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Old 06-19-2004, 11:28 PM
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I saw 5 boxes of Angel Eye Style of fog lights at Walmart on the clerance rack for $35! Has anyone saw them, or know if they are any good? I thought I would get a pair and see if they are any good! For $35 if they last a month I guess they did the job! lol There are three different color options also or they can change by their self. Think I should get em? I think they are like a 2fast2ferious brand or something.
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For 35 bucks, if they are made of glass, you could always upgrade the bulb. Worth a shot...
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I bought some at Auto Zone for like 40 bucks and they work just fine.
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i saw those today...they are 29.00 here. Give them a shot.
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Default Re: Angel eye knock offs?!

Originally Posted by 97bonnevillextreme
I saw 5 boxes of Angel Eye Style of fog lights at Walmart on the clerance rack for $35! Has anyone saw them, or know if they are any good?
Yeah, "CyberWhite" or something like that, with your choice of red, blue or green color caps on halo bulbs, right? I snagged a pair after the price fell to $15 at our Wal-Mart, but haven't done anything about installing them.

The halo lighting on these is done with tiny incandescent bulbs, not LEDs. I think I'll swap those out in favor of some actual white/clear LEDs. Do 12-volt versions of clear LEDs exist yet, or would I have to mess around with resistors and such? Do the original Hella lamps use 12-volt LEDs or lower-voltage ones?
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I don't know if they will change out or not! They are cheap enough that I wouldn't mess with em, ya know! I saw em today for $20 now!
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Originally Posted by 97bonnevillextreme
I don't know if they will change out or not! They are cheap enough that I wouldn't mess with em, ya know! I saw em today for $20 now!
No, no, the bulbs aren't actually installed in the lamps in the first place, from what I saw of peeking in the back of the box: The bulbs are packed separately in a little plastic bag, along with the three different colors of gel sleeve to put over them: red, blue or green. I guess you'd get something close to white by just not putting any gel cover at all on them, but I like the idea of having actual white LEDs in there. I figure if I have to do the final installation of the halo lamps myself, I could just as easily install white LEDs as those incandescent bulbs, as soon as I find some 12-volt white LEDs.

Anyhow, I'll look at them a little closer in a while; I gotta clean out the garage anyway.
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Cyberwhite'* or something..... They work great. My pass side unit took a opossum a day or two ago, it'* fine. Nice bright light, the rings are a little hard to see standing next to the car, ya gotta walk a little bit away.
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Andy let me know how those turn out....I think I'm going to pick up a set today!
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i've had em on my car for quite a while now

the rings pretty much suck....i don't use em..

but i upgraded to a hyperwhite h3 bulb and dwam!






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