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Old 02-09-09, 12:42 AM
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Sup guys,
first of all i have a 2001 platinum series es300 and i was thinking of changing the fog light bulbs to yellow ones. can anyone recommend a good bulb with the wattage and where i can buy, and if possible price? im looking for non-hid but hid is ok too
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Old 02-09-09, 12:54 AM
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for HId...DDM tuning 35 W slim HID ballast kit
I have the 55 W kit for my low beam, but 55W is def. too hot for the fog housing to handle.
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do you use your fogs often?
any pics?
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Here is a pic. This was during the pre-burn-in stage though, which means that the fogs were relatively new (less than 1 hour) so it didn't get to its true color yet. I found that it needed at least 2 hours to burn into its true color. Its much darker now but I've replaced my fogs with projector fogs at the moment. Currently checking to see if I should retrofit HIDs in there again though

The fogs are DDM and the low beams are mobileHID. I use my fogs every single night

6000k low, 3000k fogs
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alright thanks man^^

any other suggestions??
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On my 02 ES I put in PIAA Ion Crystal bulbs. Your current bulb configuration is a 55w H3. You can get the H3 Ion Crystals for about $30 each or even cheaper on eBay. In the ES they gave off a nice yellow color. They do not do so well in the 9006 format for my GS.


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Originally Posted by steviej
On my 02 ES I put in PIAA Ion Crystal bulbs. Your current bulb configuration is a 55w H3. You can get the H3 Ion Crystals for about $30 each or even cheaper on eBay. In the ES they gave off a nice yellow color. They do not do so well in the 9006 format for my GS.


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kinda noob at this
so the ones you have are hid? cause im mainly looking for non hid. if its non hid then im pretty sure ill get the piaas...thanks steviej
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Originally Posted by VIP_ES300
kinda noob at this
so the ones you have are hid? cause im mainly looking for non hid. if its non hid then im pretty sure ill get the piaas...thanks steviej
Those aren't HID
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Originally Posted by VIP_ES300
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so the ones you have are hid? cause im mainly looking for non hid. if its non hid then im pretty sure ill get the piaas...thanks steviej
The foglights on my 02 ES300 were NOT high intensity discharge. They were just regular halogen bulbs. The H3 bulb format is not HID so the PIAA Ion Crystal bulb is what you are looking for.

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kk thanks for your input guys ill be oredering this soon!
thanks!
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