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

[Bruce Mendel]

Don't bother with the HIDs in the high beams. Use HIR's, or good
high-wattage bulbs with relays.

Simple reason is that the warm up time makes them ineffective......buy the
time they are at full strength, you have to dim them for oncoming traffic.
And they are totally useless for flash-to-pass.

Of course, if you live in an area with long deserted stretches of road, then
they might be cool to have.

Bruce
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Russell" <skippertgore at msn.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:25 PM
Subject: [s-cars] 5300k vs 6000k HID - Note from Andy


> 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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