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Old 01-10-2014, 02:51 PM
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I'm trying to color match the lights in the front of my car. All the lights were there when I bought it but there were no bulbs in the turn signal sockets. It's a 1995 Trans Am.

I first bought a 3157 Cool White bulb and threw it in

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Then I tried a blue 3157 but I think it's way too blue?

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Here's the lenses with no lights on

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Old 01-10-2014, 11:56 PM
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Stick with Amber bulb. Either LED or incandescent. Or a switchback White/Amber LED.

Avoid blue bulbs especially turn signals. That is highly illegal and will get you pulled over.
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^ what he said. If you want something to match your headlights, then find a switchback LED so you retain the amber flash. The white LED color would probably seem to match a little better if your side markers weren't tinted as well.
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Originally Posted by WS6_101
The white LED color would probably seem to match a little better if your side markers weren't tinted as well.
Bingo. Even though mine's an LS1 I think it still applies--my turns are not tinted and I used a white LED 3157 (HID headlights and fogs). I think everything matches pretty well; the only reason the fogs don't appear that way is the red they inherit from so deep in the bumper. In-person they all match very close, hard to capture with a camera.
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Those match the fogs perfect to me. I want to get the bls kit one day. Looks great



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