Hey do thee base models come with hids? i dont think mine are hid, but i want to make sure before i got buy the conversion kit.

 

What conversion kit are you talking about?

And no, 05 base model Z's did not come with HID's.

 

i didnt think they did, but im going to get the xenon 10k i think. im debating on the 10 or the 8. I was just asking bevause the guy i talked to said if it came with factory hids im looking at a couple hundread to change it.

 

From what I hear, it's a pain in the @$$ to switch to HID if you don't already have stock HID's. And what's "a couple hundred" anyways?

 

I stand corrected.

 

lol it is pretty crowded under the hood of the z's but i think i can find a place to mount the balysts it just looks a little hard to get the the driver side bulb.

 

another question where is the hole in firewall? because im trying to figure out how im going to run some wires for a sub.

 

I would never go with HIDs above the 6000 kelvin range unless you never plan on driving at night. The lumens ( light output ) you get from an HID bulb is greatest ( around 3200 to 3300 lumens ) at 4500 to 4700 kelvin depending on the bulb and as soon as you go past that mark the lumens start dropping off. Output from a 6000 kelvin bulb is pretty good and should only drop by around 200 or 300 lumens if you go with a good brand like authentic mtecs or piaa. 8000 kelvin bulbs will have a lumens output of around 2300 to 2500 and as soon as you go to 10000 kelvin bulbs your lumens output will be around 1600 to 1800. 10000 kelvin bulbs are pretty much for show only and won't even be as bright as some walmart halogens. If this is a show car get whatever kelvin temp you like but 8000k and above is pretty dangerous at night especially on wet roads.

 

8k is stupid.

 

what about 30k ????

 

30K?

 

Wow, I have a 5K bulb and I'm thinking about switching to 4300K. They perform well but knowing that 4300K gives me more light makes me want to switch. I can't imagine running anything above 5K. The light will scatter an make night driving very hard. And I am not even going to talk about visibility when it's wet and dark out. 10K bulb sounds insane.

 

I put in 8K into my Jeep Grand Cherokee (heads and fogs). 8K has just a tint of blue, 10K is freaking blue. Either way the po dogs don't harrass because the light output is equal to or greater than standard halogen lights. So, drive at night and see just as bright, my friend... Now the question is do you want a hint of blue (8K) or do you want to be ghetto tastic and go freaking blue (10K).. that's your call...Hey here's another one 12K makes it pink

 

Sorry to burst your bubble but anything above 8000 kelvin is illegal, just phone any certified federal inspection facility. It has also been proven by many reputable companies like phillips and piaa that the light output is roughly cut in half with 10000 kelvin bulbs. The reason that the bulbs get a tint of blue at around 6000 kelvin and more blue as you go towards 10000 kelvin is that the bulbs are manufactured so that more and more of the visible light spectrum on the lower end of the scale is not being produced. 4300 kelvin is around the same light output we get from the sun and covers most of the visible light spectrum but the blue and red hues are masked due to the fact that lumens output is greatest between 4000 and 5000 kelvin. Once you get to around 12000 kelvin even the blue end of the spectrum starts to drop out and the visible light looks almost purple giving you even less lumens output on the road. I hope this isn't too confusing for you HawaiianBBQ and Im not trying to be a dick but you might want to do some research before pointing a fellow member in the wrong direction.

 

z's after 05, unless you have an anniversary edition, will all have hid's, even the base models.

if you buy a conversion kit, it should only take you about 20-25 min a side to install correctly and do a good, safe job on it. really easy, since most of the kits are plug and play.