HID question

[jrobie79]

well i did a search for this and i only found one thread with a couple of small pieces of advice and that was pretty old so just seeing whats new, what is the best temperature to get HID bulbs at. I will be sticking them in euro non-smiley bosch lights, got em from germany and what not, anyways whats the best K temperature to go with and should i put them in just the low beam, and 35 or 55w? i searched for temperature, color, kelvin and did not get too many results, sorry if this is a repeat.

[smonkbmw]

i suggest 55watt 5k. good that they are going in euro elips.

this temp will put out a pure white light with no blue. if you want a blue tinge go up to 6k. this all also depends on what brand you get. different companies have different thoughts on what temp is what color.

[jrobie79]

i was looking on bimmerforums with the 35w kit that was only 50 bux and the 55w was 75 bux, after reading a bunch i was gonna do 5K or 5.5K, and for the high beams should i just pop in osram silverstars?

[Sam Cogley]

I have 100w regular halogen Hellas in my Euro high beams. Nice light.

[JJe30]

Since I put my HIDs in, I have never had to use my high beams. I have a Prolumen 35w 6k temp kit.

[EightiesBaby]

^^^ Yeah i second that, i have the same setup... looks great!!

[smonkbmw]

dont skimp on the kit, get as much as you can afford. quality gets better when you get into the $150+ range.

as far as the highs id just leave in whatever is in there as you wont use them that much.

[bmw325csi]

I recommend DDM's 55w 5000k kit. A little over a 100 bucks with the harness cant be beat.

[92 mtechnic cabrio]

Temperature and 35w/55w is all personal preference.

The combination most commonly considered as the best balance between color and output would be a 55W 6000k kit.

Just get a kit for low beam, and if you feel like it, and you have fog lights, then get a kit for your fog lights.

www.ddmtuning.com sells HID kits at killer prices with lifetime warranties.

[jrobie79]

yeah definately gonna get DDM, they do have sick prices and there gonna go even lower around thanksgiving, and I figure why not wait anyways, cause I got plenty to do to the car in the meantime, I think ill go with the 6000K for the temp, just undecided about the watts, but seems like 55 is better for only a little more money.

[Mless5]

Be carefull with 55w if you lights have plastic reflector. DDMs 6K looks way rice blue, I got one of them in my high beams. DDM also now has lifetime warranty.