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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by jared91
you sure those are 10k?? 10k is very pure white with no hint of blue... 8k has a hint of blue, and 6k is pretty damn blue.. 12k is the bluest... those look pretty blue to me.. not knockin you or the lights im just sayin
Umm, no. 4k is yellowish white, 6k is near pure white with a hint of blue, 8k is blue, 10k is really blue, and it just gets more blue up to around 20k which is purpleish.
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Atomic
Umm, no. 4k is yellowish white, 6k is near pure white with a hint of blue, 8k is blue, 10k is really blue, and it just gets more blue up to around 20k which is purpleish.
I agree, his list was wrong. Somehow 6k is pretty damn blue and 12k is the bluest but yet 8k was only a little bit blue? No.


Ive never heard of putting HIDs in the reverse lights. My tailights are tinted pretty dark, I wonder if HIDs would show more light than normal bulbs.
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 05:34 PM
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4,300k to 5,000k is the closest to white youll get. The 8000k kits do look good though. I sell a ton of them. The only problem with having HIDs in your reverse lights is that they take a min to warm up. By the time they are all warmed up youll be down the road.
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 05:52 PM
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hook your reverses up on a switch to get rid of tailgaters haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK345...eature=related
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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Good looking lights man.
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 06:15 PM
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haha i like the tailgate idea. did this on my jeep with a big *** spot light. and agreed 4300-5k is what stock cars with hids usually run. and about reverse lights i think i seen some new caddys that have hid reverse lights
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 06:20 PM
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FYI, if the fogs are plastic lenses be careful the bulbs don't melt the lens or any little plastic piece inside.

I had HID's in my 02 fogs(stock) and they melted. I have Z71 valance now with rounds and I'm thinking about going a diff route.

I already have 6k low, and 8k hi. All four will light at once. Anything more for me, I just think it's over kill. I wouldn't want an oncoming driver to loose site of the road, at least not around here.
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 12:50 AM
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Haha I like it man! Ive seen this on a dodge before they were bright!

Oh and most of those guys on gmfullsize are losers and are always negative,immature i could go on and on... Thats why I never get on that site.
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 01:37 AM
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lol thanks for the comments guys here are the night pics i promised..........




^^^ in this pcture you can really see how they light things up but still these pics dont do it justice they look 100 times better in person
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 01:56 AM
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Damn, those are really bright reverse lights!

What bulbs did you put in them? Like 9005,9006 etc. Mine are 3157, I dont think I could get any to work.
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