[swamp2]

Very nice summary. There just is not a perfect solution yet.

You should add GP Thunder + Camaross kit. Quite a few of us have gone that route, myself included and am very happy. The GPs give you a much nicer color, much more white (not yellow-ish at all like stock). I went with 7500k as I did not want too blue/purple. The Camaross kit then makes them brighter by delivering more voltage and keeping the voltage constant when the headlights are on. The only "complaints", and they are very minor, are that the brightness and color between the inside and outside rings are slightly different.