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Old Dec 29, 2000 | 05:54 PM
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ok i finaly got my digicam up and running, This pic is big as hell (sorry) but you can see the difference nicely between stock (left) and philips blue vision (right)

http://www.geocities.com/maxedout97/philips.jpg
Old Dec 29, 2000 | 06:01 PM
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Nice, good comparison. So when are you going to get that 5th gen anyway?
Old Dec 29, 2000 | 06:04 PM
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good question

I planned on keeping the 97 for another year or too (in college) i gotta change that sig heh
Old Dec 29, 2000 | 06:31 PM
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hmmm...

Originally posted by Nine7Max
ok i finaly got my digicam up and running, This pic is big as hell (sorry) but you can see the difference nicely between stock (left) and philips blue vision (right)

http://www.geocities.com/maxedout97/philips.jpg
How much and where did you get them? Looks sweet!! Way whiter than the SW I have on my car right now.
Old Dec 29, 2000 | 06:53 PM
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heh

$9.99 each at Kmart.
Old Dec 29, 2000 | 07:06 PM
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$9.99 each at Kmart.
$9.99!!! No, really, how much?
Old Dec 29, 2000 | 07:19 PM
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Blue's

I just had the Phlips Blue's in my 2000 I30 ($12.99 at my local K-mart for each), but took them out and put the stock bulbs back in! The Blues did give a whiter light, but didn't seem as bright as the stocks and did a poor job of lighting the road and signs. Anyone else not like them??

Is it worth it to get the PIAA's??
Old Dec 29, 2000 | 07:23 PM
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Re: Blue's

Originally posted by sascuderi
I just had the Phlips Blue's in my 2000 I30 ($12.99 at my local K-mart for each), but took them out and put the stock bulbs back in! The Blues did give a whiter light, but didn't seem as bright as the stocks and did a poor job of lighting the road and signs. Anyone else not like them??

Is it worth it to get the PIAA's??
I love my PIAA Super Whites. I'd never go back to stock.
Old Dec 29, 2000 | 07:25 PM
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PIAA

i got PIAA's on my car and i like it. It's alot better than stock and it doesn't attract cops.
Old Dec 29, 2000 | 09:09 PM
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eh

I like em better than stock, cmon shing where are you? help me here!
Old Dec 29, 2000 | 10:38 PM
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*faint*

seriously? $9.99?? I spent $$$ on these SW...I'm throwing these out and getting me some Blue Vision. Can you post pics of how the package looks like and how they look like on the car?
Old Dec 30, 2000 | 12:03 PM
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eh

the package is in my trunk and the bulbs are in the car.. however, the car is covered in 12 inches of snow =) I'll put pics of em up sometime soon tho.
Old Dec 30, 2000 | 12:44 PM
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Upgrade lights

I was thinking about upgrading my bulbs from stock. If i got the super whites, what bulbs should i get for the fog lamps that would match?
Old Dec 30, 2000 | 11:07 PM
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Re: eh

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I like em better than stock, cmon shing where are you? help me here!
Hehe... i'm here. You know what... the longer I have these BVs the more I like them... There is definately more light output than PIAAs. I drive a lot of back roads and I am simply more comfortable now driving at night.

Here are some of my original posts and reviews of the Blue Vision

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....threadid=14364

and

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....threadid=12641

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Old Dec 30, 2000 | 11:09 PM
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Re: Blue's

Originally posted by sascuderi
I just had the Phlips Blue's in my 2000 I30 ($12.99 at my local K-mart for each), but took them out and put the stock bulbs back in! The Blues did give a whiter light, but didn't seem as bright as the stocks and did a poor job of lighting the road and signs. Anyone else not like them??

Is it worth it to get the PIAA's??
Picture tells a thousand words:

<img src="http://users.ev1.net/~shinglin/cars/maxima/bv/piaa_bv.jpg">

Piaas = $60, Blue Vision = $20, picture show no difference if you are going for looks.

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Old Dec 31, 2000 | 10:28 AM
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yea

i'm sticking with my BV's but for fogs im probably going to get the PIAA H3's, hopefully they match nicely
Old Dec 31, 2000 | 02:57 PM
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another good bulb

at least in 9006 on my teggy are the Wagner Brite Lites. It's barely tinted blue so that it doesn't give off the overall, "heylookatmei'maricerwantingattention" look.

Great thing about them are that they work...and they work good. The projector 9006's on 3rd Gen Integras aren't *that* great compared to other 9006 type housings. But with these bulbs, I'm getting a nice wide and relatively far beam pattern for just headlights. They don't look whiter than stock at all unless you compare it to a stock bulb.
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