Anyone have hyper white or Hid kit for their boxster?

[bigborian]

Hi i'm looking to get a set of hyper white bulbs or an hid kit for my boxster. Not sure which way to go an Hid kit is more expensive but i'm not sure why? Is it because the light is more intense than the stock lights? I was also thinking of just getting a pair of bulbs to switch out the headlights with some hyper white bulbs. I have a glacier white boxster and want to make it look more clean with some hyper white bulbs.

Anyone have any pictures or videos of their cars with hyper whites or even like a mild blue or and hid kit?

[al83s]

I just installed a HID kit from xenon experts, they had it on sale for $70. Well worth the effort and money in my opinion and it wont melt your headlights as higher wattage bulbs often do.
Its not as good as litronic headlights, but night visibility is greatly improved.
No affiliation. http://www.xenonexpert.com/ddm_kit_sale.html
I went with 35 watt 6000k kit.
I will post a pic once i get back in town.

[bigborian]

Originally Posted by al83s

I just installed a HID kit from xenon experts, they had it on sale for $70. Well worth the effort and money in my opinion and it wont melt your headlights as higher wattage bulbs often do.
Its not as good as litronic headlights, but night visibility is greatly improved.
No affiliation. http://www.xenonexpert.com/ddm_kit_sale.html
I went with 35 watt 6000k kit.
I will post a pic once i get back in town.

Nice i like the white with blue hue. Can i ask which bulbs you got? they have a list from h1-h13 and other numbers. it says 35w is oem wattage i'm not sure what the 6000 k means but looks really good.

[bigborian]

also was the installation difficult? Did you have to drill anything or cut and splice any wires? Are there any negative effects from doing this that you noticed? I just found out that the 35w runs cooler than the stock lamps so it lasts longer is this true?

I'm awaiting pics too hehe i'd like to see what it looks like on a boxster.

[al83s]

Somebody correct me if Im wrong.
35 watt is street legal, 55 isnt.
4300, 5000, 6000 etc. all refer to the Kelvin Temperature, thus affect the color of the light from yellow-white-blue-purple etc.
As temp increases, light intensity drops thus I wouldn't go higher than 6000K (personal choise, since I do alot of night/bad weather driving and visibility is more important for me than looks).
Just search "HID" on this forum and you will come across several HID retrofit examples.
Some kits will require drilling a hole on the headlight back cover (dont worry, kit comes with a gromet and long enough wires), but I managed to squize mine in without any modifications. It is not much harder that replacing burned out bulb, plug n play.
Hope it helps.

[bigborian]

Originally Posted by al83s

Somebody correct me if Im wrong.
35 watt is street legal, 55 isnt.
4300, 5000, 6000 etc. all refer to the Kelvin Temperature, thus affect the color of the light from yellow-white-blue-purple etc.
As temp increases, light intensity drops thus I wouldn't go higher than 6000K (personal choise, since I do alot of night/bad weather driving and visibility is more important for me than looks).
Just search "HID" on this forum and you will come across several HID retrofit examples.
Some kits will require drilling a hole on the headlight back cover (dont worry, kit comes with a gromet and long enough wires), but I managed to squize mine in without any modifications. It is not much harder that replacing burned out bulb, plug n play.
Hope it helps.

I think i'm just going to go with the ones that you got. $70 is not a bad deal and i like the color that it makes from the website, when you post pics i can see what it looks like on the boxster. You metioned you squeezed yours in, what do u mean by that? You squeezed the wires through somewhere? thanks for the info


Also if i just want to change the low beam bulbs how many sets would i need? Just the 1 set right?