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Old 03-17-08 | 10:49 AM
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I changed my bumper lights to the clear upgrade. First went with the stock yellow bulbs but they did not match my fogs nor my 8K hids or anything else for that matter. Next went the blue route. Got a set of blue glass bulbs from Auto Zone to match my 8K hids. Not... Now I am stuck. I want the bumper lights to match the hids but they look more greenish/teal than blue. I will post pics tonight but I need some help. If anyone can either verify they look whack or point me in the right direction I'd be thankful. Will have pics posted my 8pm CST I gave it a day/night to see if the burn in would produce a deeper blue light but still unsure as of now.
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Since its almost next to impossible to "properly" match your clear corners to your HIDS OR your fogs, I vote for "deleted" clear corners. I'm gonna do this when I repaint and remold my front bumper with TTE lip. Much cleaner.
Old 03-17-08 | 11:22 AM
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Yeah I figured that. Gonna just sit back and hopefully they burn in bluer.
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PIAA Ion Yellow match the yellow fogs perfectly





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Old 03-17-08 | 11:58 AM
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LED wedge bulbs #194 will match the color of your HID's perfectly.
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LED wedge bulbs #194 will match the color of your HID's perfectly.
Which brand? I have 194 wedges in there now (Pep Boys brand)and the color is off.
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If they're coated with a blue "tint", 100% of the time they're fake. Check out the search engine, and type "Tinted lights" and read up on it. There are a lot of ways to check for fakes when purchasing lights.

www.superbrightLEDs.com

check that web site out as well!
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Here are the pics but in the pictures they almost match. Wierd how the human eye works huh.
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Originally Posted by PushinLEX
Since its almost next to impossible to "properly" match your clear corners to your HIDS OR your fogs, I vote for "deleted" clear corners. I'm gonna do this when I repaint and remold my front bumper with TTE lip. Much cleaner.
w/the delete button there
where u gonna repaint/remold?
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i like them yellow.
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Stock yellows are best (quality and appearance) IMO.
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im running clear corners and amber LED's looks OE, but durring the day its clear cause you cant tell what color the LED is cause its clear, at night, looks like a laser pointer pointing from the sides of the car on to cars next to me, so i guess it would be semi oe and semi not, but i think the rule in cali is that either amber reflectors with clear light, or clear reflector with amber lights, i read that some where but looked for it and could not find it though....
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I'm thinking about getting the yellow to match the fogs, that looks nice ...
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[QUOTE=oohpapi44;3366542]PIAA Ion Yellow match the yellow fogs perfectly
Thanks man. Gonna get some today. Any idea as to what blue ones match???
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[QUOTE=Chris2;3368986]
Originally Posted by oohpapi44
PIAA Ion Yellow match the yellow fogs perfectly
Thanks man. Gonna get some today. Any idea as to what blue ones match???
lol, they match a traffic ticket up here :~D You'll get pulled over pretty quickly running those blue lights up here.


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