Anyone know of any decent 6000K HIDs?

[KLBC]

Hi all,

Recently swapped my perfectly fine Phillips 4500K for a pair of 6000K HIDs from eBay and surprise surprise their s**t. Randomly go off and come back on, its a pain because i have to remove full bumper and headlight units just to change!!! Does anyone know of any decent ones in the 6000K colour?

Cheers lads

 

[Charlie Farley]

have you looked at morimoto lamps , I fitted some nice 6500k ones almost a year ago and they have been 100% .

 

[KLBC]

have you looked at morimoto lamps , I fitted some nice 6500k ones almost a year ago and they have been 100% .

Ill check them out now, what are the 6500K like? Slight blue tinge or a nice ice white?

 

[NHN]

I've got some 5k d1s iirc for sale.

6k is not good due to higher the number the less visibility.

 

[Charlie Farley]

so my 6500 are even worse than the oem HID lamps then.....

 

[Charlie Farley]

not a brilliant pic but they are way brighter and whiter than the oem ones that were on the car, I hate driving in the dark with rubbish headlamps, way better now.

Also replaced the side lights/DRL to LED items to match the 6500k HID's

 

[KLBC]

not a brilliant pic but they are way brighter and whiter than the oem ones that were on the car, I hate driving in the dark with rubbish headlamps, way better now.

Also replaced the side lights/DRL to LED items to match the 6500k HID's

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What DRL LEDs you got in and sides Rob? Look great!

 

[NHN]

so my 6500 are even worse than the oem HID lamps then.....

Yours may not even be 6500 mate, but its known the higher the rating the less the light output, the best fir vision & closest to natural light are 4300 max 5000, but if you're happy then thats all that matters.

 

[KLBC]

Yours may not even be 6500 mate, but its known the higher the rating the less the light output, the best fir vision & closest to natural light are 4300 max 5000, but if you're happy then thats all that matters.

Where are you selling your HIDs mate?

 

[Charlie Farley]

I'm colour blind anyway so if it is blue I cant see it...lol , but whatever it is , its way better than the OEM ones I took out which were very yellow even for my eyes...

 

[petetheprop]

I've got some 5k d1s iirc for sale.

6k is not good due to higher the number the less visibility.

Are they on your site? I'm after a decent set too.

 

[NHN]

Just some spares from client orders, I'll check but I believe I have 2 sets.

 

[KLBC]

Just some spares from client orders, I'll check but I believe I have 2 sets.

How much you selling them for?

Ones ive got now work but 2 min into driving one goes out, turn headlights off and on and they work again 2 min otherside does same thing then repeat lol I dont understand

 

[Charlie Farley]

Just found this info , but to be honest I think the difference in lumens per watt that the eye can notice varies from person to person and under differing conditions.
My old HID bulbs were the OEM Philips xenstarts were:

• Lumen: 3200 Lumens +/- 10%
• Colour temperature: 4300K OEM Standard
• Socket: PK32d-2, D1S
• Wattage: 35 W
• Voltage: 85 V
• Direct Replacement, Plug and Play
• E-Marked, Road Legal
• Average liftetime: 2500 hours
• E1 04J DOT.

My morimotos are: 6500k and if you look at the lm they are the same at 3200lm but cool white, so same output as the factory items then.

 

[Charlie Farley]

What DRL LEDs you got in and sides Rob? Look great!

Changed to these when I did the HID's so they all match upfront.

 

[KLBC]

Changed to these when I did the HID's so they all match upfront.

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These may be my next purchase rob.
Just bought some MTEC 6000K bulbs, wasnt keen on spending £120+ for Phillips/Osram, and ive read many good things about them, ill get some pics uo when I get them in.

 

[petetheprop]

Are they on your site? I'm after a decent set too.

Just some spares from client orders, I'll check but I believe I have 2 sets.

Hi NHN do you still have these available, mine are getting worse and I really need to sort something soon

 

[KLBC]

Hi NHN do you still have these available, mine are getting worse and I really need to sort something soon

They never got back to me so I went and bought some MTEC HID's, were about £48 for a pair, look great and had no issues yet mate.