Hid Conversion

[daniel is already taken]

Hi crew, yes I'm still popping into the forum now and then with a few questions.

Lately I've been considering converting the R34s headlights to HID, and as such have come across some questions for you all.

Having a look on the net I have found some conversion kits (two globes, two slim ballasts and the wiring) for around the $250 mark new.

1) Obviously the temperature affects the colour of the light you see, and I did want a bluish tinge to it, out of 6000k, 8000k and 12000k the later gives off the most blue colour, but will the 12000k globes give me as much road vision as say the 6000k?

2) There are two different wattage kits available: 35w and 50w. If I was to convert both hi and low beam would it be overkill to use 50w kits in both? Or is the 35w kit more than enough for suburb driving? (Are the 50w kits going to blind people if installed in the low beam?)

3) Also having no exp yet with HID... are there any manufacturer recommendations with regards to switching them on and off and so forth in a very short period of time? Does switching them off while they are still warming up shorten the globes or the ballasts life?

If so then would I be better off not converting the hi beam?

If anyone can help me with these questions it would be appreciated. And if these questions have been answered somewhere else could a link be provided? I used the topic search feature and found nothing and I don't want to troll through the countless pages on here.

Thanks heaps in advance guys and girls

[Iron Chef]

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Ca...Hi-t284449.html

Read and learn

[Madaz]

i can only awnser for point 1

yes the higher the K value the less bright the light will be ie less throw try and see some in other peoples cars if your not sure what you want

personally i have 6000k and have been very happy and havnt had people complain or police pull me over for them

[scandyflick]

1) Obviously the temperature affects the colour of the light you see, and I did want a bluish tinge to it, out of 6000k, 8000k and 12000k the later gives off the most blue colour, but will the 12000k globes give me as much road vision as say the 6000k?

the higher the K rating the lower the light output. they also become a lot more obvious. stick with 4300-6000k kits. im running 6000k bosch hid's in my s14 and theyre nice and white with just a slight blue tinge.

2) There are two different wattage kits available: 35w and 50w. If I was to convert both hi and low beam would it be overkill to use 50w kits in both? Or is the 35w kit more than enough for suburb driving? (Are the 50w kits going to blind people if installed in the low beam?)

just convert your low beams to 35w 6000k. youll rarely if ever find yourself using highbeams with hid's installed.

3) Also having no exp yet with HID... are there any manufacturer recommendations with regards to switching them on and off and so forth in a very short period of time? Does switching them off while they are still warming up shorten the globes or the ballasts life?

If so then would I be better off not converting the hi beam?

see above, dont bother converting the hibeams. not only will you rarely if ever use them, the warm up time for the ballasts is a few seconds, so if you find yourself having to switch them on and off, youre rendering them effectively useless.

also probably not a good idea to go switching them on and off repeatedly.

If anyone can help me with these questions it would be appreciated. And if these questions have been answered somewhere else could a link be provided? I used the topic search feature and found nothing and I don't want to troll through the countless pages on here.

Thanks heaps in advance guys and girls

Edited November 7, 2009 by scandyflick

[daniel is already taken]

Thanks for the replies so far people. And as for the link Chef that was useful as far as my light output question was concerned so thanks for that.

While we are still talking lights here do skylines or more specifically 34s run a pulsed voltage for the parkers? Just want to know to work out if putting LED parkers in is a dead end thing as pulsed will kill them a bit quickly.

[Damo_R34]

ive had white LED parkers for quite a while now, no problems.

I have aftermarket 6000k's in mine, although the left light aims higher than the right, need to sort them out.

[Matty 31]

dont be scared at looking at 55w HID kits either

can get them for that price too from another forum

[D_Stirls]

Have a read of this thread, Most of it is just people talking S#*T but tehre is a quote copied from another forum about putting HIDs into lenses that aren't designed for then they you should read.

http://www.nissansilvia.com/forums/index.p...howtopic=412495

[daniel is already taken]

Have a read of this thread, Most of it is just people talking S#*T but tehre is a quote copied from another forum about putting HIDs into lenses that aren't designed for then

I have a 34 though. These are designed for HID from factory yeah?

[D_Stirls]

if it has a self leveling system as well as washers then yes, but i don't think it will have otherwise they wouldn't have been removed during compliance.

did you even read that thread?

[CRoNic...]

I wish Daniel wasn't already taken.