Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
Originally Posted By: rooflessVW
I'll say that the older style HID - the D1S bulb - does have a brief start flicker and about a 5 second period before being fully bright.
But nothing like these retrofit kits. Most are Chinese junk, AND you get worse lightning out of them.
BTW, 6k is perceived by the eye as white, but white it ain't. It's cold light, and it strains your eyes. You will have better visibility and less eye strain with 4.3k.
Guess what the OEMs use?
I am sorry in correcting this error, the "K" in color temperature isn't 1,000 it is in Kelvin scale. The correct terms are 6,000k and 4,300k and they mean 6,000 Kelvin and 4,300 Kelvin.
The original color temperature in the 90' was 4,300k because it was the limit of technology at that time. But the last few years both Philips and Osram started to produce HID bulbs can produce light up to 5,000k. Some newer OEM HID in Lexus, Benz ... are using 5,000k bulb now.
There is a flaw with Honda S2000 HID system, the car suspension is fairly stiff such that when it goes over small pumps on the road the headlight may jump up and down, the instant it jumped up the light went to the sky. Also, when the car is driving up steep hill the light tend to shine to the sky and it is blinding. The reason for these is S2000 doesn't have self leveling like many high end European cars.
There is no error to correct; you just took the opportunity to be pedantic. The abbreviation for 4300 is 4.3k. So perhaps I should say 4.3kK?
For the purposes of this meandering and petty thread everyone understood my meaning.
Thanks.
Originally Posted By: rooflessVW
I'll say that the older style HID - the D1S bulb - does have a brief start flicker and about a 5 second period before being fully bright.
But nothing like these retrofit kits. Most are Chinese junk, AND you get worse lightning out of them.
BTW, 6k is perceived by the eye as white, but white it ain't. It's cold light, and it strains your eyes. You will have better visibility and less eye strain with 4.3k.
Guess what the OEMs use?
I am sorry in correcting this error, the "K" in color temperature isn't 1,000 it is in Kelvin scale. The correct terms are 6,000k and 4,300k and they mean 6,000 Kelvin and 4,300 Kelvin.
The original color temperature in the 90' was 4,300k because it was the limit of technology at that time. But the last few years both Philips and Osram started to produce HID bulbs can produce light up to 5,000k. Some newer OEM HID in Lexus, Benz ... are using 5,000k bulb now.
There is a flaw with Honda S2000 HID system, the car suspension is fairly stiff such that when it goes over small pumps on the road the headlight may jump up and down, the instant it jumped up the light went to the sky. Also, when the car is driving up steep hill the light tend to shine to the sky and it is blinding. The reason for these is S2000 doesn't have self leveling like many high end European cars.
There is no error to correct; you just took the opportunity to be pedantic. The abbreviation for 4300 is 4.3k. So perhaps I should say 4.3kK?
For the purposes of this meandering and petty thread everyone understood my meaning.
Thanks.
