blue/white bulbs?
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blue/white bulbs? Anybody ever go and buy some super white or blue bulbs instead of going hid? Was wondering about doing this for the gxp. Want to do full fog, low beam and high beam.
If you have, which kind did you get?
If you have, which kind did you get?
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I use Sylvania Silverstar ZXE. They are super white and super bright, about as close as you can get to HID without actually getting HIDs. I would definitely recommend them as an alternative. They've been on the car now for about 4 months now and haven't had any issues.
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I use Sylvania Silverstar ZXE. They are super white and super bright, about as close as you can get to HID without actually getting HIDs. I would definitely recommend them as an alternative. They've been on the car now for about 4 months now and haven't had any issues.
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This is probably true. I think I paid around $50 for two of the ZXEs. And then take into consideration that they will need to be replaced probably once a year. I personally refuse to go HID without the proper fixture for them. It really angers me when I get blinded by people using the wrong fixtures with HIDs.
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Ya I think that's why I'm steering away from HIDS at the moment, because I don't know how to fully install them with the relay and fitting them into the housing and such. If somebody gets a write-up goin sometime soon I may actually do HIDS instead. The other thing with HIDS is people say you cant have daytime runners on with them but in Canada you have to have daytimes.
Also is it worth it to get highbeams for HIDs? With the bulbs (If I chose that route) I wanna do lows/highs/fogs of the same colour. Can you get those Sylvertsar's in each of the sizes you need?
Also is it worth it to get highbeams for HIDs? With the bulbs (If I chose that route) I wanna do lows/highs/fogs of the same colour. Can you get those Sylvertsar's in each of the sizes you need?
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Ya I think that's why I'm steering away from HIDS at the moment, because I don't know how to fully install them with the relay and fitting them into the housing and such. If somebody gets a write-up goin sometime soon I may actually do HIDS instead. The other thing with HIDS is people say you cant have daytime runners on with them but in Canada you have to have daytimes.
Also is it worth it to get highbeams for HIDs? With the bulbs (If I chose that route) I wanna do lows/highs/fogs of the same colour. Can you get those Sylvertsar's in each of the sizes you need?
Also is it worth it to get highbeams for HIDs? With the bulbs (If I chose that route) I wanna do lows/highs/fogs of the same colour. Can you get those Sylvertsar's in each of the sizes you need?
A real quick way around DRL pulse width modulation killing hids is putting electrical tape over the photoelectric sensor on your dashboard. It works fine and the car always thinks its nighttime so you can turn the lights on/off if you please. And I have no relay working harness on mine never a flickering issue or anything like that and if you can change your headlight u can do hid's
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A real quick way around DRL pulse width modulation killing hids is putting electrical tape over the photoelectric sensor on your dashboard. It works fine and the car always thinks its nighttime so you can turn the lights on/off if you please. And I have no relay working harness on mine never a flickering issue or anything like that and if you can change your headlight u can do hid's
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I got it. He will have to either have his lights on or off, there will be no more DRLs because you have tricked the ECU into thinking it is always night time. In his situation due to the law he would always have to leave his lights on. Which IMO, would suck.
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