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Title: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Dean on 28 February 2007, 14:04:34

My hids have gone yellow and i think the bulbs need changing. i was looking on ebay and saw these..what do you guys think?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HID-Xenon-Replacement-6K-8K-or-10k-D2R-or-D2S-Bulbs_W0QQitemZ260091536167QQihZ016QQcategoryZ9895QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

also i thought the fitting is D2S is that right?


Regards Dean

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Jimbob on 28 February 2007, 14:20:36

When you follow the bulb guide link, no vauxhall compatability shown ?

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Dean on 28 February 2007, 14:25:44

yes i know, but thats because its a U.S. seller...U.S. vehicles, but a D2S bulb is a standard fitment. If thats what our fittings are?

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: sounds2k on 28 February 2007, 20:24:32

I'm 99% sure the fitting is D2S ...

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Paul M on 01 March 2007, 23:03:09

Yes they're D2S.

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 02 March 2007, 08:15:37

Note......you want 6000K bulbs.....not any higher as they are bloody awful in real use....

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Dean on 02 March 2007, 10:00:37

Thanks, Ordered 6000k D2S. He rekons 5 days delivery from the states. not bad £45 for 2 bulbs!

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Jimbob on 02 March 2007, 10:07:26

Sounds good

Interested to know how you get on.

Any chance of some before and after illumination shots?

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 02 March 2007, 11:37:19

I say 6K because for best visability you need white light and 6K gives white light....above this you start going blue and the real visability starts to drop off....

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: TheBoy on 02 March 2007, 11:42:48

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I say 6K because for best visability you need white light and 6K gives white light....above this you start going blue and the real visability starts to drop off....

What are the Vx ones (when new)?

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Dean on 02 March 2007, 13:50:31

I think the VX ones are 4100k... i will stand corrected!

Yes techinically the higher you go the less actual light power (LUMINS) you get.. so 6000k will be very bright.


Will do some shots soo.


Dean

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Paul M on 02 March 2007, 17:29:22

Yep factory are c. 4100-4200K. Personally I'd go for this again, the 6000K will look a bit nicer due to the bluer tinge and they'll still perform very well, but lower K tend to be better in poor weather due to the increased scatter of light at the blue end of the spectrum. The difference will be pretty small though.

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Dean on 04 March 2007, 10:34:33

Ok here are the before pictures... when i get delivery and have installed them the new ones will be posted.

Deano

(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/dward32/IMGP1137-1.jpg)

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: TheBoy on 04 March 2007, 15:34:09

a photo of them shining on a wall at night may be better ;)

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Dean on 04 March 2007, 16:13:51

ok.. will do over the next few days.

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: BigCat on 04 March 2007, 20:51:12

It might be a good idea to check that your digital camera is set to manual colour temperature while you're at it, otherwise the auto correction will invalidate any comparisons.

If you can, try putting something you know to be white in the picture, say photoquality printer paper (not ordinary printer/copier paper, as this contains phosphors to make it slightly blue).

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Paul M on 05 March 2007, 22:36:02

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a photo of them shining on a wall at night may be better ;)

 ;D

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Dean on 11 March 2007, 23:22:00

The new bulbs turned up and they are Brilliant... fit perfectly and give an extremely bright light with tinge of blue!

(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/dward32/Image007.jpg)
(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t34/dward32/Image008.jpg)

Totally recommend them to anybody...

Deano

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: BigCat on 11 March 2007, 23:47:40

Very nice, that second photo also shows the nice flatish line across the top.

Result :y

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: sounds2k on 12 March 2007, 20:54:55

... what colour temp. are the new bulbs then, 4100K or 6000K?

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Elite Pete on 12 March 2007, 22:18:23

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... what colour temp. are the new bulbs then, 4100K or 6000K?

I think they are the 6000k ones

Title: Re: New hid bulbs..what do you think of these?
Post by: Dean on 12 March 2007, 23:21:40

yes 6000k, just right i think. Gives a good balance of power and looks.