I would go with 8000K...:thumbup

 

I wouldn't go with either one of those. I would choose a 4300k or 5000k(depending on the manufacturer). Theses have more lumens and the light is more white than the 6000k and 8000k. I live in the Pocono's and don't have street lamps. So I would need whiter light to see ALL THE DAMN DEERS!!!!! I've had my close calls. But, to answer your question of the two, the 8000k is nice for looks.

 

Man, don't mention Deer... $7000 buck laters.... I learned my lesson about deer... they can do some damage to a bike, car whatever!!.

 

I have 8000k and mine are very very bright , trust me when I tell you you wont miss a dear, not even a damn snail in the road. And they look awesome, very bluish tint.

4300K puts out good lighting, but honestly they dont even look like HIDs 99% of the time. Here they are inside of a projector in my X5. As you can see, they look like regular halogen lamps!

 

wow those 8k look bad a** i think i would like to have some but i get bright lighted constantly. thats the reason i havent, people think i am flashing them all the time when riding behind them. i dont know if i just dont weigh enough to keep them out of people eyes or what. maybe someone can help me out here i am afraid that if i put them in i would kill someone lol. i know i would temp. blind them and i do alot of night riding.:dunno

 

I have 8000k and mine are very very bright , trust me when I tell you you wont miss a dear, not even a damn snail in the road. And they look awesome, very bluish tint.

4300K puts out good lighting, but honestly they dont even look like HIDs 99% of the time. Here they are inside of a projector in my X5. As you can see, they look like regular halogen lamps!

do i see dubs on the X5...pics?

 

I have 6k but would go with 5k or 4.3k if I could do it again as they have greater lumen outputs. Stock HIDs in autos are 4.3k and they are bright with a slight tint of blue.

 

I have 8000k and mine are very very bright , trust me when I tell you you wont miss a dear, not even a damn snail in the road. And they look awesome, very bluish tint.

4300K puts out good lighting, but honestly they dont even look like HIDs 99% of the time. Here they are inside of a projector in my X5. As you can see, they look like regular halogen lamps!


DAMN PROJEKTM3,

Those are hurting my eyes through the pictures. I would hate to drive up on you from the opposeing direction.:scared

 

here is my 8000k on my road king...very bright but if i beeing you, i will choose 6000k....6000k more usefull at the road....8000k just good for show.....

 

I also had 8k with my gsxr, of course that was a single beam HID setup. I regret after installing it and should have gone with 6k. Lil blue with a higher visible output on the streets.

 

I'd go with 4300k or 6000k. I had 8000k in my car and while it looked superb daytime AND nighttime...I wasn't able to see the black dog i hit at night until i was about 10 ft away from it.

8000k look the best IMO.
6000k looks good and you can see better.
4300k you can see and it looks pretty good.

 

6k is best and smartest.

 

I also had 8k with my gsxr, of course that was a single beam HID setup. I regret after installing it and should have gone with 6k. Lil blue with a higher visible output on the streets.

i regret too.....:cryin :cryin

 

I say 8K is great.. But 6K is where you should be for seeing everything. My pick is 6K

 

I'd go with 4300k or 6000k. I had 8000k in my car and while it looked superb daytime AND nighttime...I wasn't able to see the black dog i hit at night until i was about 10 ft away from it.

8000k look the best IMO.
6000k looks good and you can see better.
4300k you can see and it looks pretty good.

i wish you would had gone with 6000k too sparky was my dog

 

i wish you would had gone with 6000k too sparky was my dog

WTH was sparky doing on a hwy at midnight?

I have three dogs and it wasn't easy for me either. But when $hit like that happens and a $1500 front bumper is completely destroyed...major blame is to the owner of the dog and the dog :bash

 

thanks guys.... i went with the 8000k

 

Hid's



HOW DID IT GO WITH THE 8000K.

IS IT TRUE THAT THEY'RE NOT AS GOOD AS THE 6000K FOR RIDING AT NIGHT.

I'M ALSO DEBATING BETWEEN THE TWO.

PLEASE REPLY WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY PICS EVEN BETTER.

TKS.

 

6000K is closest to natural daylight. 8000K is WAY into the blue scale.

 

I got a 10k for mine... my bike is blue... I like it.. no complain here.!

 

ohh and I installed a ON/off switch for the lights.. don't see the point of riding with them during the day!! i got my side ones on.. jst flik the lights and they go off.. good for other things . but +++ for the switch

 

on/off switch



I'm interested in doing this. What type of switch did you use and where did you wire it in?

Thanks,
Shane

 

6000k is more useable light.

 

The 4300k has the most lumens, therefore more useable light. For pure performance lighting buy the 4300k. If you want a blue light with performance almost as good as the 4300k, go with the 5000k or 6000k.
Anything above 6000k is more for looks. If you do alot of night time riding I would go with the 4300k.

 

Where are you guys getting your kits from? Much involved to installing them? Only time I ever changed from stock bulbs was on my 1999 Blue R1. I got the bulbs they had in the store that were blue but they burnt out really fast from wheelies. (coming down, they just couldn't take shock very well) so I went back to the stock bulbs.

 

I have 6500K and I like them. I would not go any higher because it starts to get purplish and less light output.

 

6000k

 

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here are a few pics of my bike. You can still see the deer hair on the fender.