What are the best choices in replacing my oem bulbs with a good high performace yellow foglamp bulb? Also, what would be the best to use in my headlamps for a better high output bulb? Thanks.....Gary

 

I'm using narva rally gold 85w bulbs from suvlights.com for my fogs. They offer nice contrast to my 6000k HIDs. Here's a couple of pictures.

 

how long have you had the narva rally golds and how much do you use them? have you melted and harnesses since those are 85w? cuz im thinking of getting me a pair of those.

 

narva is the best ..i had them too..i finally blew one out after nine months..(i use them everytime i drive, day and night, cause i have the rewired fogs). awesome bulb. u cant burn the harness becasue its metal.. when i looked at mine.. the wire started to burn a little bit..but after 9 months that should be expected.

only concern is cracking the glass.. but you ok cause u have a 95-96.. those fogs are thicker and bigger.= more surface area to displace heat.. mine never cracked..

most people who report cracked lenses have 97-99 fogs..

 

PIAA makes a kick *** bulb also, nicest i have seen

 

piaa ion yellow bulb is pretty weak.. it has a nice yellow fom very few angles.. most of the times, its purple, and white..this is here-say from what i have heard from others..

 

its just "here-say"..

 

Here is the story on the PIAA- Looking at the BULB, they look pale yellow. Looking at the LIGHT that the emit, it is a dark yellow.

First-hand knowlege.

 

What is the wattage of the PIAA ones?

 

As I said in another thread recently, I am abandoning the Narvas after cracking both my fogs (98 Max). They definitely are a little sketchy in terms of frying the harness, but cracking lenses is a bigger concern. If I didn't crack lenses I would keep using them.

I am going to try the Catz 55w bulbs in my new foglights. I've gotten PM's from people with a whole variety of solutions. I am going to try and bake the lenses off the fogs...if I can do that then I can install the Lexus capsules or the other yellow globes ...that would be nice!

The PIAAs are garbage...very ricey. They are yellow from a very few angles and white from the rest...and have that ricer "change colors as you drive by" thing going on bigtime. I had these $50 bulbs in my car for about a week before I took them out. They're a major ripoff.

 

What do the Catz ones look like and where do you get them from?

 

endus, did your fog lenses crack as a result of a lot of water splashing onto them? There's no problem with the glass getting really hot per se; glass only cracks when it undergoes rapid temperature change (such as lots of cold rainwater on a hot lens).

I was planning on putting some of this glass-protecting film on the exterior of my fog lenses anyway, to prevent rock chips (I am in need of a new passenger-side fog lens anyway because of a prior rock chip) and I wonder if it would help with temperature-related cracking as well. The water would not be directly contacting the glass so it would be much less likely to crack. That's my hypothesis.

See this page for how the stuff is applied to foglights. Pretty heavy duty stuff. Only question is, can the film itself withstand the extreme heat put out by the 85W Narvas?

 

No idea what they look like, they could completely suck. I got the link from searching on here, and figured I might as well give them a shot since the 55w Phillips from SUVLights are supposed to suck. I think I got the Catz from...

http://www.redline-extreme.com/

I will post pics and/or impressions when I get them installed.

 

Well, Max Noob PMed me with the same idea. I beleive that my fogs did crack from water splashing on them. The only thing I wonder, though, is whether or not the film might exacerbate the problem by trapping even more heat in the foglight. Even if it did the film might still prevent cracking...but who knows...?

My other problem with the film idea is that I'm not sure I like the look of yellow film on the fogs. I think someone else did it in the past and it looked a little odd. I'm not positive though. I also wonder whether it's better to have the film take the abuse of rocks and stuff, or if the glass is more resiliant. With all the heat involved, I'm not sure how realistic getting the film off the fogs would be...again...who knows until someone tries it.

 

I disagree regarding the PIAA lights. Thy look like @$$ when you look AT them, but what I care about it the light that they emit, and it is fine, as far as I can tell.

Regarding yellow film for the lenses, where can this be purchased?

 

The film I was talking about is not yellow, it's clear.

www.xpel.com

It's true, the film is thick and would probably make the inside of the fog hotter, meaning increased chance of burning wires. Probably not a big difference, thought. Worth it I think.

 

the idea about the film protecting the lense from cracking i think is false. with all that heat emitting from the bulb, the shock from cold water is still going to crack it. i dont think itll do any protection at all. only from rock chips. but you can go ahead and try it. i maybe wrong but i think it makes sense.

 

Take another look at the "film". It's really THICK stuff (judging by the photo, I've never seen it) and that's why I think it will prevent the glass from cracking. Any significant amount of water that splashes up onto the fog from the road will only be there a split second because of wind and gravity. With bare glass, that can be enough to crack it, but I think this thick layer will slow down the heat transfer enough to prevent cracking in almost any situation. By the time the "coldness" of the water gets through the film, most of the water will be gone (much of it steaming off, LOL) and the heat from the bulb will already be warming up the film again.

 

^^^ I think you might be right...it will be interesting to see if it works. If it doesn't increase the heat staying in the light too much it def might provide enough of a buffer to prevent cracking. It will be tough to determine if it's really working though...maybe I should try it...hmmm...we'll see how yellow the Catz are...

 

I've got the same set up that cf13 has. Haven't had any problems with the bulbs and the output of light. On my website, I have the output of the light that these Rally golds put out. I would recommend getting these things but when installing them make sure that you have some silicone compound and maybe even upgrading the wire to 14 or 16 gauge to prevent blow outs.

 

i put yellow film on yesterday..LAMIN-X film....the look is awesome. ill get some pictures up soon..

 

yeah, I want to see, Max Noob.
Please get some pics.

 

interested in pictures too

 

I don't want to see the pictures...please don't post them.

 

ahha.why endus..scared your gonna want to do it too?..

 

I love my Yellow PIAA fogs (H-3 55w=85W Xtra Ion crystal bulbs, PIAA P/N 13555).

I've had them in for 15 months, no problems. They really work well in wet weather, and light up the roadsides. They almost seem like an extra set of low headights, and fill in dark gaps that the stock headlights produce. The have saved my front
end by spotting a deer on the side, giving me enough time to slow and avoid hitting the deer.

Oncoming cars on 2-lane roads hate them though. I get flashed fairly often. Screw-em!

 

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Bgohan, how much did those two bulbs run you?

 

link to pics with lamin-x yellow film..

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=310070

or my homepage, page 6

 

bumpity bump...........