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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 03:09 AM
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I know you guys are probably so sick of threads like this, but I have been searching here, contacting people left and right, and since everything I hear is a contridiction to everything else, I turn to SL as a whole. Now bear in mind that I am a typical girl and know NOTHING about this stuff
These are the projectors I have:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...e=STRK:MEWN:IT

I was told these are the lights I need:
High Beam: H1
Low Beam: 9006
Turn Signals: 1157.

My first plan was to buy the Pure Blue Luminics for the high and low beam, and blue LED's for the turn signals. Is this a good idea? I would like lights that have a faint bluish tint to them. I don't want anything overbearing, and I don't want to get pulled over every other day, so drastic blue is not an option. Alot of people told me not to go with Luminics, that I should go with Silverstars, so I looked into them. They seemed okay, I found them on eBay. Here is the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...e=STRK:MEWN:IT
Then after searching about these lights here, I found that the model above were the equivalent to the stock bulbs. At this point I'm really confused and don't know what the best choices are for me. You guys have helped me in the past, so I'm sure you'll come through again.
Any help is greatly appreciated guys!!
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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Well I can tell you that from using the Pure Blue Luminics bulbs they are WAAAY blue. I mean to the point that I couldn't see anything it was such a dim blue. I love luminics though because of the warranty. I dont know about the sylvania silverstars but I put some PIAA bulbs in mine and I love em. They were kinda pricey $70 bucks but they are nice true white color and super bright. I am actually thinking of going with something different maybe the luminics titanium or similar.
Old Jul 20, 2006 | 03:28 PM
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Also with the Superbrightleds.com 1157 led blinker in hyperwhite ends up looking purple in color compared to the pure blue luminics bulbs. I would recommend going with an orange led or finding something more white/blue than purple.
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Yea, I don't want a blue that is going to get me pulled over?! I'm having a very hard time finding bulbs. I've had my projectors sitting around my house for over 2 weeks now. I really need to find bulbs, so I can have them installed. Where can I find the PIAA bulbs? Also, are the bulb sizes I mentioned above correct?
What do you guys think about the white Luminics bulbs? How are they for the low and high beams?
Old Jul 23, 2006 | 07:06 PM
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Well I liked my luminics bulbs in the H4 stock housing but it was more blue than I wanted. The PIAA bulbs could probably be found on tirerack.com or there might be a better scionlife price in the sponsored sales. Yea those listed bulb types are correct and for the white lumincs I have actually never seen them. Hey if your interested I'd sell ya my PIAAs if you were interested just PM for details.
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Well I liked my luminics bulbs in the H4 stock housing but it was more blue than I wanted. The PIAA bulbs could probably be found on tirerack.com or there might be a better scionlife price in the sponsored sales. Yea those listed bulb types are correct and for the white lumincs I have actually never seen them. Hey if your interested I'd sell ya my PIAAs if you were interested just PM for details.
Yea, I'd like to have the PIAAs, but there expensive. Do you know of any other bulbs that have a small tint of blue to them? I really need to order bulbs, and I just have no clue which ones to get!?
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 11:58 PM
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i would like to buy your stock headlights if you still got them
Old Jul 25, 2006 | 04:55 AM
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Hey Witelite, I can send you my stock headlights for $120 they are already cleared. Paragon, I can sell you my piaa bulbs to see if you like them. I could do like 1/2 price and sell for like 45.
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SmokingTires, do they work perfectly?
Old Jul 25, 2006 | 02:17 PM
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Oh yea they are pratically brand new
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For these projectors what bulbs would be the best? I would like bulbs with a real small tint of blue, but with a good amount of brightness. At first I was looking at Luminics, then Silverstars, and now I'm considering PIAA, but I've heard horror stories about all of them. I found a really good deal on the Silverstar turn signal bulbs, so I already bought those, now I just need a high and low beam. Can you guys give opinions on what bulbs will work best with those projectors? And be specific, which bulb for the high beam? Which for the low beam?
Old Jul 26, 2006 | 05:30 AM
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Me and Max have the same headlights that you got, I believe we both bought silverstars for both the dims and the signals. You won't get a blue tint like your looking for though if you use silverstars. I didn't even bother changing the bulb in the brights because I didn't think there was a need, they are rarely used and probably bright enough with the bulbs that come with them.
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 03:30 AM
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Yea, I just went ahead and bought Silverstars for the highs, lows, and the signals. I'm just waiting for them to get here.
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Cool, lemme know how they work out
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