... what's the bulb size for the lowbeam/main light?
 
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by msommers
You get what you pay for. Do yourself a favor and just go with the philips. You don't have a cheap car, so don't put cheap parts on it.

Anyways, this is a photo I've seen passed around before. I find it quite helpful.


Nice pic! Makes it easy to see some accurate side by side photos of different k bulbs.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by ZeRo G35
^^ nice study...

looks like im gonna try for some phillips 6000k... stocks not matching my 6000 leds... what's the bulb size for the lowbeam/main light?
This is a great page to use to figure out which bulb size you need:

http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...lacementGuide/

I believe you would need "D2S" bulbs if you have 2006+ headlamps (projector), and "D2R" if you have the older reflector based lamps.
 

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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 12:10 AM
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those don't look right to me. 4100k doesn't look that yellow...that's closer to 3000k. my 6000k look white, not purple blue as in that pic. also, why does the 6700k look less purple than the 6000k? here's mine 6000k headlights and 6000k hid conversion.

 
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Tabris
This is a great page to use to figure out which bulb size you need:

http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...lacementGuide/

I believe you would need "D2S" bulbs if you have 2005+ headlamps (projector), and "D2R" if you have the older reflector based lamps.
I think you mean 2006+ for d2s, 2005 have reflectors as well.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 03:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Xet
I think you mean 2006+ for d2s, 2005 have reflectors as well.
Fixed!

^And the picture posted above. The bottom one is 3000k, if you look closely on the very bottom of the picture it says "3000k" in red letters, the view is slightly skewed. I also believe that there is no purple light in the pics, it is simply the light reflected from the wall. (the wall is not painted a pure flat white, it looks more like a cream color..)
 
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 11:26 AM
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i believe the "3000K" is cut from the picture.. so the yellow light is actually 3000k, and the next one is 4100k as shown on the picture posted
 
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