# Are 12k HIDs too strong?

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**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [January 27, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-12k-hids-too-strong/112758 "2008-01-27T20:01:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-12k-hids-too-strong/112758/22 "2008-01-28T07:57:32Z")

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Problem is everyones monitor is different so the photo may look blue’r to someone with a 7K setting on his monitor than to someone who has his set to 5K. Then there’s the entire issue of white balance…

> [@8/9 Shredd & Ragan Import Night](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-9-shredd-ragan-import-night/15697/8):
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> ^That doesn’t look very accurate to me. My car has 4300k from the factory, and the colour looks like the 6000k pictured above. The cutoff and spread are ofcourse much better.

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