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Old 09-27-2006, 11:40 PM
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PIAA 194 hyperwhite bulbs suck

I picked up 4 PIAA hyperwhite 194 bulbs up about a year ago. I put 2 in the doors and 2 in my side markers. After about 6 months I noticed my sidemarkers turning to the yellowish stock looking bulb color. I pulled them out and noticed that the blueish coating on them that makes them the "hyperwhite" color flaked off. I went to switch the door bulbs to the sidemarkers and noticed they also began to flake. So I brought them back to the place I got them from and he replaced all 4 bulbs for free. He thought they were defective. I was very careful this time to not get oil from my hands on them. It's been about another 6 months and they are flaking again. These bulbs suck. I guess i'll give the polargs a shot and see if they hold up any better.
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weird.... thought PIAA was the best.
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Old 09-28-2006, 09:21 AM
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after 5 plus years.. my PIAA bulbs still look the same.. maybe you got fakes?
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Old 09-28-2006, 09:41 AM
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Just ordered a set of PIAA bulbs for all front lamps for my 97 SE. Man, now I am nervous......
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Old 09-28-2006, 11:13 AM
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I have Polargs and they are awesome. I've seen the Piaa's and the seems to be a little more bluish than the Polargs. However since I got an HID kit the white color is sooooooo over powering that my Polarg's look greenish when they are on together.
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Old 09-28-2006, 11:52 AM
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I just got some blue bulbs for my doors, **** looks AWSOME... just put them in yesturday so i dunno if their good or not.
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Old 09-28-2006, 02:17 PM
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Where did you order them from? Maybe you did get fake ones because I've never heard this from any other person with PIAA.

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I just got some blue bulbs for my doors, **** looks AWSOME... just put them in yesturday so i dunno if their good or not.
Why?
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Old 09-28-2006, 02:53 PM
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I'd just get amber.
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Old 09-28-2006, 03:03 PM
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fake i've had em. go polarg or LED
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I guess i'll give the polargs a shot. The wierd thing is i've had the PIAA 1157 bulbs for over a year in my clearence lights and they haven't pealed yet.
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Mine never did that. Piaa make a nice one that has 4 LED's on them.
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Old 09-30-2006, 12:48 AM
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The thing with LEDs is that they appear a bit blue instead of white. I had other brands and they all looked pretty much the same, blueish. Maybe PIAA's LEDs don't look like that?
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LED's color is normally determined by what material is used. So if you can find out what material piaa uses for their white LED you can cross reference it with an LED color chart and see if it matches the color you want.
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