[s-cars] 5300k vs 6000k HID - Note from Andy
Matthew Russell
skippertgore at msn.com
Tue Dec 20 22:16:30 EST 2005
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
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