lilchief

Could some one help me please?? I want to get different hid bulbs for my Z but i have no idea how to go about it. I want nice bright once that also have some kind of a tint color to them. What is the difference as far as numbers? ex. 10000k also what is d2r and d2s or something like that? please help.

Roger V

iTrader: (4)

If you want bright don't go about 6k. It will give you a more crystal white light with more blue in it. We use d2r.

lilchief

so the lower the number the brighter?

yobri

iTrader: (2)

Not necessarily. You want to be in the whiter part of the color spectrum (see below). Stock HIDs are 4300K.

https://my350z.com/forum/attachment....6&d=1079108778

Here's a good resource for HID info also:

http://faqlight.carpassion.info/hl-hid-bulbs.htm

MustGoFastR

iTrader: (13)

The lower the number, the more yellowish, but more useful light output (down to our stock 4300k, which is about optimal for output). The higher the number, the more blue-ish the color, so it looks pretty, but also much less light output and more glare, so you'll p!ss off others and won't be able to see for ****. The pretty colors you see in BMWs and such are due to different optics used in the housings; they use the same 4300k bulbs we do. Thing is, the newer Maximas have a nice color shifting effect; now why couldn't they have done that on the Z?

mchong75

iTrader: (6)

This is an 8000K.

I bought one of these.

JS04

iTrader: (6)

MustGoFastR is right. The higher the number the more blueish/purpleish color you will get but you won't be able to see anything at night. Like I said when we were at your place, if you want alil bit more color just get 6000k lights. It will have a nice blue hue and you will still be able to see plenty at night.

davidf

iTrader: (18)

+1, the newer Maximas look excellent, funny they could'nt do the same even to the 06 Z headlamps.

Roger V

iTrader: (4)

That is not a good representation of color temp. You can tell they just altered the hue/saturation of the pic.