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Hey all, hope everyone had a good chrissie and new years.

Just a quick question...does anyone know if you can fit stronger hid globes (being 4000k 6000k etc) to the existing standard setup. i have been told that there is a possibility of burning out the lines because factory wires cant cope with more current drawn.

Cheers all.

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Hey all, hope everyone had a good chrissie and new years.

Just a quick question...does anyone know if you can fit stronger hid globes (being 4000k 6000k etc) to the existing standard setup. i have been told that there is a possibility of burning out the lines because factory wires cant cope with more current drawn.

Cheers all.

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u know wot type bulb they are? i have factory setup also...

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4000k,6000k,8000k etc has nothing to do with how much power they draw, its to do with the temperature of the HID and therefore the colour it produces on the colour spectrum. They will be fine. My mate has 6000k in his R34 and i have them in my R33 aswell.

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If you're just chasing drop-in bulbs to replace the factory D2R's I've got 2 pairs of 6000K and 3 pairs of 8000K....you don't need all of the extra ballast and stuff with the factory setup.

Viet boi...you'd want 6000K to see more of a blue-ish white over stock, 8000K have a definate blue look like the Honda Accord Euro headlights

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If you're just chasing drop-in bulbs to replace the factory D2R's I've got 2 pairs of 6000K and 3 pairs of 8000K....you don't need all of the extra ballast and stuff with the factory setup.

Viet boi...you'd want 6000K to see more of a blue-ish white over stock, 8000K have a definate blue look like the Honda Accord Euro headlights

Hey dan wat brand are they??

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4000k,6000k,8000k etc has nothing to do with how much power they draw, its to do with the temperature of the HID and therefore the colour it produces on the colour spectrum. They will be fine. My mate has 6000k in his R34 and i have them in my R33 aswell.

makes sense cause at the end of the day its still 35w.

Thanks to all appreciate ya input!

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hey guys I have an R34 with the factory Xenons and my left hand side one just blew it seems .. does anyone know how to pull the bulb out? There's a cover at the back of the xenon bulb BUT it's not turning either clockwise or anti-clockwise. Does the whole headlight have to come off ??

Also does anyone know what the factory temp is (4000k or 6500k etc) because I don't wanna end up with 2 headlights with diff temps...

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Denis, you'll notice there is a little screw head that prevents the cover from turning, you can either slightly pry the lug that is hitting it and "jump" the screw (easiest way) or undo and remove it (think it's a torx type)

The factory ones are 4500K but the thing is your not going to be able to match the bulb as it has aged, with age they colour changes from the orignal 4500K heading towards 3000K, so a new bulb will be way off.

My factory ones turned fairly yellow quickly. The 6000K ones are probably as far as you'd want to go to retain a less-blue look.

If you're keen I'm selling off my last sets of brand new D2R bulbs for $65 a pair delivered.

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Denis, you'll notice there is a little screw head that prevents the cover from turning, you can either slightly pry the lug that is hitting it and "jump" the screw (easiest way) or undo and remove it (think it's a torx type)

The factory ones are 4500K but the thing is your not going to be able to match the bulb as it has aged, with age they colour changes from the orignal 4500K heading towards 3000K, so a new bulb will be way off.

My factory ones turned fairly yellow quickly. The 6000K ones are probably as far as you'd want to go to retain a less-blue look.

If you're keen I'm selling off my last sets of brand new D2R bulbs for $65 a pair delivered.

Hey Dan, wat did you mean by hitting it? 

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