[s-cars] 5300k vs 6000k HID - Note from Andy

[Matthew Russell]

I fell for it, Mark... and don't regret the decision.

They do have a slight blue tinge to them, but that's what i expected.  
As I'm so happy with this upgrade, I will probably do 5300's in the 
high beams for comparison... Maybe even swap the 6000's to high and go 
5300 low.  who knows?  But that will give me a way to decide for myself.

Besides, once all the wiring is done, ballasts and ignitors in - you 
can change out the bulbs if you like, that's cake.
Now to figure out how to hide FOUR ballasts and ignitors...

ps- to whomever was wondering if this would be a worthwhile upgrade 
over 9011's or whatever... you BETCHA!  Big difference from my sylvania 
silverstars.

-Matt in CO
92 s4, with euro headlamps and HID lows

On Tuesday, December 20, 2005, at 01:07  PM, Larry wrote:
>
> The the Sun's average color temperature (also the greatest light 
> output of
> the Sun) is around 5300 K. It happens to be
> whitish Yellow. If you believe in evolution, and that we are visual
> creatures, our eyes greatest sensitivity falls in the same
> range. Hence, even IF there is more light output for the 6000K lamps, 
> your
> eyes won't benefit from it. In addition, the
> bluer color of the higher temp bulbs tends towards tiring of the eyes
> sooner.
>
> http://www.danielsternlighting.com     has a description about this, 
> if you
> want to know further, but for all intents and
> purposes, you want to stay within the range of around 4500 to 5500 K 
> to get
> the greatest benefit. That's what I did.
>
> LL - NY hoping that the HID's are an actual upgrade to the 9012/11's 
> in the
> car.
>
>
>
> On 12/20/05, Gabriel Caldwell <gabriel at ts.bc.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Don't fall for the upsell.
>>
>> Gabriel Caldwell
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Mark Pollan
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:32 AM
>> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>> Subject: [s-cars] 5300k vs 6000k HID - Note from Andy
>>
>> Apologies as I have read the previous posts and as a result went with
>> the
>> 5300k.  Any *additional* comments on the 5300 vs 6000k?  From reading
>> (certainly not understanding) 5300 gives the most light whereas the
>> 6000k
>> will start to go a bit purple.  Andy's comments below seem to 
>> contradict
>> that.  Was I the only one to get this feedback from Andy?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark