HID's

Kent94 · May 22, 2013

Anyone running HID's? Looking into getting headlights and fog lights. Not sure on what to get tho? I saw some xenon for $50 comes with everything for the conversion kit but then found some other xenon from a different website for $104. Also caught between 6 or 8K. 8K is more of a blueish but not by much. Any input would be good to point me in the right direction. Thanks

one2nine · May 25, 2013

Retro solutions here. Go with 6k. 5-6k will give you the best light output. I had 8k before which still have good output but I like the 6k better. Personally I went with 55w heads and fogs.

Kent94 · May 25, 2013

No kiddin is 6 brighter then 8?

jdgleason · May 25, 2013

4300 is brightest. Further away gets dimmer.

Jgon08 · May 26, 2013

I've got 6k I've had 8k and 6k I like the 6k alot better forsure.

one2nine · May 26, 2013

6k has a nice blue tint with good light output

yeehaw · May 26, 2013

i have the 5000k, digital 55W from Retro, been in the truck just shy of a year, no issues, super bright. And they work awesome in the Wisconsin cold.

Powerstrokeracing · May 26, 2013

yeehaw said:
i have the 5000k, digital 55W from Retro, been in the truck just shy of a year, no issues, super bright. And they work awesome in the Wisconsin cold.

5K is where it's at. Love mine

Kent94 · May 26, 2013

jdgleason said:
4300 is brightest. Further away gets dimmer.

So the lower the number the brighter it gets?

Ad8 PRODIGY · May 26, 2013

Kent94 said:
So the lower the number the brighter it gets?

4300-5000 is the brightest. Any less is not as bright but has a yellow tint, any higher loses brightness also and has a blue tint. The lower you go the more yellow, the higher the more blue. 5000 is almost perfectly white

yeehaw · May 26, 2013

well the number system is really the color scale. 4300k is pretty normal for factory HIDs on like BMWs and such.

7.3 Cowboy · May 28, 2013

Any of you guys have projector headlights or just stock housings?

one2nine · May 28, 2013

Clausen just got a set of projectors done. I'd love to but I can't bring myself to spend a ton on headlights

r1ramjet · Feb 12, 2014

I had Retro for 2 years. Problems at 1 year & problems at 2 years. Took them off & put factory back in. The lifetime warranty is worthless! All they do is run you around in circles, & I am a retired electrician!