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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 10:17 PM
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Angry Can't Match My Bulbs!

So I've been looking for bulbs in my clear corners that match with the 6000K ultinons in my projectors, but havent found a solution.

I tried the PIAA LEDs from my license plate lights which are an xtreme white (?), and those didn't match. Then I went ahead

and bought the LEDs but in 'blue/white' color, and they were WAYYYYYY too blue, almost like 10000K bulbs

I also searched for pics of ultinons but the majority had the stock amber bulb in their corners.... Any suggestions along with pics please?
 
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 10:23 PM
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Its impossible to match halogen/incandescant to HID perfectly, their spectrums are just too different. Stick to amber, or just don't run any bulbs in them like me
 
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by redlude97
Its impossible to match halogen/incandescant to HID perfectly, their spectrums are just too different. Stick to amber, or just don't run any bulbs in them like me
Yeah I think I might just take out the bulbs... and the only problem with the ambers is that I have black 4-bar overlays

on my corners, so the mix of amber+black might look weird.
 
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by M.I.A. BlazinVQ
Yeah I think I might just take out the bulbs... and the only problem with the ambers is that I have black 4-bar overlays

on my corners, so the mix of amber+black might look weird.
I don't understand though, how is white+black any better?
 
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by redlude97
I don't understand though, how is white+black any better?
Its not like you can see the black anyway, just the light shining through four bars. Remember, my car is black.
 

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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 10:32 PM
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by M.I.A. BlazinVQ
Its not like you can see the black anyway, just the light shining through four bars. Remember, my car is black.
I think you are proving my point, how do the overlays effect the color of the light coming through them, whether its amber or white
 
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by redlude97
I think you are proving my point, how do the overlays effect the color of the light coming through them, whether its amber or white
For some reason you can notice the amber and the black, but you can't notice the black when white light is shining through.

Either way arguing isn't going to fix my problem so I'll just pop out the bulbs.
 
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 10:49 PM
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Oh and just for the hell of it (might as well try), if anyone has ultinons along with clears that emit a white light please chime in
 
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Old Dec 5, 2007 | 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by M.I.A. BlazinVQ
Oh and just for the hell of it (might as well try), if anyone has ultinons along with clears that emit a white light please chime in
i'm running stock bulbs in my projectors but just finished putting 4" white ccfl's in the corners






 
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Old Dec 5, 2007 | 01:40 AM
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color matching/ white lights in side markers FTL
 
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Old Dec 5, 2007 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by DrewTheSuit
i'm running stock bulbs in my projectors but just finished putting 4" white ccfl's in the corners






What type of bulbs do you have in the clear corners? Your tagline says PIAA LED everywhere...are you happy with your PIAA bulbs? Do they match the HID's?
 
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Old Dec 5, 2007 | 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by bsimas
What type of bulbs do you have in the clear corners? Your tagline says PIAA LED everywhere...are you happy with your PIAA bulbs? Do they match the HID's?
He is using CCFL tubes...just as he said so in his post...
 

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