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Old May 25, 2013 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by mrowka
Also, the light emitted by most backyard hid kits ends up causing so much glare that the driver actually ends up seeing worse than stock.

I don't know whether it works on Evos, but I had good results wiring in relays into stock halogen lights.
I had a '79 Firebird Trans Am. This car had sealed beam headlights. I installed relays, ran heavy gauge wiring to the sockets and found some sealed beams that were advertised as being brighter than normal. The result was amazing.

I don't know about the Evo, it already has relays and the high beams are very good. Maybe new wiring would make a difference. To test, jumper a heavy gauge wire from the battery to the high beam.
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Old May 26, 2013 | 10:45 AM
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is it 9005 or 9007? Not sure about that
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Old May 26, 2013 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by barneyb
Blue lights are dangerous to the driver. The human eye is not very sensitive to blue. In other words, you can't see.
Isn't blue one of the primary colors that the human eye can see? I don't understand what you are saying.
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Old May 26, 2013 | 11:59 PM
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look at a chevron or arco next time you pass it at night. notice how the blue illumination there isn't "clear" to your eyes at all? it doesn't have sharp edges to it like any other light

that's what he's talking about. as you go away from yellow light and towards blue light, visibility becomes worse
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Old May 27, 2013 | 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by llDemonll
look at a chevron or arco next time you pass it at night. notice how the blue illumination there isn't "clear" to your eyes at all? it doesn't have sharp edges to it like any other light

that's what he's talking about. as you go away from yellow light and towards blue light, visibility becomes worse
it's why I will only use them for the look! (Fog lights)
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Old May 27, 2013 | 01:33 PM
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Its mother nature at work. The whole terrestrial world except for deserts is green. We see green the best. I've never seen green headlights but someone should try this. Remember the TV commercials advertising orange sunglasses that enhance vision? We see orange very well. My fogs seem to put out more illumination than my fancy pure white hids. Blue is sky and not a lot important up there so we humans don't see blue very well.
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Old May 27, 2013 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by barneyb
Blue lights are dangerous to the driver. The human eye is not very sensitive to blue. In other words, you can't see.
I agree on the blue lights I bought my car used with hids there so blue u can't even see the road at night .
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Old May 27, 2013 | 05:45 PM
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Between 4300 k and 5700 k produces the most "bright" light. Which is white, essentially. This sits in between yellow and blue in the illuminance spectrum. Anything above or below has diminishing effects on the brightness. Blue, is from 6000k to 7000k.
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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 07:45 PM
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My car came with 6000k's. I'm looking to get the OEM hid's back, want to make a trade? Let me know
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