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Old 07-06-2005, 10:36 PM
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hooked up the piaa xtreme white plus lows (xtreme cool blue white light) they're not even that white or anywhere close to blue.. still have a yellow tint to them. Also the silverstar highs are worse.
the only thing I like is the silverstar turn signals that I changed, they look cool at daytime and at night they have a more orange glow.
Feel like waisted money though
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Sounds like the lens needs cleaning? Try polishing them with Plastic-X from Meguiars, does a good job of taking out haze and small scratches.
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You find SS highs to be yellow? They are so far from yellow.
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they're not white enough is what i'm sayin. does that metal piece on the lows affect the lighting?
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It shouldn't
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Originally Posted by PontiacDad
Sounds like the lens needs cleaning? Try polishing them with Plastic-X from Meguiars, does a good job of taking out haze and small scratches.
theres no way to get inside to the lens.. unless u stick a cloth with a screw driver thru that hole.. are you talkin about the exterior plastic?
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He is talking about he exterior. Yes.
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Originally Posted by XKalibuR
does that metal piece on the lows affect the lighting?
Yes, that is a reflective device, it is needed for the light to function correctly.
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i guess ill try Plastic-X, I used windex earlier tho.. just cleaned it up
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I've got PIAA something or others, supposedly their brightest and bluest at the time. They are bright as hell, much brighter than Silverstars, but not as blue. But they do get this intriguing blue dot in the middle when lit.


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