Originally Posted by raiderlax43

i disagree. my z has the factory HIDS but in my sentra se-r i put in 8000k HIDS from ebay that cost 70 dollars. Never had a problem with them once, and i saw much better than i did with the factory halogens. i know many people who ordered the same ones and only one person had a bulb problem, and they replaced it with the warranty no problem. i don't see much of a difference between the kits people pay 250 or 300 for and the 70 dollar ones that people use. they more expensive ones might outlast the cheaper ones, but if the expensive ones were to last you five years and the cheaper ones two years, you would still be saving money by using the cheaper ones.

Originally Posted by Zivman

HID is all about putting the most light on the road, not the most color...

8000K is a huge fail


buying off brand capsules is a risky business. Unless they are osram/sylvania or hella/phillips, you can all be garauntee'd they will fail prematurely. But they have a warranty you say... who cares if you have a warrantied piece of ****. How does the warranty help you when the capsules explode in your housings?

off brand HID setup is a huge fail

Originally Posted by SnyperZ

So you've first hand experienced this?
Yes, I am speaking from experience

If so seems to me you probably installed them wrong(like touching the bulbs)
Definitely not installed wrong


and ill tell you this, my girlfriend has 8000k on her Jetta and they are 10x brighter than her stock old headlights..
Please don't mistake eye attraction to brightness. Your eyes are more drawn to the color making them seem brighter. at 8000K you have lost somewhere in the neighborhood of 50%, possibly more, of the lumens a 4300K (oem color) puts out.


not to mention shes had them for well over a year with no issues...nor have I on my bike.