Alright, I'm new here. I recently got some 8000k HIDs from NeverBurnOut, but they are too blue and causing too much glare for me. I'm heartbroken. But I must move on. 4300k has more lumens but with a tint of yellow. 6000k is more white but has less lumens. Which do you guys prefer and why?

 

Ive had 4300, 5000, and a touch higher than 5000. I like the lower range hte best, the 4300s are REALLY white. Are these going in projectors or reflectors?

Thanks!
Josh

 

I would have to ask the same question as above....are you replacing the bulbs in your factory xenon headlights or have you bought a full plug and play kit to put in your factory halogen headlights.

If you're putting one of the kits in your halogen headlight, that is the cause of the glare. No temperature change in the bulb will get rid of that. At the same time, if there is glare and these are on you factory xenon headlight housings...there may be a problem. Changing the temperature shouldn't add to glare.....it has to do with the way the light is being reflected and projected. The projectors in the xenon headlight housings have a cutoff to ensure that.

 

4300K isn't a "yellow" light...
PIAA's are 4000 to 4100 and they're very white.
4000 to 5000 will give you lots of usable light.

 

I'm partial to 5000-5500K. I like the intensity of a slightly blue output, but loathe the stuff beyond 6000K; it's just too far towards blue/purple.

And 4300K isn't yellow by any stretch....you need to be down around 3800K to start "seeing" the yellow hues come out.

 

I've seen a Fox body Mustang with what appeared to be a 6k+ beam. It looked sweet as it was an awesome bluish-purple shade and it was bright but light output looked like crap in front of the car. It was like it was bright but the light wasn't doing anything on the ground.

 

That's generally what happens when HID bulbs are placed in Halogen housings which is what i assume this person did. It looks cool....but just doesnt actually work in lighting things up

 

Exactly what this car was like. Looks: bad ***. Light output: suck.

 

There's an EVO in my area running 7500K's in halogen housings and it's just plain annoying to look at. I know it's got lot's of cool factor, but produces almost no usable light in front of the vehicle.