DrewFree

So i ordered some 6000k leds for my corner lights and the same for the side marker (they didnt fit so theyre not in the picture same color though)

I kind of thought they would be a little more yellow than they came
( shouldve known from experience)

So here is my dilema




Pretty Fugly looking

So im looking to match with the corner light and im not looking to install HIDs (because i dont want to)

So has anyone had any luck with these LED headlight conversion products on the market ..
How do they look
How well do they work with our housings
Whats the light output like ( is it better than stock)
Hows the quality(which manufacturer makes the best)
Pictures would be greatly appreciated

Ive looked around on the org and couldnt find anyone messing with LED headlights ...not any 4th gen threads atleast

So please all experience in the matter is appreciated

lux97Max

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What light theme look are you going for? To match that 6k color temp for the headlights. Your going to have to go with h.i.d. Unless you can find some riced out blue bulbs. But dont go that route heres a pic of my old maxima with similar set up, all lights matched up perfectly. As far as light output it was great in normal weather conditions , but in rainy weather it sucked, stock was better in overall conditions.

Prophecy99

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ditch the corner light that dosent fit with anything else in your theme, and then match that to the remaining, done,

PIAA, automotive LED's, you will find something close,

other option is start from scratch and replace all bulbs with similar brands/colors... nothing typically is perfect, u have housings that may have same exact bulbs that dont look similar, and dont forget photos make it look worse some time.

Prophecy99

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your headlights and fogs are close, id say try to match them, if u wanna upgrade them, then pick a theme and go with it, dont start your theme off a corner light IMO

DrewFree

Yea i was thinking the corner light was too "blue" ( cops love busting chops about that around here)

So which temperature led
Or which bulbs
Will match the headlight and fog light which are just stock halogens

The bulbs that were in the corner were "yellow" like the side marker ..(im sure we all already knew that from experience though) and thats what i want gone

Prophecy99

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ok well yeah ditch the tacky blue, and if you are matching stock, that may be easy jsut stick with same brand, id say upgrade to PIAA xtreme white , or sylvania ultra silverstar, and go from there, piece by piece, again rememeber it is almost impossible to get these things perfect.

id do some reasearch on color temps and what not so u understand it better before u go buying.
heres a start its called Kelvin Color Temperature



id vote for clear bright white (3600k-4500k)

DrewFree

Thanks prophecy waiting on my delivery to come
I ordered:
Sylvania silverstar 194 bulbs
Sylvania silverstar 1157 bulbs
Sylvania silverstar ultra 9004 bulbs
And i ordered some blue chameleon vinyl tint for the foglights to see how it looks

Will update with pics when completed

Note: to anyone buying 9004 sylvania siverstar ultras
Walmart.com sells the two pack for about $33 and everywhere else sells them for about $54. So if youre going to get them order them directly from walmart.com and save 20 bucks
( walmart in store is much more expensive ..$33 is the online price)

Prophecy99

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glad u got "ULTRA" for the 9004's because that is a biggg difference in the sylvania line. nice =)

i found them decent price on amazon and ebay as well.

look forward to pics

lux97Max

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I have exact set up but your going to have to tweak driver side corner light socket, to get it to illuminate bright. Your 194's silver stars arent going to match to good, they will be to dim. Your going to need brighter 194's. To make it look good. Ill take pics later of my car to show what you need to tweak and what 194s you need.

DrewFree

Yea i can never buy something without "googling" it for about 3 hours
Its a curse
But i did definitely see the difference (thanks for the suggestion)

Order wont be in for another week, only downfall to online purchases lol
But pics will be up

Awesome definitely put those pics up
And let me know about the tweak, the less i have to take the corner lights out the better , theyre a B**** to get out

DrewFree

Well the lights are in thanks for the suggestion on the headlights theyre amazing.





Im really happy with the way the cornerlights came out after doing the mod.
Headlights are bright and color is great
But there is still that fugly side marker light (in these pictures its the sylvania silverstar 194 bulb) its a little whiter than stock but still nothing to be happy about.


So if anyone has a suggestion on a 194 thats a more crisp white light like the corner lights let me know .
Im hoping to find something with a little better light 'radius' i guess youd say i dont like how you can clearly see the light mainly just around the bulb
(Probably because theres not good reflection on these clear sidemarkers)

Side note: i tried the blue chameleon tint i was talking about on my foglights, it looked awful so i ripped it off before even thinking of taking pictures

Thanks everyone for the help

lux97Max

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These bulbs are sadly no more offered in stores, but i might have some in stock.

Prophecy99

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looks amazing, and those ultras wow ! also what is the corner light mod u speak of?

also i know u are matching, but with some cops and areas around us (tri state area) u may get trouble not illuminating orange . simply put turn signals should blink orange.
for my car i got chrome covered bulbs that blink amber for my turn signals in the headlights (one piece on 5th gen)
clear is way better than blue tho (less obvious)

and i also got amber bulbs front and red bulbs in my clear side markers just to be safe with local laws and not have any obvious reasons to get pulled over.


blah blah blah, looks great tho!

DrewFree

Thank you thank you ..
I found the writeup in th 4th gen how-to's its titled "how to make clearance lights brighter(95-96)" dont know why it says 95-96( maybe less light output from corners on 95 and 96) but clearly worked amazing on my 99... You just cut off the higher nub( closer to glass on the metal)of the 1157 and use elctrical tape around the cut nub only. Then slip the lower nub in the higher nubs spot . pretty cool , glad someone had the idea to try it .

And of course, when i first cleared out my tail lights (using fluorescent light covers cut to fit) i had put chrome domes in because i didnt like being able to see the ugly orange bulb so clearly , but the light output was awful and actually just switched them back yesterday. (Its a toss up between style and not getting rear ended , very tough decision. lol thats not sarcasm)
I dont mind the orange in the front though, the only way you really see them is if you bend down to look

I see what youre saying though 'legally' in nj i believe you need to have some type of reflective amber on the front of your vehicle
Rules rules rules
Have to hang my airfreshners on the back 'oh-****' bars because hanging from the rearview is an obstruction of view.

Prophecy99

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true true! ! hahaha !!

post a pic of your output from the drivers pov if you can !

theWalkinator

I bought a set of this led bulb and they are working fine:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-120W-1200...1XmHBW&vxp=mtr