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Old 01-05-2005, 04:14 AM
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Default What bulbs does everyone use?

I just got a pair of PIAA Super Plasma GT-X bulbs yesterday and installed them before it started snowing today in Chicago. I am just curious what other bulbs you guys use or what your opinion on the ones I got are.
Also what are some good ultra bright fog lights since my stock look very yellow under my new PIAA's

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im using sylvania bulbs

the name of them escapes me :?
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i had sylvanna silver stars but one of them blew out so i had to get sylvanna cool blues.
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I had silver stars in my saab and they just never lasted. They would burn for about 2 months and die out. I am hoping these PIAA ones won't do the same since they cost a lot more.
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How are they so far?

I've been running PIAA Xtreme Whites for awhile and they are great.
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So far they are beautiful. The brights are amazing, they look like going to a baseball game or something with huge lights on the field...I got mine for only 57 bux which is a great deal (best I could find) here is the link:
http://www.optauto.com/index.htm?dep...itemsperpage=9
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Sylvania Silverstars, very pleased so far.
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Arctic blue Nokia's(Headlights and fogs) and Sylvania silver star's in the (cleared)blinkers.
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I bought mine's on Ebay. Its a brand called DANTRA (i dont understand anything the box says cause its all in japanese) . Ive had them for 4 months and everything is good!
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Nokya HID Artic Blue - 7000K on the 10K HID Scale
- Probably the best out there

MTEC HID Blubs(backups for my Nokya's)

I got both my sets from...

www.autospeedy.com
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BlkSandPrlTurbotC - do you have a part number for those? I can't find them on that site. Also, why do you recommend these?

I'd tend to consider these just because not many people seem to have them. ;) They're not *overly blue* are they?
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these hyper white bulbs cause more harm than good.

running shielded HID's, with polarg yellows in the fogs.
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Sylvania SilverStars. Happy as can be with them!
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oh yeah theyre silverstars

i think theyre great
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draven, they aren't overly blue, they infact are replicas off of stock BMW's, well almost look like it

Let me check the site and see if i can get the info for you man!
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Draven, here's the site to auctally physically choose the Style # from the drop box and the product pics

http://autospeedy.com/nokya_hid_halogen_bulb.asp

Enjoy man!
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That's the Package...here's a pic to show the difference....




I've been getting a lot of comments about my headlights at night time...

"Hey man those look bad@$$" .."You look like a BMW coming down the road" ..."Dude, your headlights look so mean, especally when you have your high beams on and all you see are 4 HID blubs coming at you."

Many more comments too, and yes I do get flashed a lot when I have my LOW BEAMS on, I enjoy flashing them to show all 4! Believe me, this product is well worth the money, and NO, the "blueness" does not take away any light, it infact being 7,000K on the 10,000K HID scale really lights up the road, you can cruise in a darken area with low beams on and the whole road is well lit.

I've spotted more deer with these headlights then I have from the stock ones.
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So if you want new headlight blubs, get those haha

I found those around September, and I have had them in ever since. It's great because no one in my area knows about them or has them. So rare to find these, hope you all enjoy my find!
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