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I have a R32 GTR and have white lights in them but as my car only has H3C globes i can only improve them so much.

So my question is how bright do i go with a HID set? 6000k, 8000k? what?

I heard if you go to bright it can burn the inside of your light from the heat it produces. Is this right?

Does any type fit in the R32 GTR and any problems associated with having them?

Do i need to get a kit specific to the H3C globe or will any HID fit?

Do i need to modify anything?

Any info on this would be much appreciated,

Thanks.

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I have a R32 GTR and have white lights in them but as my car only has H3C globes i can only improve them so much.

So my question is how bright do i go with a HID set? 6000k, 8000k? what?

I heard if you go to bright it can burn the inside of your light from the heat it produces. Is this right?

Does any type fit in the R32 GTR and any problems associated with having them?

Do i need to get a kit specific to the H3C globe or will any HID fit?

Do i need to modify anything?

Any info on this would be much appreciated,

Thanks.

as far as i know 4000k is brightest and legal thereafter its not i had and would recommend 6000k as best mix of white/blue, 8000k is very blue and higher starts heading pink i havent fitted them to my skyline but i bought an after market kit which was model specific h1 i think it was, as far as heat goes didnt have any issues with this, its a fairly straight forward upgrade just mount ballasts hook up and away u go ;)

important to note it is illegal if you dont have washers and/or auto leveling for headlights..

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yes you need a H3C specific HID kit, and as for brightness, its really dependant upon the kit, each kit is somewhat different from the next, i have a bosch 8000k H1 HID kit bought through NYTSKY on this forum, i dont think its too bright or too blue at all. of course that will vary with peoples opinions.

As far as i understand, for optimal light dispersion you want no more than 6000k, anything higher and you start to lose the spread of light.

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as far as i know 4000k is brightest and legal thereafter its not i had and would recommend 6000k as best mix of white/blue, 8000k is very blue and higher starts heading pink i havent fitted them to my skyline but i bought an after market kit which was model specific h1 i think it was, as far as heat goes didnt have any issues with this, its a fairly straight forward upgrade just mount ballasts hook up and away u go ;)

important to note it is illegal if you dont have washers and/or auto leveling for headlights..

Any HID kit is illegal, 4000, 6000 or 12000k make no difference. it is true that the higher in the heat range you go the bluer and progressively more violet the color will become, but it will vary between manufacturers, my 8000k kit can be seen here

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Xe...ts-t290630.html

and it is probably even less blue in person

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I have a R32 GTR and have white lights in them but as my car only has H3C globes i can only improve them so much.

So my question is how bright do i go with a HID set? 6000k, 8000k? what?

I heard if you go to bright it can burn the inside of your light from the heat it produces. Is this right?

Does any type fit in the R32 GTR and any problems associated with having them?

Do i need to get a kit specific to the H3C globe or will any HID fit?

Do i need to modify anything?

Any info on this would be much appreciated,

Thanks.

The kelvin rating does not dictate how bright there going to be. The kelvin rating is purly a colour temprature rating only. Around 4300K is the whitest its going to get anything beyond that and it will start going more blue.

The HID kits you will be looking at will all be rated to 35watts.

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The kelvin rating does not dictate how bright there going to be. The kelvin rating is purly a colour temprature rating only. Around 4300K is the whitest its going to get anything beyond that and it will start going more blue.

The HID kits you will be looking at will all be rated to 35watts.

There are kits that are 50 watts.

Will these be better/brighter than the 35 watts?

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The kelvin rating does not dictate how bright there going to be. The kelvin rating is purly a colour temprature rating only. Around 4300K is the whitest its going to get anything beyond that and it will start going more blue.

The HID kits you will be looking at will all be rated to 35watts.

There are kits that are 50 watts.

Will these be better/brighter than the 35 watts?

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There are kits that are 50 watts.

Will these be better/brighter than the 35 watts?

They will be brighter but you will have problems with your wiring as it could melt from the ammount of current it will push through and also your headlights could melt from the heat.

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hes not going to have a problem with wiring as the stock system is rated to 55 watts. Same applys with heat.

One of the advantages of using HID's is there equal or higher light output using less power then standard globes. stock HID's are rated to 35 watts and are more then enough. There wont be any problems with using 50 watt HID's but you will probly get alot of glare and anoy alot of other people on the road. I have personally never used or installed 50 watt units for customers so i cant really say what there going to be like.

But yes the 50 watt units will be a fair bit brighter then the 35 watt ones.

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35w is PLENTY for normal night driving.

Would only recommend 55w to guys who rally or go offroad.

As for Kelvin ratings IMO stay under 8000k.

I have spoken to toygtr, but i just thought i would mention here that H3C kits are available in the GB.

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