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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:08 pm
by jason11
well james has some dark secrets thats why i dnt meet him at nite lol :D
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:28 am
by nogwuy
Bepe wrote:yeah but mouse, i have some 8k hid's i was just wanting to change them onto the gti (as the 8k are obviously brighter then the normal gti xenons)
8000k arnt actually 'brighter' than the standard oem hid bulbs. the 'k' rating of these bulbs relates to the colour temperature, not brightness. the lower end (4000k-5000k) being the closest to white light, then rising up to bluer light (6000k-8000k) and then getting purple (10000k-12000k). so actually the higher the 'k' rating, the more colour you have which actually means they will be less 'bright' than the lower 'k' rating bulbs which give off a whiter (brighter) light.
i got a pair of decent philips hid bulbs for £45 from a seller on e-bay (there is a whole thread on here somewhere that i started last year about hid bulbs/headlights)
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:29 pm
by Bepe
well my 8k are far brighther then my mates 6k ones......?
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:00 pm
by 8080
I hate this thread
I think a hid faq is badly needed, I might write up one after my exams in April
The 8,000k are bluer so might appear brighter, but in terms of useful light 4,300k is best or 3,200k in foggy/wet conditions. 8,000k isn't good in the wet especially
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:28 pm
by Tim_GTi
8080s right, as is Nogwuy.
It's a subject that always gets people tripped up on,
But at the end of the day any HID temperature is better than Halogen, so it's just down to personnal taste.
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:47 pm
by Bepe
hence why i like my 8k hids tim
lol
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:55 pm
by Tim_GTi
Bepe wrote:hence why i like my 8k hids tim
lol
yep
Have you got any pictures of them in action?
And whats the talk of you getting a GTi soon?!
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:59 pm
by jason11
tim his h.i.ds are flipping bright couldnt look in my mirror..
watch this space :lol:
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:21 pm
by ModifiedMadness
Yep, deffo get the code off Alex though, well worth it!
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:22 pm
by Bepe
Pictures dont do them any justice just hard to try to get a shot of them LOL
oh and for old times sake:
(notice the beam on the wall These were takin in broad daylight)
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:40 pm
by Tim_GTi
Cheers James, they look great!
ModifiedMadness wrote:
Yep, deffo get the code off Alex though, well worth it!
Will do
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:15 am
by Prabz
Ride looks foooking swwet and clean, and them HIDs are sweet, fair play
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:08 am
by nogwuy
Prabz wrote:Ride looks foooking swwet and clean, and them HIDs are sweet, fair play
ditto!
wish ide kept the ats cups i had on the golf now
are they 15 inch with a 22 offset? what size tyres you got? any rubbing they look awesome on a blue car.
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:50 am
by jason11
hes sold the cups (or shall i say i sold em for him)
watch this space guys...........
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:22 pm
by Bepe
nogwuy wrote:Prabz wrote:Ride looks foooking swwet and clean, and them HIDs are sweet, fair play
ditto!
wish ide kept the ats cups i had on the golf now
are they 15 inch with a 22 offset? what size tyres you got? any rubbing they look awesome on a blue car.
no they are et 28 tyres were 165/50/15 bridgestone potenzas