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Old 11-05-2002, 01:34 PM   #1
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Default NEED HID looking fog and high beam bulbs to match

my Hella H7 purple (whitish/blue) HIDs. The other lights including the parking side markers (perfect clears) look like junk IMO. I need the following:

amber side marker bulbs
whitish/blue fog bulbs in 55w to match headlights (close as possible color match wise)
And hopefully high beams in a whitish/blue to also match.
Is it even possible to replace my DRLS with blueish bulbs as well????? I have the WRC headlights pictured in the link below.

http://www.vividracing.com/prod_extlight.php

Many many thanks in advance. the car looks odd with multiple color lights.
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Old 11-05-2002, 02:22 PM   #2
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Good luck its hard as hell trying to match the high and fogs to real HID.

As far as the amber bulbs Walmart Autozone Shucks Pep Boys are your friend they sell amber bulbs for 2-5 dollars
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Old 11-05-2002, 02:29 PM   #3
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Default ok, so I have the sides taken care of

the fogs and highs are up next on the list. What wattage are they? I believe fogs are 55 but I don't know what the high beams are.

There are a ton of blue/white bulbs on teh market for direct drop in but I don't have easy access to try out a bunch to see which color matches. I guess I could buy a bunch and then return the other ones and neglect to mention that they are used there must be another way though. Anyone out there find some fogs that match anywhere close?
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Old 11-05-2002, 03:20 PM   #4
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without HID fogs, you wont match them, no matter what you try....try doing a search, people have asked about this before....the fog housing is to large to focus the "color" of the bulb, the light dispersed is to great, therefore, no matter the color of the bulb, you wont get the right output...even my hella yellowstars look blueish instead of yellow.....but that is what i did, just give up on color matching and go for contrast, ie YELLOW bulbs...good luck though...if you want hid fogs, i think TaiChi used to be able to get them...
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Old 11-05-2002, 03:29 PM   #5
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PIAA Plasma H3's look similar to the purplish hid's. hope that helps
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Old 11-05-2002, 03:44 PM   #6
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You should definetely get only PIAAs for you fogs. I've tried two different hyperwhite bulbs in my fogs and it always comes out yellow...i've heard it has something to do with how our lights reflect the bulb.....

....but with PIAAs it'll turn out hyperwhitish..depending on which type you get..my friend had some and it was nice.
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Old 11-05-2002, 06:01 PM   #7
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I think sylvania bulbs are better then the PIAA's according to most places. There was even a thread about that recently....
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Old 11-05-2002, 08:59 PM   #8
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I think sylvania bulbs are better then the PIAA's according to most places. There was even a thread about that recently....
i think they were referring to H4 and 9007 headlights. Not the H3 foglights. I have both hyperwhites in my headslights and fogs, the fogs look stock yello'.
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Old 11-07-2002, 05:14 PM   #9
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Default Thank you guys for the input.....

I'm going to track down some PIAA lights locally and give them a try in the fog housing.

My other question is this:
When I turn on my headlights there is a tiny littly white blub in my high beam housing that turns on. Kind of like the size of the side marker bulbs. They don't come on as DRLS though, just my HIDs do (I'm going to pull the relay tonight). Any thoughts on what they are, or if I should pull them out. Maybe replacing them with a red bulb would be fun to give a bit of the BMW hallow effect.
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