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Head/Fog Lamps...whats the best?

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Old 04-26-2007, 06:39 PM
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Default Head/Fog Lamps...whats the best?

Someone educate me, Ive been looking all over the site for a brighter foglamp and headlamp. The fogs are on all the time.

I have sylvania ultras. Is there a brighter bulb out there that does not require any modifications like adding a xenon does? I had xenons...the ballast burnt out. Ive seen these Hella Optilux XP bulbs for the lowbeam. Thoughts??

For the fogs..i like the look of the angel eyes...but ive heard bad things. Anything brighter than stock. :?:

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the light at the end of the tunnel is hard to see with stock bulbs
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I'm running SS'* in my highs and lows and have switched my stock driving lights over to cyberwhites with 100w cyberwhite H3 bulbs. The driving lights and bulbs ran around 55 bucks at pepboys
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Do the cyberwhites have a blueish lens?

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Silverstar IMO is more of a look then performance. The sylvania bulbs in the pinkish/purple packaging actually produce more light since they do not have the blue tint to them... Tints on bulbs reduce light transmission, and the bluer the light, the more it will glare on wet/snowy roads.

I've got philips bulbs, and LOVE them. I've gotten more light from them, than any SS, and for about half the cost of SS.

Fog lights? well I went from Hella Driving lights, to the Blazer projector fogs...
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Originally Posted by John Deere Boy
Do the cyberwhites have a blueish lens?

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Yep. Cuts the yellow for a whiter light
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I run 5300kish for the low beams, better than stock but is slightly harder to see in rain, the high beams are 8500k that'* just for show, I never use them anyway.

foglamps are from autopia, the bulb is 5300k also, it produces a whiter light than the stock bulb.
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[quote="BonneMeMN"

Fog lights? well I went from Hella Driving lights, to the Blazer projector fogs... [/quote]

Where the hell do you find the Blazertech 3200s I've been hearing all about? I must be dumb, I can't find a damn place on the web to buy them that look legit.
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Originally Posted by putertopia
Originally Posted by BonneMeMN

Fog lights? well I went from Hella Driving lights, to the Blazer projector fogs...
Where the H*** do you find the Blazertech 3200s I've been hearing all about? I must be dumb, I can't find a damn place on the web to buy them that look legit.
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...tor&category0=

they are the same projectors GM is using in their fog lights. except GM is using clear lenses.
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not to come across mean or anything but i think were digging up an old topic :?

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Originally Posted by ptrfair
not to come across mean or anything but i think were digging up an old topic :?

good call. I didn't look at the dates
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