# 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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**Author:** ![simplemind7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@simplemind7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/simplemind7)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-12k-hids-too-strong/112758/6 "2008-01-27T20:19:14Z")

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> [@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.

aftermarket HID companies all rate them differently, those charts are never right. actual 4300k is white like the 6000k, that chart sucks.

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