this HID bulb seems legit for.....anyone bought it before
Originally Posted by Steve_03
Those values are color temperatures. Read about it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_temperature
Essentially 4000k will look a little yellow 6000k will look white and 8000k will look blue.
Daylight is around 6k (+ or - a few).
Essentially 4000k will look a little yellow 6000k will look white and 8000k will look blue.
Daylight is around 6k (+ or - a few).
Originally Posted by davidf
That chart is not quite accurate, 8000K is very deep blue, anything past 10,000K is violet. I've had my share of different HID bulbs. {it was a phase I went through}.
BTW.. I messaged the guy on eBay thats false advertising his products telling him to send me a free set of HIDs and he said he can't help the pictures that his customers send in (why would a customer photoshop a pic of my Z to look like it had HIDs
) but could cut me a deal on a pair haha.
Alright since a HID isn't a black body radiator(like an incandescent nearly is) it is really more like this.
The manufacturer of the bulb should be able to provide a spectral power distribution plot that would look something like this. This is for a fluorescent bulb vs. an incandescent but you get the idea.
This is probably a bit more than you wanted to know, but there it is. If someone with more knowledge than I feels like chiming in go for it. My lighting knowledge comes from the aquarium world so it may be lacking in application to cars.
The manufacturer of the bulb should be able to provide a spectral power distribution plot that would look something like this. This is for a fluorescent bulb vs. an incandescent but you get the idea.
This is probably a bit more than you wanted to know, but there it is. If someone with more knowledge than I feels like chiming in go for it. My lighting knowledge comes from the aquarium world so it may be lacking in application to cars.
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