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Old 11-12-11, 02:25 PM
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i want to put some piaa bulbs in my fog and city lights. Im just worried of melting my bulb plugs from the aftermarket bulbs. Has anyone else had problems with these bulbs? Also I was thinking about doing ion yellow but still debating. Whats a good website to buy these bulbs from? Thanks in advance.
Old 11-12-11, 03:09 PM
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I've had PIAA bulbs in my fog lights for over 4 years with no issues. I have my daytime running lights turned off
Old 11-12-11, 03:18 PM
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I had issues with PIAA bulbs burning out with the Auto Feature. I switched to Phillips Crystal Vision...much better quality and cheaper. Problem with city lights is that they are powered 50% so you wont see the lights white it will be yellow (like it is now)
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should i get a upgraded harness? do you think the 168 piaa xtreme bulb is worth it for the parking lights?
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Originally Posted by pearllex09
should i get a upgraded harness? do you think the 168 piaa xtreme bulb is worth it for the parking lights?

Why don't you just use LEDs for your parking lights?
White bright,use less power and last probably the lifetime of the car.
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^ My thoughts exactly. I don't see the point in changing your parking light out to another halogen bulb.
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The piaa bulbs I was looking at were 5W (yellow).

I thought you could only put 3W bulbs in place of the city lights?
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