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Quick reference to cheapest & brightest blue bulbs? Headlight and fogs?

Old Mar 22, 2005 | 05:47 AM
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Quick reference to cheapest & brightest blue bulbs? Headlight and fogs?

Well ... crashed the car this last weekend. Whole front needs to be replaced. Bumper, Hood, Radiator, one Headlight housing which will now be two because i had Porshe HIDs that were JB Welded on and its gonna be tough to match the one that still works so now replacing both housings. With this, what PIAA blubs considering that they would probably be on Ebay would produce the nicest blue on headlights as well as fogs. Names please. Ill eventually get the headlights replaced once again with HIDs.....Thanks in advance..
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 07:35 AM
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You like spending money, huh?

First fixing the car after the crash, then paying all those tickets for having blue bulbs
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 07:58 AM
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just get silverstars.. they are bright.. and not ricey.. andlooks clean
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 08:07 AM
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Well in Miami ... Spark blue headlights and fogs are no prob ... just as long as the sidemarkers are not altered in the color it illuminates. Most modded cars here have HIDs in blue and even purple..so no biggie. Found some already but i would like some more references..
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 08:15 AM
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Thanks scopium ..didnt think they were that cheap... does anyone own silverstars?? PICS ??
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 08:17 AM
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you dont want silverstars they are not gonna give you the look i think your going for. youll be pretty upset they arent that different from a factory bulb. go with the piaa super whites or plasmas or the razzo.
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 08:21 AM
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well PIAA was definately my initial thought and i did want a tint of blue in its temperature...anyone with pics from PIAA Spark Blue bulbs ??
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 08:44 AM
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GE Nighthawk

did not mean to hijack this thread, but i bought two GE Nighthawk and according to info on the Internet, they are 39% brighter and also white too. They costed me about $65 CAD for a pair. Will post outcome and pictures when I have them installed.
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 09:02 AM
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hope they turn out good.... in any case my idea is to have a nice setting with the headlights AND fogs with a tint of blue ... any non-HID recommnedations will do...
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 09:13 AM
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Save your money on overpriced PIAA and go for these. Phillips and GE are good OE quality stuff.

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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 09:18 AM
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Save your money on overpriced PIAA and go for these. Phillips and GE are good OE quality stuff.

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Thanks for the link but its not what im looking for. I appreciate the effort though.. im still on the PIAA Spark Blues for headlights and fogs.. anyone know of good deals on em besides Ebay ??
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 09:57 AM
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my silverstars broke when i tried to take them out, and they lloked yellowish anyway.
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by BigL0U
Thanks for the link but its not what im looking for. I appreciate the effort though.. im still on the PIAA Spark Blues for headlights and fogs.. anyone know of good deals on em besides Ebay ??
It's not what you're looking for? Do you realize that Phillips, Sylvania and GE produce these lights initially and PIAA just copies it, adds a warranty and sells for 3X the price?

GL with all of that.
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by ColdSHO
my silverstars broke when i tried to take them out, and they lloked yellowish anyway.
Well there ya go ABDomega .. Ebay it is ... unless anyone had any further updates? Thanks ... so far ...
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by BigL0U
Well there ya go ABDomega .. Ebay it is ... unless anyone had any further updates? Thanks ... so far ...
Your point? I had one silverstar last a year and half and the other is still going strong, I'm getting HIDs next so it's not like I love Sylvanias or other OE stuff. Look, if you want to spend your money on a company that jacks their prices up for a warranty go right ahead. But don't justify not buying OE quality product because some guy had one bulb break upon install.
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 11:13 AM
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GET HID KITS...or join the civic club...

oh my ..what did i do...let the flamming begin
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by -ZIPPIN-
GET HID KITS...or join the civic club...

oh my ..what did i do...let the flamming begin
Right right ... point is ... im looking for an alternative in the "meantime" ..so zippin can go ahead and zip it ... thanks
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 07:28 PM
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try this

Eurostar...
Old Mar 24, 2005 | 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by BigL0U
Right right ... point is ... im looking for an alternative in the "meantime" ..so zippin can go ahead and zip it ... thanks
you can get those purple looking bulbs,,,in the "meantime" that is
Old Mar 24, 2005 | 05:44 AM
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Originally Posted by -ZIPPIN-
you can get those purple looking bulbs,,,in the "meantime" that is
woah there buddy that sure is a "knee slapper" ...lol..u should get out more often. laters "zip-it"...
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