I bought Super Plasmas for the fog lights. Some one a while back said get the Plasma Wedge bulbs but they are advertising the 168 Wedge Xtreme Super White as being the closest to the HID's. I am confused help please!?!?!?

http://www.autobarn.net/xxx191series1.html

 

I got Xtreme White wedge bulbs and they are too blue, kind of cheap looking too. Xtreme White H4 and H3 do look nice though.

 

Trust Nikal! The Xtreme Super White wedge blulbs are too blue. They are a better match for the higher color temp HID's that come on the BMW's and Audi's.

 

So get the super plasmas then?

 

That's what I did. I had the Xtreme whites there and wasn't very fond of the blue look, so I put them in the doors and they look pretty nice (no cheap yellowish tint). The super plasmas are much whiter.

 

Just get the Eurolite (tuocan) white wedge bulbs. Cheaper than PIAA and have a nice white to them.

 

From where ? I'm getting ready to start replacing bulbs soon. Clearance and Fogs are first on the list, but i'm not interested in spending a lot of money just for light bulbs.

 

Two foggs and two wedge bulbs.

auto barn hang on I will post a link in a bit.

 

http://store.yahoo.com/rodi/xxxpiah3.html


H3 Super Plasma
Part Number: PIA15555
Bulb Type: H3
Wattage: 55w = 85w, 5000K
Technology: Super Plasma

http://store.yahoo.com/rodi/xxx191series1.html

168 Super Plasma
Part Number: PIA19170
Bulb Type: 168 Wedge
Wattage: 5w
Technology: Super Plasma
Location: Turn signals,
side marker lights,
and parking lights

 

I bought these plasma (based on this advice) and have to comment... these bulbs are purple! I expected white, no... I expected WHITE!!! and was very surprised to see they look purple, close to blue. I'll return them tomorrow.

If anyone has a suggestion for which bulbs are WHITE!!! please let me know. Thanks.

 

for fogs, super plasmas are the best match...ask anyone who's seen my car, nothing but compliments on the fogs.
as far as parking lights are concerned, i don't think we'll ever get a close match simply because those bulbs only put out 5 watts. theat's not enough power to draw out the "white" light that we want. extremes don't match at all, i have the plasmas and they are the closest, but i'm still not happy. only way i see it matching is getting stronger bulbs are running thicker wires and then you'll get a much brighter bulb and therefore create a better matching color.
pics of my car with super plasmas.

 

and the reason for plasmas being better is pure specifications on the bulb.

extreme whites light up at 4100K where as super plasmas light up at 5000k, therefore the plasmas light up closer to "white". but also, you get a slight hue of purple. i hardly notice it at all.
and a lot of people got the extreme whites simply because of the 55=110 over the plasmas 55=85. that doesnt' mean anything. all that means is that the beam pattern is more concentrated on a center point, creating a strong light poing and ONLY THE CENTER OF THAT POINT is 110 watts. the plasma is more spread out, with it's center maximizing at 85 watts. so at the end, it dont' mean that much.

 

i been thru 3 different type of bulb types & like polarg by far....i use polarg for my front parking light, front & rear turn signal, front & rear bumper, license plate light, & all bulbs inside my car

 

POLARG rules ALL..ive used piaa..piaa led.crap like that..but so far the polargs belong right in that little corner !

 

I have white LED's in there ....

 

the super plasma clearance lights look fine..as long as the HID's are off!

once you turn the HIDs on, they look yellowish. From far away you can't really tell but from 5-10 feet away it's noticable.

This is what I am going to do: Put the orange bulbs from my clear markers in the clearance light spot and put the super plasmas in the clear corners.
That would make the side markers illegal but oh well

 

that's pretty funny, i was just thinking that tonite...i'm doing it tomorow nite. looks like we're gonna start to like the orange look =)

 

where did you get white LEDs that fit? I think that's what I want. I just got PIAA super white and they're much "whiter" than the plasma ones.

thanks in advance for letting us know where you got the white LEDs and where I can get them.