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Which Xenon bulbs do you prefer?

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Old 10-23-02, 07:29 PM
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Default Which Xenon bulbs do you prefer?

As far as brightness/longevity for 4100K bulbs from PIAA, Polarg, Raybrig, Razo, American Auto Accessories, which brand/bulb is better?
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Those bulbs aren't real xenon or 4100k for that matter. I hate the damn advertising their doing. Could they be sued for false advertising?

As far as which one's better, I know PIAA's are expensive and sometimes have a poor life span. I know Razo's look damn good. Mumbles had a pair for his fogs.
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My vote would be for PIAAs and RAZOs. I had some RAZO Premium White Zeros in my clear fogs for a while, and I liked them. PIAAs are brighter than anything else I've seen, and still just 55W.

http://www.digitalsimple.com/RAZO%20...0Installed.htm


Others here have put them in their regular non-HID headlights and had good results - whitels in his RX.
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i am one of the lowly bastards that dont have standard HIDs. i had the RAZO's in and they looked exceptional when looking at the car. people couldnt believe that i dint have HIDs. i recently switched to the sylvania silverstars and although they dont look as good on the car, the light that they emit is much "whiter". ill take some pics here in a sec once my batteries in my cam are charged


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they are not hid bulbs at all, just superwhite. i would go with either piaa or razo, i have heard good words about them.

though for me, if i put something in the headlight it's either just stock ones or hid, no superwhite
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as promised, razo.........
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and the sylvania's..........

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my bad.......
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comparo, the razo is on the right (driver side)..........
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and a bad way to show it, couldnt find a good place to set it up. but if you notice the razo is a soft blue and the SS's are an intense white.........
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any real nice middle lights out there that would make a nice blue tint...one fella had some in his car...i know that sounds crazy...they looked hid as well..and they we not brights,
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I had the RAZO's - they look awesome for their price....and they last.
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Dr. Rick -- How much are the Razo's and what's the exact name of them?
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b, they were the razo premium whites i think and around 60 bucks for the pair. although i think it may be time to just step up and get some real HID's.
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i recently put RAZO in my car.. they are ... white.. either i'm used to see blue lights from my HIDs or they too white .. i'd probably would be the best match to stock HIDs... but then again i dont have stock HIDs .. my HIDs i put them myself..


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