I have new clear corners installed, (I think there called clear corners...the ones next to the headlights) and they are nice and clear and clean, but when I turn on the lights at night, the bulbs are a horrid dull yellow color. I went into Auto Zone today and bought new bulbs hoping they were just old bulbs but sure enough still that yellow. Is there anything I can do or a certain bulb I can buy that will make it a white light instead of yellow? Otherwise I'm gonna buy either LED ones ($17) or silver stars ($21) but I think its stupid to spend that much on CLEAR CORNERS.

 

Exactly why clears are kind of imo

 

Exaclty why I use amber bulbs in the all lights. Most other bulbs are going to be yellow. I think PIAA are pretty white but I havnt heard too many good things about them.

 

I have actually purchased yellow bulbs for my corners and for my side bumper lenses. And bulbs for the indicators which look blue but turn dark amber when lit. The yellow bulbs give my max a unique look. A few folks drive maxs at my school and mine trully stands out.

The yellow you are talking about is the dull brown yellow look of regular wattage bulbs. If you rewired them they would be brighter. Or just get a set of piaa's or silverstar corner bulbs.

 

yep, stick with amber. best choice

 

Amber FTW!!!

 

thank for all your help.

 

You can find some bulbs bulb out there that are going to be whiter with a bit of blue to them, but they wont match any other blubs upfront.
Thats the main reason why everyone just goes with the ambers, to have all the lights up front match.

 

WHAT THE GAY!! Stop bumping threads with your worthless response

 

I always thought it was illegal to make that amber color white.

Or am i mistaken with something else, i remember posting a question almost like this and having people telling me it was illegal.

 

if you mean the side marker lights next to the headlights, you can shave off the lower post on the bulb and then put it in and it will be bright as all get out.

 

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You have to do this to a 1157 bulb and put it in backwards in order to have the clearence light bright all the time.

 

Only on the turn signals, you cannot have white turn signals.

 

i couldnt get the words out of my mind. thanks

 

what type of bulbs are the corner bulbs? Since i just found out this new information im gonna get a pair of silverstars.

 

if you mean next to the headlight then dont get silverstars, do the 1157 bulb mod and youll be done, it is VERY bright, the silverstars will run you about 20 bucks. and the 1157 mod will be just as bright if not brighter.

 

beleive it or not, if you want it to shine white, get some blue corner lights. I just had mine taken out for some orange ones, but when I turned them on at night they shine pretty bright white. I LOVED IT!, but I don't think the cops would share the same feeling... so I switched them out..the less attention to me the better..

 

How can you say clears are kind of gay for light output not being white when it's not the clear corners fault at all. The stock corners are technically clear and they don't give white light.

As for the original poster, the only way you're probably going to get white light is if you go with LED bulbs.

 

Silver Stars will still have some yellow tint to it, not a pure white.
If you want all the bulbs to match, get amber 1157 for the clearence lights next to the headlights, amber 1156s for the turn signals in the bumper lenses and amber 194's for the corner bumper lenses.

 

So what your saying is, is that its not possible to have them completely white?

 

Nub modding the sock bulbs gives off a clearish light. I had piaa's, but they turned green after a few months. The headlights were fine though

 

Uisng a hyper white type of bulb such as Piaa's will give you the whitest output, it will still have a small tint of blue to it though. The corners will look whiter then the bumpers though, just due to the differences in bulb types.
Back in the day I tried just about every bulb combination out there. i was literaly wasting money on bulbs trying to get a white matching set. Some were close, but never a perfect match.
I gave up and went with yellow bulbs all the way around.
I went through the same crap with headlights, then I went to the 9007 setup and now Im content with the projector retros.
In short, due it right the first time and learn from somone else's mistakes.Unlesss you wish to spend the time and money to experience the headaches on your own.