# DIY: Smoked Headlights

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-smoked-headlights/19801>\
**Category:** Builds\
**Created:** [November 6, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-smoked-headlights/19801 "2006-11-06T15:30:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-smoked-headlights/19801/17 "2006-11-07T13:56:55Z")

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8000k is like blacklight. Your light output is going to be worse than oem.

4300k or 5000k is the hotness for hid, in a proper hid projector.

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