Rutt_Dj

Can any 1 recomend a set of hids for my 2003 blobeye?
Want them nice and bright but not too blue, want more of a white light. Also how does it work with the high beams? As iv seen that it uses the 1 bulb for dipped and high, does that mean i lose the normal high beam?

Thanks

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Ho hum.

First off, watch out for aftermarket HID's now the MoT rules have been tightened. then CAN be deemed a fail.

AFAIK, blobeyes use TWO bulbs, one for dip, one for main beam? So you would fit them to your dips? And another set for main beam if you want and if the bulb type is covered?

As with everything, you get what you pay for: a cheapo set are unlikely to be plug and play , and may suffer failure of bulbs or ballasts at an early stage.

As for colour/brightness, are you aware that as the colour temperature goes UP, the amount of usable light is coming down?

4300k-5000K are taken to be pure white, natural daylight. They are the colour temperature of most OE HID's, 4300K being far and away the most used.

After that, the lights get a bluish tinge and lose some usable light, 6000K is OK, but nowhere near as bright as 4300K. 8,000k and above actually produce less light than an equivalent halogen
(Cue: someone to come on and refute this FACT).

The bluish tinge you see on OE car's lights has nothing to do with colour temperature, but is a product of the projector system in use: the lens suffers some small diffraction issues at the edges which results in a bluish tinge.

So, to sum up: buy decent, buy once.
Look for 4300K or 5000K, no more.
Look for named brands if you can get them, Philips, Hella, Morimoto are all good.

AVOID cheap Far Eastern imports like the plague.

HTH

Rutt_Dj

Thats great, everything i wanted to know apart from 1 thing, what wattage bulb shud i be looking for?

Thanks michael

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

35W and ballasts to match is plenty good enough.

I am yet to be convinced that the so called 55W ballasts do much anyway.