Can anyone list all the piaa bulbs that go with a 4th Gen Max? been trying to look them up

 

what bulb are you looking for?

 

piaa is good but overpriced

 

PIAA 9004 headlight repalcement bulbs aren't worth the money. They have a small beam pattern and there horrable in the rain. I'm only refering to the 9004 bulbs. The rest of their line is excellent.

Save your $$$ and get some Sylvania Extravisions or the new Sylvania Silver Stars.

 

I am going to respectfully disagree with NJmaxse. I've had experience with both bulbs, and I noticed that the PIAA's not only looked better, but seemed to burn brighter over a longer period of time. However, I found that my NAXOS bulbs, which I currently have in my headlights, out-perform both of them. Look into getting a set of the 9004 Naxos Blue bulbs, and a set of PIAA PLasma H3's for the fog lights. That is my current setup and I love it.

The Sylvania's looked great for the first month or two, but they started to fade, and did not seem as bright as they originally were, which is unacceptable for such a short period of time.

just my .02 :P

 

To answer your question; 9004 headlights, H3 Fog Lights. Misc. bulbs around the car; #194, #1156, #1157, #912. These are the bulbs I know PIAA makes. Maybe they make the dome bulb #3022. I'm not sure about the map light bulb though.

I have used PIAA for a long time now. I tried all those other blue bulbs, and they suck. Some look better, but none have the light output or life that PIAA has. But, with headlights, maybe consider getting HID's instead of incandescent bulbs.



2¢


-Joe

 

To which model Sylvania bulb are you referring?

ExtraVisions?
Silver Stars?

 

They were extravisions.

 

I was debating between those and the Silver Stars. Lots of people seem happy with the Silverstars, so I think I may give them a try.

With the rebate, you really can't beat the price. My local Autozone has them for like $30 for two, so $20 after the rebate + tax.


I like the PIAA H3's - I have the ion crystals in my fogs - great bulb, but there's no way I'll $pend what PIAA wants for the 9004's.

 

I got the 9004s and i gotta say they are nice, and the high beams rock, but the low beam leave much to be desired. After spending over 60 bucks for them, im waiting till they burn out, and then going for the HID kit. That said, anyone recommend any particular HID kit, they all look decent, but i was wondering if anyone had any insight into which is better

 

where can i get NAXOS bulbs... if they are better than silverstars i want them... i currently have silverstars but one blew out after about 6 monthes.. so i'm either gettin' 1 more new one.. or a pair of NAXOS...

 

Where do each of these bulbs fit? My parking lights look really dull nasty and yellow as I have the PIAA 9004, and white H3's.

 

I've had my Naxos in for over 2 years, and they are still incredibly bright. I LOVE THEM! In fact, I was driving in a friends car the other night, and my fiance was driving behind us in my Maxima and I was noticing how nice my lighting setup looked, lol. The piaa plasmas on the bottom are a great compliment.

I bought my Naxos from a car shop in West Palm, and GROSSLY overpaid!!! I'm embarrassed to tell you how much I paid for them, but I've seen them on ebay for around 30-40 bucks. I just checked for you, and I didn't see any 9004's, but be patient and they'll come around. If your in south florida I'd be more than happy to let you check them out.

 

You might wanna take this question over to one of the MANY HID threads. There are lots of people with lots of experience with lots of different HID kits. They will be best able to give you the low down.

 

i have silverstars in my ride now. had the piaas silver stars are a good price and bright. imho

 

DID YOU USE YOUR FACTORY WIRING HARNESS? IF YOU DID, DID THEY BURN OUT SINCE THE PIAA'S ARE A HIGHER WATTAGE?

 

I can vouch for NJmaxse about those Naxos bulbs. Those were the best bulbe I ever installed in my max. Nice white/bluish tint to them. Well-defined beam pattern, and great performance in rain, fog, etc...Buuuuuuuuuut then I decided to give Freddie a call.

 

Do u need to change the harness for the Naxos?

 

They're 80/100 watts, so technically, you should upgrade your wiring harnesses - although some people claim you can apply waterproof grease to the concave harness adapter (where the bulb tabs/leads plug into) b4 plugging the bulb in and this supposedly helps prevent them from overheating.

Heresay on my part - I have no experience w/ this.

To buy Naxos CHEEEEAP, see:

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ighlight=naxos

 

Im using naxos atm and have been for 3 or so months without any wire harness problems, I usually dont drive with them on for more than 30 minutes thought. They have a nice light blue tint to them, they'r pretty bright when its dry but they sorta suck in the rain. It looks like I dont even have my lights on more or less. I think I paid about 34$ at my local auto parts store in the rice department.

 

(Thanks for the honest feedback!)



I'm also looking at these:


http://www.eatools.com/~luke/XD5bulbs.html


(Very white bulb: 5100k color temp. vs Silverstars 4100k vs. Mtec 4350k)


They were talked about in another thread:

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....ight=xd5+bulbs


Only questions I have are Re: longevity and quality. I was giving the Mtecs a serious look because among other things, they're Japanese manufactured - (so you can be reasonably assured they won't blow out in a month) -but if these XD5's are 1000k "whiter" and they are of good quality, I may go with them.

XD5 manufacturer's website:
http://www.gaontrading.com/index.htm

1) Company is based in Korea.
2) Company's claim:

"We produce our lamps in compliance with international quality standard of E-mark, DOT, and U-mark.We also apply QS-9000 quality control system (based on and including ISO 9002) to our products."

(http://www.gopio.net/wboard/messages/2469.html)


Anyone else have feedback or experience with the XD5's?

 

Anyone know the color temp of Piaa H3 Ion Crystal Bulbs?

 

Bump.

 

Has anyone used the Naxos 6000K 9004 bulbs? Those ones and the MotionR ones are the only 6000K plasma bulbs that I have seen so far. The Naxos cost $11.99 on ebay while the MotionR's cost $49. I currently have FX 5000K bulbs and love them. I have had no problems with them for 9 months that I've had them. I'm just thinking about going a bit higher.

 

Do you have an EBay link for the Naxos 6000k bulbs?


For those who aren't aware, the FX bulbs he's speaking of are made by the same company that makes the XD5's. The XD5 is the updated version of the FX, with a longer lifespan.

 

Not sure if these are going to be Kelvin rated (or advertised/promoted w/ a K-rating), as the light emitted is a hot yellow (similar to Lexus' yellow).

Kelvin temps are used as a gauge to approximate a bulb's/light's appearance relative to sunlight.

A yellow light will never be close to sunlight.

 

Here's the link. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1875848967

That price isn't bad at all.

 

Cool - thx!



EDIT: After shopping around on several sites, the Naxos bulbs pictured in this auction seem to be in the exact same packaging as the Naxos "Xenon Blue" bulbs, which I've seen advertised elsewhere at 4100k-4200k.

Make sure you verify the details b4 you buy these! Some sellers will make any claim to get your hard-earned cash. Buyer beware!

Naxos also manufactures a real HID kit, which it claims burns at 6000k. See: http://www.car-parts-accessory.com/naxos_hid_kit.asp

The E-Bay seller in the above auction may be playing on (by listing the temp rating incorrectly @ 6000K for the Xenon Blue's) the confusion caused by the many different lighting options available today - or, it could have been an innocent mistake. . .

CH'YA!!!!!

 

I only ask because I want to order Mtec bulbs which run at 3,300K. If I knew the Piaa temp the I would be able to tell if these will be more yellow.

 

I have some Silverstars, paid 20 bux per bulb at the local A-Zone. Worth it I think. I am struggling to find lights like them to go with the bumper lights, the clearance and the fogs as right now you see extreme white from the HeadLight then yellow stock from the rest..anyone know if they make silverstars for the other types of bulbs the front setup needs? I wanna match them all hehe

 

So no need to upgrade harness with Piaa SilverStar?

 

oic. . .

 

"Sylvania" SilverStar

-and, no.

They're 50w/70w - only 5w over stock wattage for both hi/lo beams.