XS HID 4300K vs 6000K Difference

4300k

 

4300K, it's the color temp of oem HIDs, and puts out the most usable light. 6000K might look cool, but in rainy, weather, when the roads are wet, the bluish light of the 6000K bulbs disappears into the roadway. The warmer light of 4300K provides some contrast and gives visibility on the same wet road surfaces.

The accessory wiring harness is most likely a relay harness. Personally, I prefer using them because they bypass the factory wiring. Additionally, I use dual relay HID harnesses like this:

http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?nav=item.view&id=301762244412&alt=web

because, unlike single relay harnesses, if one relay fails, one headlight will still light.

 

Another vote for 4.3k

 

Well, it depends on your wattage.

If 35 watt system go with 4300K the color will be more OEM



If 55 watt, the 6000K's the hue starts blue but will flush out to a clean white when fully warm. I have this on my Porsche

 

I installed the XenonSupply kit on my PriusC a few years back. I didn't use the accessory wiring harness and it worked fine... most of the time. Sometimes only one of the two would light-up which would require shutting them off and back on again. I recommend using the additional accessory relay harness.

 

My 55 watts 6k bulbs were def. blue. I don't see why that 55 watt would be as one is power and other is color temp. My guess is perhaps different manufacturer.

 

Must be by Manufacturer thing, because. I assumed the 35 watt to be the same as my 55 watt and it turns out was definitely with a blue hue. Seller is sending me 4300K for the Prius.

Once, photobucket comes back online, I will post the pics of each.

+1 on the RELAY, the head light switch and connectors are taking extreme loads on start up.

 

Yes, directly to the battery but when powered down the relay will also shut off the lights even if left on, but you need to confirm this on your own. It works on my MIL's Gen 1.

Either 35 or 55 watt ballast will use the same relay system.

 

" Kelvin and Lumens (35W)

3000K:
Golden Yellow (~2800 lm)
4500K:
Warm White (~3500 lm)
5500K:
Pure White (~3400 lm)
6500K:
Cool White (~3200 lm)
With 55W Ballasts:
(+20% lm) (-1000K)"

I just switched recently to 6500k/
before that I was using 4300k for a good year, followed by 5500k for another year/
all of them with 55w ballasts/
4300k & 5500k were both yellowish, the 6500k is white as white can be, without the slightest bluish tint/

BION
StarCaller

 

Oh no, they all should have ballasts as that is what powers the HID bulb. The relay is the option, with or without.

 

I have the Retrofit Source 5000k bulbs and I think they're a perfect compromise. It's pure white, no yellows or blues and work extremely well in the rain. I use a set of Denso (Lexus) ballast with them and the performance of the lights is awesome!

 

Those look great

 

Here's 4300K bulbs from cnlight, using 35w AC ballasts on my Camry. No blue, pure white light. Homemade dual relay 14 gauge wiring harness, powered directly off the battery:



The projector foglights are using 2500K Nokya halogens. Provides great contrast for rainy, wet roads.