So I went out to buy some orange bulbs for my clearance lights today, because I'm soon switching to HID's and thought the orange would look better with it. I also have orange in my side markers. When I bought the bulbs today, they looked to be the same color as the ones in my side markers and turn signals, which are a very deep orange.

Well, to my disappointment, the clearance lights are now almost yellow. So yellow they're almost the same as those yellow foglights everyone is after.

So there's my dilemma...how to fix it? Would it be safe to apply a single coat of some high-temp. transparent orange paint? Does anyone make such a paint? Would yellow + orange still = orange, or would I need red? I have some Testor's transparent red, if need be.

They are cheap $2-a-piece bulbs, if I have to ruin a set expirementing...so be it.

Help me!

 

it depends on what brand bulb you buy.

sylvania amber is probly what youre looking for....but other wal-mart amber ones look yellow-orange

 

I have the silver star amber ones and they are definitly orange. They actually look silver but when they light are up they are orange. I think they were $19.99 a pair though.

 

Great...the cheaper ones are what I bought. Which would explain their color...

Oh well, I guess it's time to suck it up and buy some Sylvania ones.

 

I broke down and bought Silverstar 1157's...they BETTER be orange for the $16 I spent on them

 

So are they? Mine are definitly orange and you couldn't mistake them for yellow.

 

I haven't had a chance to tell yet. Garage is full, and it's dark and cold as hell out. Also, until a new one arrives, one of my clearance lights is actually broken (the mounting parts) so I have to repair it every time I take it out, which I can't do in the dark. I'll let you know tommorrow

 

Got the new bulbs in...MUCH BETTER. They don't match 100%...but they are hard to tell apart and look much nicer.

 

Looks like your clearance lamps are modded to be brighter. That probably explains why the color was different earlier. Not all amber bulbs are the same so when I changed mine, I went for hyper yellow and they did match perfectly. My clearance lamps aren't modded to be brighter because I have found out what it does to the clearance lenses.

 

Yeah, they are modded. However, that doesn't change their color.

Also, mine have been modded for 4 or 5 months and have already been through some harsh cold with no cracking or anything...I don't see why people have such an issue with them cracking.

 

Only 4-5 months?? Had mine for a year until the lense started to show cracking. It looks horrible, plus everytime the clearance lamps are on and you happen to be standing nearby it, it smells like something inside is burning. To me its just not worth risking anything that could be damaging to the car. Besides, I'm not trying to light up the sides of the road anyway. There's only so much I would do for looks alone.

 

Looks good... Mine have been modded for over a year and I have no problems.

 

Zach95SE and Tatanko, how hot does your summer get ???

 

just buy all the same brand and they will match. these are probably GE.


when i had the bright clearance lights on the 96 i would go though the amber bulbs like crazy. the color would burn off after a few weeks.

 

usually in the 90's

 

Ahhh..that is probably why. When mine cracked, it was middle of summer and we were hitting over 100 degrees heat with bad humidity. Not sure if whether has an actual effect on it. But I just know to stay away from the clearance mod.

 

It gets to the mid-upper 90's but usually high humidity. Two of my friends live in San Diego and they come home and they say its hotter here then there.

 

It's much cooler in San Diego, than the upper valley in Los Angeles. Our temp is usually 10 degrees cooler or hotter than in LA.

 

Looks good, now I have something to do to my car, hehe.

 

Yup, should go with my HIDs well when I get them in sometime next month