another hid question?

[jin]

does anybody with an arcadia have green hids? and dnt give me details about cops and being pulled over. i dont care

[deevergote]

It's illegal. Cops won't like it. You'll get pulled over.

[91ExSedan]

I have hampshire green with 12000k Hids

[apalileo]

i've personally never seen green HID but i know i've seen every color from yellow to violet HID's and those blue glass halogens out here in cali and it doesn't seem to attract too much heat (they may just be used to it by now). just so long as it's not red or solid blue they don't really waste their time with it.

the only concern i'd express is the useful amount of light that will be cast onto the road during night driving. from my searches, green appears to be about 30,000K and that's far higher than the typical 4,000-4,500K which is about the range for greatest luminosity from HID bulbs.

however, since you pointed out you don't care, just do it!!! then take pics!


edit: after looking more in depth on this i discovered two things. 1) with those kits advertising green HID's it really doesn't matter what temperature they are because it's a matter of gas mixture, not temperature. the higher the temperature the more violet they become. green doesn't fall into that spectrum so it's a different mixture in the bulb that creates the color. 2) no matter what color you put in your headlights, strictly put, if it isn't the stock light output then it is technically illegal.

either way, do it! it's not like you can't take them out and buy a set of different color temp bulbs!

[jin]

I have hampshire green with 12000k Hids

12k thats like blue or purple?

It's illegal. Cops won't like it. You'll get pulled over.

nice one lol

i've personally never seen green HID but i know i've seen every color from yellow to violet HID's and those blue glass halogens out here in cali and it doesn't seem to attract too much heat (they may just be used to it by now). just so long as it's not red or solid blue they don't really waste their time with it.

the only concern i'd express is the useful amount of light that will be cast onto the road during night driving. from my searches, green appears to be about 30,000K and that's far higher than the typical 4,000-4,500K which is about the range for greatest luminosity from HID bulbs.

however, since you pointed out you don't care, just do it!!! then take pics!


edit: after looking more in depth on this i discovered two things. 1) with those kits advertising green HID's it really doesn't matter what temperature they are because it's a matter of gas mixture, not temperature. the higher the temperature the more violet they become. green doesn't fall into that spectrum so it's a different mixture in the bulb that creates the color. 2) no matter what color you put in your headlights, strictly put, if it isn't the stock light output then it is technically illegal.

either way, do it! it's not like you can't take them out and buy a set of different color temp bulbs!

lots of information their buddie. thank you, yeah i mite just try it

[jin]

this is pretty much what it looks like

[ingold]

I have green. on my red/burgandy(don't know the factory color name) CB.

they look cool. but driving with them at night isn't the best.

[jin]

do u got any pictures of them?