Yeah but that light above were its not so bright blinds the crap out of ppl.

 

Some interesting notes...

Lumens matter more than Temp (k). Ask from wherever you're getting the HID kit for the specific lumen output of each temp. But usually the trend follows that the higher the temp, the lower the amount of lumens. What's also important is the watts. Basically, the higher the watts, the higher lumens for the same temp. But you should be careful to not burn out your wiring-harness when you increase the wattage, because naturally your car is only designed to handle a certain amount of watts.

 

agreed.

Honestly, simply getting a headlight assembly with projectors and having standard halogen bulbs would be more effective in giving you a larger range of vision. Because projectors don't scatter the light, you can push the focal length further than a standard housing while having a sharp cut-off just below driving level. lol, but if you can go all out, projectors + HID's = BEST

 

I have an IS300 stock temp is 4000 there bright but not too bright and they make a really nice blue color so try that temp and see how you like it.

 

i got mine from hidynamic.com. they are really blue, but i havent had anyone on the road complain about them, ive been behind a lot of cops with them and no problems, they are 8000k



edit i couldnt find the rear shot of the hid's

 

i have them on my 06 ninja 636 and my 02 jeep wrangler. 600k really white. 8000k little blue. I got the jeep ones from www.quickwhips.com
Low beam kit for 200 bucks hig/low 350 i think.

 

4100K TO 5300K for lighting performance anything else is mainly for looks,cause the higher you go in kelvin the less about of light is put out.

 

10K for an example. (a bit more purple irl.) Projector housings really do help with cutoff.

Could it be brighter if it was lower on the Kelvin scale? Yes. The light output is more than sufficient though imho.

 

Do tC's have projection lenses? That's the most important thing if functionality is your concern.

As far as light out put, anything from 4-6,000 Kelvin would be sufficient.

 

Attention whore. You and 2NER should "get a room."