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Old 08-19-2009, 01:38 PM   #1
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HIDs and LEDs

All my friends I ride with say it is to hard to see me when we ride together at night. I want to be seen!!! To be safer and look good. I need help with my color choices. The bike is Vivid yellow and balck. the LEDs will be under the bike and maybe inside the body
should I get 3,000k HIDs with yellow LEDs,
or 30,000k HIDS with purple LEDs,
or 5,000k HIDs with white LEDs?
maybe red LEDs with some kind of HIDs
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Old 08-19-2009, 01:45 PM   #2
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I am thinking about the 30,000k with UV LEDs
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Old 08-19-2009, 04:09 PM   #3
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30,000 K? Do HIDs come that high? That must be a typo. Really I wouldn't go much beyond 5K HIDs (more like 4.5K) if I were to go with HIDs. And, though, UV LEDs would probably look cool, they won't appear very bright at all. The human eye is not very sensitive to UV. I would stick with either green or blue LEDs.

Instead of HID I got a pair of PIAA Extreme Whites for my bike. Still halogen but much better than the stock H7's. Not only that HIDs really need additional optics to get the beam pattern correct. They will be bright but they'll focus like shit otherwise because of different geometry of the tubes.
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Old 08-19-2009, 04:47 PM   #4
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they do have a 30,000k they are all most purple i will post up the site in the mornig
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Old 08-19-2009, 04:49 PM   #5
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i have 10,000k in my camaro and my buick
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Old 08-19-2009, 09:26 PM   #6
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anything above 6k and u are actually reducing visibility for yourself. just my 2 cents its really up to u what u get
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Old 11-05-2009, 08:17 AM   #7
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ive got 8k on my truck and about to get the 10k on the 636... ddmtuning.com has great deals.
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Old 11-05-2009, 06:08 PM   #8
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I have the 10,000k HIDs in both headlights on my 05 636 and people say they are blinding when i ride behind them. i can see for what seems like forever with them on.
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Old 11-05-2009, 06:44 PM   #9
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i got 10K in my car and 8K on the rocket. 10K its very hard to see. When it start's raining you pretty much can not see. 8K are the best. I would go with them to be honest
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