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Aug 7, 2010 | 06:14 PM

montreal ponies

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Fog lights bulb change.

I'm looking into changing the fog light bulbs to something which will better match the HID's on my car. I need something whiter, the OEM are to yellow'ishhh. Anybody as any brand they have tried on their cars.

Aug 7, 2010 | 06:17 PM

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Plan to use your fog lights a lot?

Aug 7, 2010 | 06:19 PM

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Plan to use your fog lights a lot?

I have them on at all times, mandatory here with DRL's. Since i have HID's, the fog lights come on as soon as the ignition is on.

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Aug 7, 2010 | 11:09 PM

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I'd go with an amber bulb, if that's legal in Canadia, but that's just me...

Aug 8, 2010 | 06:48 AM

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I'd go with an amber bulb, if that's legal in Canadia, but that's just me...

Aug 8, 2010 | 08:08 AM

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in Canadia

Sorry, don't know what country you're referring to ! but anyways, thx for your input.

I've seen Sylverstar by Sylvania, don't know if that would be close to HID's, or at least whiter.

Aug 8, 2010 | 11:09 AM

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Lol yeah the Silverstars Ultras are pretty much pure white. Their output is around 4100k, which is very similar to the HIDs.

Aug 8, 2010 | 01:16 PM

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The Reason I agreed with the Yellower lights in the Fogs was even the Silver Star Ultras were still more yellow than the 4300K HID bulbs in My Mazda 3.
So if you went Yellower, IMO I think it would look good
http://www.racinglab.com/nohyyeprohal12.html

Aug 8, 2010 | 01:24 PM

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im thinking 6300 range to get close to HID's i have that color range on my bike and its pretty close

Aug 8, 2010 | 01:26 PM

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True, but they're pretty close for halogen. I just like the contasting amber look...

Aug 8, 2010 | 03:39 PM

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Hoen Xenonmatch bulbs. Match VERY close to a stock 4300k HID color, and don't seem to burn out as much as Silverstar's (I've had nothing but problems with them personally).

Aug 8, 2010 | 03:52 PM

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Hoen Xenonmatch bulbs. Match VERY close to a stock 4300k HID color, and don't seem to burn out as much as Silverstar's (I've had nothing but problems with them personally).

i completely agree, i was using silverstar's and they would burn out at LEAST every 2-3 months and theyre like $20-30 a pop.... not worth it in my mind

Aug 8, 2010 | 06:40 PM

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Hoen Xenonmatch bulbs. Match VERY close to a stock 4300k HID color, and don't seem to burn out as much as Silverstar's (I've had nothing but problems with them personally).

Went to check out their site and came up with these H10 replacement fog light bulbs. Sent them an e-mail. Looks like you cannot buy directly from them. http://www.hoen-usa.com/guide2.htm

Aug 8, 2010 | 07:07 PM

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Went to check out their site and came up with these H10 replacement fog light bulbs. Sent them an e-mail. Looks like you cannot buy directly from them. http://www.hoen-usa.com/guide2.htm

I've ordered them through 2co which is the linked site in their product page, no problems with them. I sold them to another Speed6 owner when I went HID fogs and don't have any pics of them.