Hi, Guest
11-12-2006, 11:30 AM
Man, i would suggest not going anything above 6000k, even that is a little too high. When you get into anything above 4300 K things start to scatter , so the light essentially becomes less focused ( :P ) and it starts blinding other drivers and really does you no good. I dont know about anyone else on here , but personally i hate ppl with purple lights, its gay and really doesnt do anything but cause a hazard to other drivers including the driver that has them in his car. Not to mention purple is straight up gay.
If you are looking for "blue" lights and "purple" lights, get some regular HID's 4300 K is a very good color , hence the reason why most auto manufacturers use it, i think some use a color temp in the 5000's. Even still those numbers are the most effective and have the most useable light for the human eye with the least amount of scatter.
I have the Mach HID's and they are the best investment i have made on my car thus far. Driving at night is magic , and with the high beams on , get ready to melt some eyeballs ! Im seeing things 1 - 2 km down the road ! They are stock color temp and look great. That purple and blue that you see coming from the lights is acutally a color that is produced as a result of the lense shape on the projectors. On the edge of the light pattern where the cutoff is , there is a purple. blueish band , so thats why things like BMW's and such ( and my focus with the Mach HID's ) can look purple/blueish at certain viewing angles and distances. But its only about 5 % of the visable light pattern that has this coloration.
Save yourself time, save yourself headaches, and in the long run save yourself money. I wouldnt retrofit your exsisting headlights, Get the Mach HID's , some ppl on this board are selling them for about 400 - 600 bucks a pair and that includes the wiring harness ,its plug and play and it is worth every penny. Sides, those hella projector lights IMHO look kinda poopy , and im willing to bet you 20 bucks that those little chrome bezels around the lights are starting to rust .... Get the original ford part , its worth it man. Not to mention the projectors in those lights are made by hella , they are made for HID's and the projectors in the MACH HIDS are bigger and of higher quality than the ones in the Hella headlights you have on your car.
How would you save money you ask ? Very simple , you'll put the conversion kit in your lights , get the wrong color , get tired of them , and then want to change. I cant say that for sure but i dunno , take a look at some memebers MACH HID's and how they perform at night and see how it goes from there. Im sure you could sell those hella e-codes for somehting like 200 bucks and you would only need about 400 or so to buy the new lights, which when you think about it , is not that bad considering your kits gonna run you anywhere between 300 - 400 bucks anyhow, and this way you have a light that was specifically designed to do that , that is worth alot in the long run...Not to mention the included wiring harness is damned easy and you get some bitchin looking built in turnsignals in your lights so then you can put a nicer grille in the front, instead of the goofy lookin one with the yellow lights in it (ugh) ... Mach HIDs are your best bet man .
Best of luck
If you are looking for "blue" lights and "purple" lights, get some regular HID's 4300 K is a very good color , hence the reason why most auto manufacturers use it, i think some use a color temp in the 5000's. Even still those numbers are the most effective and have the most useable light for the human eye with the least amount of scatter.
I have the Mach HID's and they are the best investment i have made on my car thus far. Driving at night is magic , and with the high beams on , get ready to melt some eyeballs ! Im seeing things 1 - 2 km down the road ! They are stock color temp and look great. That purple and blue that you see coming from the lights is acutally a color that is produced as a result of the lense shape on the projectors. On the edge of the light pattern where the cutoff is , there is a purple. blueish band , so thats why things like BMW's and such ( and my focus with the Mach HID's ) can look purple/blueish at certain viewing angles and distances. But its only about 5 % of the visable light pattern that has this coloration.
Save yourself time, save yourself headaches, and in the long run save yourself money. I wouldnt retrofit your exsisting headlights, Get the Mach HID's , some ppl on this board are selling them for about 400 - 600 bucks a pair and that includes the wiring harness ,its plug and play and it is worth every penny. Sides, those hella projector lights IMHO look kinda poopy , and im willing to bet you 20 bucks that those little chrome bezels around the lights are starting to rust .... Get the original ford part , its worth it man. Not to mention the projectors in those lights are made by hella , they are made for HID's and the projectors in the MACH HIDS are bigger and of higher quality than the ones in the Hella headlights you have on your car.
How would you save money you ask ? Very simple , you'll put the conversion kit in your lights , get the wrong color , get tired of them , and then want to change. I cant say that for sure but i dunno , take a look at some memebers MACH HID's and how they perform at night and see how it goes from there. Im sure you could sell those hella e-codes for somehting like 200 bucks and you would only need about 400 or so to buy the new lights, which when you think about it , is not that bad considering your kits gonna run you anywhere between 300 - 400 bucks anyhow, and this way you have a light that was specifically designed to do that , that is worth alot in the long run...Not to mention the included wiring harness is damned easy and you get some bitchin looking built in turnsignals in your lights so then you can put a nicer grille in the front, instead of the goofy lookin one with the yellow lights in it (ugh) ... Mach HIDs are your best bet man .
Best of luck