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Old 09-27-2004, 05:48 PM
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HID High Beam Conversion / Replacement??

Ok, i know that there are a lot of choices out there for light choices, but i want to know which ones are the best. Can you guys tell me what replacement highbeam lights best match the stock xenons, which bulbs you suggest to replace the foglights (PIAA Super Plasma ??) and which lights you suggest to replace the stock parking lights in the front.

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Old 09-27-2004, 05:55 PM
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i just ordered piaa extreme white for the fogs and the parking lights. im thinkin about doin the HID high beam mod too, but just remember, you will have to rewire your keyless entry to flash your fog lights or parking lights only, and if you wanna flash your lights at all, you cant flash the HID highbeams, so you will need to do the foglight mod to make them come on with your parking lights...which means to flash your lights, you need to turn on your parking lights, and then flick your foglight switch...

plus, i dont think the constant on/off of highbeams would be too good for HIDs, especially here in jerzy. i know all the time on back roads, my high beams go on, and then 30 seconds later, off then on again. i still might do this, just gotta ask my HID-guru friend more about them.
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Old 09-27-2004, 06:03 PM
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HID's take a couple of seconds to light up. In my mind that makes them less suitable for bright lights. If you mean lights that closer match your HID's PIAA is a great quality bulb.
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Do you guys have a specific type of PIAA bulbs that I should use for the High-Beams?
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Old 09-27-2004, 06:33 PM
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Oh! and are there super whites/brights for the clearance/parking lights that are made by PIAA and if so, what size are they? i know its in the manual but im in the process of getting a new one , mine got... ruined haha
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the parking lights in the front headlights, and the front and rear side markets are 168/194 bulbs...also called wedge. i got those PIAA too, from LTBmotorsports, so everything shoudl match, along with the fogs.

as to what high beam halogens will match....i would assume the same piaa color, maybe sylvania silverstars too.
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Old 09-27-2004, 07:12 PM
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ok guys thanks for the input, but exactly what type of PIAA's do you have? there are so many options i dunno what the difference is... for the highbeams, what should the wattage be, the temperature, etc?? and what kind for the sidemarkers???
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its up to you, i went with all extreme white. the only wattage i really cared about was the H3 fog lights, and i got 55 w=110w, i think they said color temp is 4150k
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just becareful u dont burn your wire harnesses by using a higher wattage bulb.
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Old 09-27-2004, 07:44 PM
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Quad projectors, or, two bi xenons retro in place of the high beams. Talk about bright.
 
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