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Old Feb 28, 2002 | 07:00 PM
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My fog light bulbs are dimming and I'm going to replace them soon. Do you guys think I should go with 'super plasma' bulbs or 'amber colored' bulbs like the GS has? The factory bulbs are 55 watters. Anyone here tried an 85 watt or 110 watt bulb? Here's PIAAs list of compatible bulbs... http://www.piaa.com/h3bulbs.html

Is there any way to clean out the inside of the light housing? It's cloudy in there, not condensation, cloudiness.

Main issue is the wattage. Will 85 watts burn the harness???
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Old Feb 28, 2002 | 07:24 PM
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I recently purchased the plasma super white bulbs (low beams and the h3 fogs) from my local performance shop and was told that i could use 100w in the fogs without having a problem.

I have installed the low beams but i have not gotten around to installing the fogs yet. From what i understand it should work without a problem, im planning on puttin them in this weekend, ill keep you posted -

As for cleaning out the lights i was thinking about that as well, because mine are also a lil opaque inside.
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Old Feb 28, 2002 | 07:39 PM
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I put in the PIAA H3 Ion Crystal in my fog lights, like those displayed on PIAA's website. When you look at the car, the fog lights are slightly yellow and the light on the pavement is yellow. It doesn't look GS yellow. I don't know of anyone that has found GS yellow bulbs (I believe the GS uses white bulbs behind a yellow reflector). The ION Crystals were an improvement over the stock bulbs.

To remove the cloudiness from the fogs I used meguairs step 1 (removes oxidation), now they are completely clear!
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Old Feb 28, 2002 | 08:16 PM
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Meguair's Step 1 does the trick eh? Which bottle?...
http://dominionsureseal.com/meguiars...oducts_CP1.htm

The GS foglights have a yellow-dyed glass tube over white bulbs.
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Old Feb 28, 2002 | 08:36 PM
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"Deep Crystal System Step 1 Cleaner"

Yellow dyed glass tube over white bulbs eh? I might have to buy some (if possible) and check whether to see if they could fit inside the 92-69 SC foglights.
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