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Old 01-16-2001, 06:49 PM
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I've had to replace my foglights 4 times because the color didn't match the headlights. Luckily they all came with a moneyback guarantee but No matter what brand I replace it with, they still seem yellow. I replaced both the headlights and foglights today using the same brand. What's up with the H3s?? Can someone offer some advise? Or can someone recomend a brand that'll match? My H4s are Nokya artic white 90/100w. Thanks!!!
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Be Carefull with those 90/100 watt bulbs, I have heard that so guys with high wattage bulbs have melded their bulb sockets and wiring.
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Here's a pic of the PIAA Xtreme Whites...

<img src=http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~chin/images/Maxima/lights2/2a.jpg>
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Old 01-16-2001, 08:30 PM
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To y2kev...

How much did spend on your lighting total? (h4 &h3)
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Old 01-16-2001, 09:49 PM
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i got some of the PIAA H4 Plasma FX and some H3 Xtreme white 4150K. it ran me 160.00, but the fogs are really bright! they make up for the loss in visibility with the blue H4's
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Re: To y2kev...

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How much did spend on your lighting total? (h4 &h3)
Hehe... h3's were $110 (expensive) and the h4's I don't remember.
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Re: Re: To y2kev...

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How much did spend on your lighting total? (h4 &h3)
Hehe... h3's were $110 (expensive) and the h4's I don't remember.
i remember.. fai dalla. actually i think it was 75.. my superwhites were 50.
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With all the mods lists you posted in your signature you forgot one important thing!!!! Easypass...
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With all the mods lists you posted in your signature you forgot one important thing!!!! Easypass...
what's an easy pass? like fast track??? i hardly go on toll roads.
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What's fast track? Easypass is the most important mod that can be done here in the tri-state area.. All cars with Easypass are faster than regular cars here in NYC.
Any shi tty car will be faster than a Maxima if Easypass equipped. LoL!!
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Originally posted by RBa
I've had to replace my foglights 4 times because the color didn't match the headlights. Luckily they all came with a moneyback guarantee but No matter what brand I replace it with, they still seem yellow. I replaced both the headlights and foglights today using the same brand. What's up with the H3s?? Can someone offer some advise? Or can someone recomend a brand that'll match? My H4s are Nokya artic white 90/100w. Thanks!!!
U aren't the only one with this problem, I've tried lookin for matchin H3s and H4s plus front blinkers for a longggg time and never had success findin them. The weird thing is for some dumb reason the same brands most of the times don't even match in color. I ended up just usin a set of APCs even though they don't look tat great, especially their so called "super white bulbs" blinkers. its been too much of hassle to find the 3 of the same brand, right wattages, good price ..... Kev's H3 H4 seem to match nicely.
Good luck in finding good lookin matchin ones.
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Originally posted by RBa
I've had to replace my foglights 4 times because the color didn't match the headlights. Luckily they all came with a moneyback guarantee but No matter what brand I replace it with, they still seem yellow. I replaced both the headlights and foglights today using the same brand. What's up with the H3s?? Can someone offer some advise? Or can someone recomend a brand that'll match? My H4s are Nokya artic white 90/100w. Thanks!!!
U aren't the only one with this problem, I've tried lookin for matchin H3s and H4s plus front blinkers for a longggg time and never had success findin them. The weird thing is for some dumb reason the same brands most of the times don't even match in color. I ended up just usin a set of APCs even though they don't look tat great, especially their so called "super white bulbs" blinkers. its been too much of hassle to find the 3 of the same brand, right wattages, good price ..... Kev's H3 H4 seem to match nicely.
Good luck in finding good lookin matchin ones.
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