What bulb and temperature are the stock xenon bulbs?

 

4300k

 

it is a D2s, if you wanna up date yur bulbs give me a holla ;-)

 

ive considered updating my hid bulbs but im really not sure what ide wanna go to

 

I'm thinking of updating my HID's too. I think I'm gonna go up to 6000k

 

But they look purplish...

 

For maximum lumens stick with stock, if you go to 6000K you will loose 25% of the lumens (light output) You will forgo performance for cosmetics.

Also stick with Philips, Osram (Sylvania) or GE brands. They are all quality D2S bulbs. Avoid any bulb that says D2C on it, it is Aftermarket "crap".

You also risk killing your ballast running the Asian made bulbs. Its just all around a bad idea.

If you insist on 6000K buy Philips Ultinon. P/N 85122WX

for 5000K use Philips 85122CM or CX or GE 5000K P/N 53550.

If you go to say 8000K you will loose about 40% of the light output. The higher you go the worse it gets.

Your stock bulbs will color shift up towards 5000K after 50-100 hours of on time use so wait a little time and you will like the whiter output the stockers will produce.

 

Gotta be on the top ten must do in the ricer bible. Higher temps don't do jack squat other than losing visibility. Why? Because you want oncoming cars to see your cool purple lights? please.

 

So these are D2S, 4300k, but what wattage? How much of a difference does wattage make?

 

All stock HID are 33 watt to 37 watt approx power (nominal 35 watt) to the bulb. That is what all OEM are.
Changing the bulb does NOT change wattage. The ballast controls wattage not the bulb. This is not like filament bulbs.

35 watt HID, you get about 91 lumens per watt at the bulb, 50 watt HID is about 100 lumens per watt, these numbers are only when using stock ~4200K Philips, GE or Osram brand bulbs. Not the Asian crap aftermarket bulbs.
Note: All (at least most) Asian aftermarket ballasts claiming 50 or 55 watts are measuring power into the ballast NOT OUTPUT watts to the bulb. These Asian made ballasts are providing 42-47 watts to the bulb not a true 50 or 55 watts as implied by their labeling. This difference results in about 1000 lumens less from the bulb than a true 50 watt output ballast. No-one makes a "55 watt" output ballast.

 

I love my 43k hid-bright white, I could everything and more.

 

I bought 6000k bulbs for my truck when I swapped it over to HID. Wish I had gone with a lower color temp. I thought I'd like the slight blue color, but I hate it. When I get a chance, I'll replace them with 4300k

 

Yes, it is best to stick with the stock HID system including the bulbs at 4200K.

 

I installed 55w 6000k and they are like 35w 5000k, very white/little blue but more white.

For those who want upgrade stock hid, high beams or foglights, look at this http://www.ddmtuning.com/Product-Cat...hting/HID-Kits
Really cheap price, quality looks very good, power is awesome I can tell you...

 

If you want pics of my lights, ask them by PM