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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 04:54 PM
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Ok, so I've seen various questions asked regarding these parking lights, but not the following...

Anyway, I used to have some blue LED lights for my parking lights (from SuperBrightLEDs.com) and, well, heard about the heat causing them to fail. So I took them out and went to Wal-Mart and bought what they claimed were blue... I guess halogen... small 194 lights. Turns out they were practically green.

So, I know there has to be someone on here that has blue, NON-LED 194 bulbs in their parking lights that do infact glow BLUE, not green. So I just want to know where you got them.

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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 05:28 PM
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I got some at pepboys and autozone...
Old Jul 2, 2006 | 06:23 PM
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^^ same
Old Jul 2, 2006 | 06:37 PM
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u can get one from
www.nopionline.com
PIAA 168 Wedge Super Plasma Blue Twin Pack
its about $10, and shipping cost about $10.. total $20
but, I don't find it bright enough,
it gives like darkblue-purple feel.
u can't see it when its day time, even when it got darker,
u can see it when is dark... or right before it gets really dark.. but by the time... u need to turn the headlight on , so blue parking light is useless to me.
it looks good though.
Old Jul 2, 2006 | 07:11 PM
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i got some from pepboys. though they arent LED's, they blue actually came out a funky teal. i say if you want blue in your headlights, get the single LEDS, thats what i have been using for 2 months and have no problems =].
Old Jul 2, 2006 | 09:43 PM
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yeah.. i remember those wal-mart bulbs... it was a yucky green.

Polarg is a brand i know that makes some nice blue non-LED bulbs.. some of them glow a nice white, but i think they do have one that had a blue color to it too, I think.

LED bulbs do work, but you would have to find one that can withstand the heat. Varad makes some that i've heard no problems with, and some other companies too (i think PIAA, also)
Old Jul 2, 2006 | 09:55 PM
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www.cardomain.com
varad 194 bulbs, been running them for little over 6 months with no problems
Old Jul 2, 2006 | 10:40 PM
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Wow, $10 a light from Varad? Well, I guess quality ain't cheap...
Old Jul 2, 2006 | 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by all4degame
www.cardomain.com
varad 194 bulbs, been running them for little over 6 months with no problems
NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO.... dont tell everyone the secret,,,
Old Jul 3, 2006 | 12:22 AM
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If you guys want pics, i'll go take some and post em up
Old Jul 3, 2006 | 01:48 AM
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yes pictures please
Old Jul 3, 2006 | 02:17 AM
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I picked mine up at AutoZone for $2.99. Here's a pic (they are green)...

Blazer Xtreme Lights. Had them in for over a year, ZERO problems! And NO!!! I don't drive with just the parking lights on!
Old Jul 3, 2006 | 03:26 AM
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Varad 194 3LED

PIAA Extreme White


Both from www.cardomain.com, expensive little bulbs but well worth it.
Old Jul 3, 2006 | 06:55 AM
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i have luminic 9006 bulbs and i was wondering what daytime running light bulbs would match the color
Old Jul 3, 2006 | 04:31 PM
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Just get some blue or w hite varads from cardomain. They will work
Old Jul 4, 2006 | 02:07 AM
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i got the parking lights your asking about, not leds heres a pic.... the light up blue
Old Jul 4, 2006 | 02:07 AM
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i got the parking lights your asking about, not leds heres a pic.... they light up blue
Old Jul 4, 2006 | 05:41 AM
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just get the LED's... superbrightleds.com they are nice and when they do go out whats another 3 bucks to replace them?...

Old Jul 4, 2006 | 03:01 PM
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Why not get the varads that last longer and save yourself the trouble? The super bright LEDs die within a 3-5 month span, I went through two sets of them in 6 months
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