What are the advantages of HID Conversioin Kit?

What is HID

HID, High Intensity Discharge, refers to lighting technology that relies on an electrical charge to ignite xenon gas in a sealed bulb, similar to the lightning phenomenon in the sky. HID lighting does not have a filament but instead creates light by igniting an electrical discharge between two electrodes in an air tight tiny quartz capsule filled with xenon gas. HID lighting are also called Xenon lighting, referring to the gas inside the bulb.

HID vs. Halogen Tech.

HID lighting improves durability by 10 times as road vibrations can cause damage to halogen filament, but there is nothing to break inside HID bulb. These light sources also produce a blue-white light that is safer because it is closer to natural daylight. The color temperature is more than 5000K compared to 2300K for halogen. The light output from a 35W HID Xenon lamp is 300% more light than a 55W halogen bulb. The HID Xenon system will also consume much less power from your vehicles electrical system and generate much less heat during operation.

HID Advantage

• 3X Brigther & more consistent illumination of the road, and increases comfort & reduces fatigue when driving at night
• Produces blue-white light that is safer because it is closer to natural daylight
• 10X Longer Lasting. No need to replace for life of the vehicle
• 30% less power consumption, thus generate much less heat during operation
  

Color Temperature

Color Temperature is a measurement in Degrees Kelvin (K) that indicates the hue of light source. There is a misconception that color temperature is a rating of the brightness of the HID bulb. The truth is that the higher the color temperature, the less light output from the HID bulb.
However, all HID light is much brighter than Halogen, even if it is a 35W 12000K HID bulb, the light output still maintain well over 2700lm; which is still 300% brighter than 55W Halogen with 700lm.

Standard Halogen against HID Xenon 4300k

4300K color is what you see on factory HID equipped cars like BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, and Audi, and is the brightest and whitest light output you can get. The blue flicker you see on the luxury cars are from the projectors as they bend the light at the cut off line. The reason that 4300K was decided to be used on HID at first place is because they offer the best combination between the brightest light out put and safest color for human eyes. The deeper blue color get eyes tired much faster than the whiter color that's more similar to the sun light.

The picture below shows you the color comparison between 4300K HID color to 5000K, 6000K, 8000K, 10000K and 12000K HID color.