| Do you want to drive more safe at night with a better | | | | 10000K (Aqua Blue), 12000K (Purple-Blue). |
| and wider light vision, and see far much beyond the | | | | 5000K or 6000K are the most popular color |
| dashboard. HID lights is your best choice, we call it HID | | | | temperature, and if you are planning to buy the hid kits |
| lights, hid conversion kits and HID xenon. It's getting | | | | with 10000K or over, please be careful about the legal |
| more and more popular in the automotive industry, and | | | | issue in your country. Most of the 12000K or 14000K |
| replaced most of the halogen headlights with it's better | | | | (purple) are using off road only. |
| light intensity and lower power consumptions. | | | | Please make sure that you know what kits you need |
| What is HID? | | | | to install your hid lights, here are something you should |
| An HID light consists of a glass tube that contains | | | | know before purchasing a new hid kits. |
| tungsten electrodes, gas and metals. You see light emit | | | | 1 . Single Beam Kit, comes with 2 pairs of HID bulbs, 2 |
| from the tube when an electrical arc is struck across | | | | ballasts. |
| the electrodes. The gas helps the light to start, and | | | | (if your vehicle uses 2 pairs of bulbs, 1 for low beam |
| once the metals are heated they function to produce | | | | and the other for high beam, you can take this single |
| the light. Gardeners enjoy the benefits of using these | | | | beam hid kit for your low beams.) Common Bulb sizes |
| lights because they provide light that most closely | | | | are H1, H3, H4-1, H7, 9004-1, 9005, 9006, 9007-1… |
| resembles sunlight, a definite plus when you are | | | | 2. High/Low Beam - Hi/Lo Kit, comes with 2 pairs of |
| growing plants indoors without exposure to sunlight. | | | | HID bulbs (one HID and one halogen on each HID bulb |
| They are also cost efficient, because they last longer | | | | to perform the high and low beam function, Halogen |
| than other light bulbs and are more energy efficient. | | | | for high beam and HID for low beam.) and 2 ballasts. |
| Here is some specifications for color temperature | | | | Common bulb sizes are H4-2, 9004-2, 9007-2. |
| HID Color temperature refers to the degrees (K) , | | | | 3. Telescope Kit: Single HID can switch between high |
| which simply the measures of the color for the lighting | | | | beam and low beam, with 2 ballasts and installation |
| output, like golden yellow, white, crystal white, blue … | | | | clamps. Common bulb sizes are H4-3, 9004-3, 9007-3. |
| Degree (k) refers only to the color, while lumen refers | | | | 4. Bi-xenon Kit: 2 HID bulbs on each bulb, which works |
| to the lighting intensity. So the higher the color | | | | for high and low beam, with 4 ballasts and installation |
| temperature (degrees K) doesn’t mean a higher | | | | clamps. Common bulb sizes are H4-4, 9004-4, 9007-4. |
| light intensity (lumen). Here is the summary for the | | | | Most of the HID Conversion Kits on the market are |
| common color temperature on the market -- | | | | 35W/12V, you need 24V for a truck. Some hid kits are |
| 3000K (Golden Yellow) , 4300K (Bright White), 5000K | | | | using 55W, so buyer has to read the specifications |
| (white), 6000K (Crystal White),8000K (Crystal Blue), | | | | carefully. |