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Feb 26, 2003 | 02:34 AM

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socalmmr

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G35 Coupe w/ K&N CAI

Re: Changing fog light bulbs

Just to add to the discussion. My Coupe came with the factory HID's & of course, the 9003 style Halogen bulb as the High / Fog. I recently, (around XMAS), replaced the 9003 bulbs with PIAA SuperPlasma GT's. I thought about it before I went with the PIAA's as it was about $100.00 (US) for the set of 2 bulbs, but the Super Plasma GT's were a fairly new bulb, newer than the regular Super Plasma's, so I decided to go for it, hoping the new bulb might be of a batter design. I have attached a pic of what they look like. They are MUCH brighter than the factory halogen for the High / Fog. The Super Plasma GT's have a bit of a purple / blue hue when in low or in our Coupe's implementation, "Fog light" mode, & a VERY bright 5000 K white light when in High beam, which in conjunction with the xenon's are REALLY throwing a lot of light. I am going on 3 months now with these bulbs in, & nothing has burned out, so, so far, so good on the 2 month PIAA burn outs that you hear often happens, & I have read this in other forums / posts as well. Ultimately we are preparing to enter March & I am still very pleased with how these bulbs look, especially in conjunction with the factory HID's, in both modes... Above is the photo I took of he PIAA's I installed....

Randy

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Feb 27, 2003 | 09:41 AM

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DallyCurtis

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Re: Changing fog light bulbs

Lets see some photos of your whole car now.. from different angles with the lights on during the day ...
YEAHHH buddayyyy

Later G

Feb 27, 2003 | 07:38 PM

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kkh713x

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Re: Changing fog light bulbs

Socal,

I decided to put the super Xtreme's...they weren't all that....I have a set of piaa ion yellow H4's coming. Is gonna look just like Luxman's car....

kkh713x
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Mar 8, 2003 | 10:33 PM

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zaid918

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Re: Changing fog light bulbs

how do u guys like the piaa ion yellow lights?

Mar 8, 2003 | 11:00 PM

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kkh713x

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Re: Changing fog light bulbs

Zaid,

I just put them on this afternoon..... I'm still getting use to them. Its too soon to formulate an opinion on them. I do initially like the contrast between the HID and the Ion Yellow. Seems like a lot of lights coming at you when I drive.....don't want my car too look like a UFO coming...... but we'll see how it goes.....

kkh713x
G35c 5AT/Ivory Pearl/Willow/20's/Htown
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Mar 9, 2003 | 04:15 AM

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zaid918

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Re: Changing fog light bulbs

heh.. yea.. know what you mean... I love the IS300 lights.. theyre so clean.. i mean.. YOU JUST KNOW taht its an IS300 when u see two yello wlights 50 feet away

May 18, 2003 | 10:47 PM

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Black_Mirror

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Re: Changing fog light bulbs

How much were the PIAA ion yellows? I was thinking of changing the clearance bulbs to amber and switching the fogs to yellow. What do you guys think that combo would look like?

May 19, 2003 | 07:58 AM

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kkh713x

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Re: Changing fog light bulbs

BlackM,

The yellow Ion Piaa's are gonna run you about $80-90 bucks a pair. They going to cost you a little more that the other series. Also, they only seem to come in 80w instead of the stock 55w, but I've been running them for 2 months now w/o a problem, so our wiring seems to be able to handle the extra wattage. Depending on the color of your car, if you have a darker car, such as DG, OB, etc.... I think the amber clearance and the amber side marker would look ok, but if you have a lighter car such as IP, BS, then I would go with the white clearance and a white sidemarker. Just my humble opinion though........ good luck.

kkh713x
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May 21, 2003 | 12:49 PM

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slinkyboi5

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Re: Changing fog light bulbs

Just bought 2 9003STs from my local AutoZone...$18 each...and I found a $10 rebate on the Sylvania site...it's good until June 30, 2003....
Here is a link:
http://www.sylvania.com/auto/pdfs/coupon.pdf