evovin

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Anyone knows what's the wattage of the ballast and color temp of X's HID? IDK coz it looks brighter than 8's and 9's HID.

n789db

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They use a 35 watt ballast. All OEM to USA or Canada use 4100-4300K stock bulbs. Differences in colors on the cutoffs are mostly due to the prismatic affect of the projector rather than bulb color.

PDXEvo

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Sorta off topic here, but the replacement bulbs from the dealership for this things are more yellow then blue too btw. Not sure why though.

n789db

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All of the OEM bulbs when new are about 4200K After 50-100 hours of run time (burn in) they color shift up to about 4800K or so.

Noize

iTrader: (24)

I don't think they are brighter, but they are aimed a little higher. In my VIII, full up would not blind traffic, it will in this car. I moved the HIDs up in my VIII and it was a lot better.

My rule of thumb is to set them where people stop flashing you, but you can still see really well. There's a fine line, but its great when you find it.

DirectorSe7en

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^Agreed.

...and last I read they were rated at 4300k.