What's the whitest brand halogen bulb for the eyebrow lights
12-23-2011, 01:21 AM
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What's the whitest brand halogen bulb for the eyebrow lights
After a disappointing search for LEDs to put in the eyebrows I'm admitting defeat and going back to halogen bulbs. Anyone know a brand that comes the closest to white or the bluish LED color?
Don't recommend an LED supplier. Trust me, I've tried dozens. We aren't going there anymore.
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Don't recommend an LED supplier. Trust me, I've tried dozens. We aren't going there anymore.
Jim
12-23-2011, 04:05 AM
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This PIAA bulb is a popular replacement - I'm using them - but I wouldn't say the match is great, just decent:
http://www.amazon.com/PIAA-19172-Xtr.../dp/B0002MAHK4
I'm on the road in another car right now but can take photos in a few days if you really need to see them. IIRC they are distinctly yellower than the OE HID headlight...some of that could be attributed to the lens in the housing though.
http://www.amazon.com/PIAA-19172-Xtr.../dp/B0002MAHK4
I'm on the road in another car right now but can take photos in a few days if you really need to see them. IIRC they are distinctly yellower than the OE HID headlight...some of that could be attributed to the lens in the housing though.
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They're all going to be yellower unless they are blue. Its just the way it is.
I'd rather go with LED but while LEDs work well everywhere else in the car, the eyebrow lights fail rapidly, give error codes or in one case blow the parts right off the little circuit boards. I'm tired of wrestling with it. Back to halogen for me.
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I'd rather go with LED but while LEDs work well everywhere else in the car, the eyebrow lights fail rapidly, give error codes or in one case blow the parts right off the little circuit boards. I'm tired of wrestling with it. Back to halogen for me.
Jim
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