3rd & 4th Generation (1992–1996 & 1997–2001)Toyota Camry Discussion for years: 1992-1996 & 1997-2001
Topics of discussion range from fuel economy, safety, modifications, performance all involving America's favorite family car, the Toyota Camry.
6000K is on the bluer side, personally I would go with either 4300K or 5000K to have the brightest light output on the road. However because your car has halogen reflectors, the chances are if you installed an HID kit you would give off huge amount of glare to oncoming traffic, and have lots of hot spots all over the place instead of an even spread of light.
i have an 8000k kit on mine and its just a little to blue for my liking id say 6000 would be good or lower. the higher up ya get the less light output and the more varied the color.
i have mine installed without projectors and the light spread is just fine. not sure about teh gen4.5 but the gen4 has a good cut off point and little glare.
ive never herd of xenonlink thats interesting how they have halogen and HID in one bulb. mcculloch is a pretty good brand but you are gonna need the bixenon, unless ya dont want highbeams. also chaeck out the forsale section here and search for Mod express, i have Mod express HID kit and its a pretty good kit and we get a little discount here as well.
i have mine installed without projectors and the light spread is just fine. not sure about teh gen4.5 but the gen4 has a good cut off point and little glare.
Ya it does depend, for instance I had a 5000K kit installed in my Gen 3 with DEPO clears and it looked pretty good:
well not liek it matters now, the car is long gone...or in richmond. i did have them in right but since mine were phillips bmw OEM HIDs they were really bright and made for projectors(no sheild).
ebay HID kits arent bad I have two of them
BRAND: SMART 4 CARS
8000K Iceberg BLUE HI/low
Most eBay kits are bad quality, for one they don't include relay harnesses (the cheap $100 kits), and I had lots of issues with only one bulb igniting. They also use cheap ballasts and they won't last long. But for the price they are alright.
Yeah, most kits are poor quality from china or korea
You'll end up with a blown bulb/ballast in 14 months, 1-2moshy of the 1 year warranty.
HID with K rating over 4500 is just for show ... the usable light starts going down hill from 4300(oem spec).
With the camry's headlights (excluding the new generation) you'll just be blinding oncoming traffic. Your beam pattern will be pretty crappy but you might think it's good because you'll see more light. If you truly want the performance of HID, grab some OEM HID projectors (e46 cheapest ---> s2k/ls430 costly) and retrofit them in.
These will put a hole in your wallet, but you'll see they work far better.
If you just want a cooler temperature look ... try silverstars (these are not in fact brighter ... they are just not as yellow)
If you are going to waste money on E bay stuff ... might as well go cheap as possible ...
You'll need a wiring harness
2 ballast / igniter
2 rebased bulbs
Does anybody have a McCulloch, Genesis, Xetronic or Philips HID Kit? I'm probably going to buy a set of mcculloch's or xetronic's from www.xtralights.com or www.xenoneyes.com
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