I wanted to change my stock bulbs to sum 12000k hid bulbs b/c the stock are too yellow for my taste. I called the dealer for the size. I found out that the stock bulb cost $288 each. I almost fainted when I heard that. Does anyone know why they are so expensive. And will the aftermarket bulbs work?

 

PIAA Super Cobalt D2S HID bulbs are 6600K and they run about $350 a pair.

 

lol are you serious? Your calling a dealer about an oem HID bulb. of course they are going to be expensive. Hids are not cheap. Thats why they come on more expensive cars and not cheaper cars. Just curious have you ever seen a 12k hid in person? You do realize that High of Kelvin will give you no usable light what so ever. They will just be super blue/purple to everyone else while you'll think your head lights are off.....

 

The PIAA sounds good but are they bright. I know 12000k is high but my gf has it on her car and it looks really nice. Kinda like a range rover look. Just my opinion. But I just need something diff b/c our HID bulbs are just so darn yellow.

 

12000k is a joke, it would be purple.

Don't go above 6000k unless you want to get pulled over or hit something because you can't see at night.

 

12000k looks nothing like a range rover. Either a your gf does not have 12000k or b you have never seen a range rover. I have two sitting in my garage right now and neither are anywhere near 12000k. Land rover uses 5600k last time i checked...

 

+1...allow me to explain what you are seeing:

Since the Range Rover sits relatively higher than most cars, you see a predominant blue/purple color coming from the projector because of the angle at which you're looking at the headlights; since you're not looking evenly straight at them, the projector acts as a prism and breaks the light into its color spectrum, and hence it seems bluer than what it really is. Now, walk up to a Range Rover and look straight into the projector when the headlights are on, and you will see it truly is much whiter than it looks when you cross the car on the road.

Do yourself a favor and don't go 12000; learn this: the higher the Kelvin temperature of a light bulb, the lower the lumen (light output).

 

exactly. I will take two pics tonight of my RR's one from a lower angle and one from a eyelevel angle to show what he is talking about...

 

If you want more color, look into changing the lense on the projector.

 

I had a Scion tC with Acura TSX retrofitted projectors and 10,000K HIDs and that was crap you cant see any thing at night with 10,000K, when it rains; don’t plan to drive. I have an 06 LR3 and that’s at 5,600K with the upgraded bulbs I purchased from the LR dealer. I also had custom green HIDs for my fog lights.

 

What bulb would you guys recommend???

 

I would get 6,000K, Max...

 

I wouldn't go any higher then 6000k.

 

Between 5400-6000K...either way, anything higher is illegal and does not illuminate enough, which is another reason for which the Range Rover's don't come with 12000's

 

+1 on no higher than 6K. You can get really cheap ones on eBay ($120 pair) but they will probably only last a year.