You do realize 10k will be purple almost. And at that Kelvin you are putting out close to the same lumens as a halogen.
Do us a favor keep the stock bulbs in. If not for your safety, then the kid on the side of the road that you don't sees safety.

 

What exactly is the reasoning behind "anything above 5k its hard to see in the rain....especially using 10k" comment? Is it because of the projector housing? I have 8k HIDs in stock non projector housing, and I can see great in any condition. Havent had them in snow yet though.

 

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...dvantages.html

Read this please. In there some where it mentions about hids and rain.

Edit: i take that back there isn't much more about it on there.

Its mainly about wash out and bad contrast.
Dang where is raptor when we need him?

 

I will agree that you lose useable light after 6k ish. I prefer to run 5k on my vehicles. Has a nice white light with a hint of blue. I made the mistake of buying 8K with my very first set of hids years ago. As far as snow/rain driving, I had a 22'' led spot/flood combo on the front of my f250 and it was great, especially for the backroads driving up here in Pa.

 

Double post

 

How bad do they glare and do people flash their high beams at you?

 

ok I know you quoted him and I would like to hear his answer too, but I would like to say that HIDs in a non HID housing will glare. Some less some more. F150s for some reason always glare more then other vehicles.

You can't go by "getting flashed" to determine if you are blinding them or not. Everybody has a different tolerance to light. I myself seem very sensitive to light and even halogens make me squint.



Just realized you are a senior member so I'm guessing you already know this stuff?

 

Not to mention if you drive a lifted truck it's common to get flashed even with halogens. The only thing I can say I "prefer" over a non projector HID setup is the fact that at night when the vehicle is traveling downward (going down a long hill for instance) the cutoff makes it nearly impossible to see whats further down the road unless you're high beamed, which isn't always practical.

 

I know usually there is some type of "squirrel finder" that allows some small light above the cut off for signs and situations like you said. I don't have much problem tho.

 

I don't ever get flashed with them. I know they are bright, but they work excellent for living out in the country, even if I drive through non rural areas every night. Unless its somebody driving like a ****, i usually hang back pretty good at lights not to fill the car in front of me's interior with light. if its someone who did something courteous to me, or i notice they have a young kid in the car, ill turn the HIDs off at the light. When I first got em I'd get flashed once in a while, but never more than maybe 6 times over the course of a month. No more than I got flashed with my stock lights.

I don't really notice any glare when outside of the truck at night with them on. I feel like they are pretty crisp in this housing.

 

I hope toolman is part of the saga of toolbag's names . . . I don't think so, but a little guilty by (indirect) association hahaha

 

Didn't mean to start a squabble For me, the 10K is the perfect light for my eyes. And you do realize that anything bright especially in fog and snow is bad as the water reflects the light back to you.....So...with that being said....I find that the 10K is a nice full light for me. I live in the Buffalo area and believe me, if they didn't work well in the snow I wouldn't have them in there. I don't get flashed, I can see far enough and the illumination, IMO, is best at that K......

 

To each there own right? You sound like one of the guys on the hid forum he has a retro but uses 6000k or 8000k. He sees better with it. Honesty tho i would try to never go over 6000k..

 

Themainman you ever figure out how to change your bulbs?i honestly have never used them so I wouldn't know, but maybe pm raptor or post in the lighting section they could help you out there.

 

How about some instruction on changing out the bulbs please? Even though I am not planning on changing bulbs, I would like to how to do it cause one day will come when a bulb will need to be replaced.

Thanks in advance.