View Poll Results: should i keep'em or ditch'em?
keep'em they look great!
4
33.33%
ditch'em they look like crap!
3
25.00%
buy Sylvania SilverStars for your low and high beams and they'll match 
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5
41.67%
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to keep or not to keep...?
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to keep or not to keep...?
so i ordered some PIAA Platinum Super White bulbs to replace my yellow'ish stock city/parking bulbs, but i feel they are perhaps either too white or too blue, whichever, and they dont match well enough with the original lights.
i had always thought of the original halogens to look very white until i put them next to these, now the halogens look yellow too, i've included some pics. should i keep these lights or replace them with better matching ones? i've included a poll but if you've got any other types of feedback that would be nice too
. thanks for your suggestions.
i had always thought of the original halogens to look very white until i put them next to these, now the halogens look yellow too, i've included some pics. should i keep these lights or replace them with better matching ones? i've included a poll but if you've got any other types of feedback that would be nice too
. thanks for your suggestions.
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i am THE silverstar *****, i've bought so many pairs of them, both turn signals and lights. i just replaced the stock fog light bulbs on my 323i and the silverstars look much better.
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Originally Posted by ctC230K
i am THE silverstar *****, i've bought so many pairs of them, both turn signals and lights. i just replaced the stock fog light bulbs on my 323i and the silverstars look much better.
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Originally Posted by mj50
get piaa matching lowbeam and foglight and everythin' will match....
, e-mailed PIAA to see which of their low/high beam bulbs are the best match for the wedge bulbs i just got from them 
btw-only 5 votes!? thanks to the people that voted though
how bout some more?
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Originally Posted by inFiniTE LooP
nice, so you've replaced your low and high beams in your benz with silverstarz already? did you also replace your parking/city lights to match them?
i actually like the colors of my stock headlights right now. the low beams and fogs match and the inner lights i guess the parking lights are a more yellowish color, it looks really cool. the effect really can't be captured by a camera.
also today i figured out how to turn just the fogs on without low beams, turn lights on then pull for fogs then turn lights to parking lights with fogs still pulled out.
and incase anyone doesn't know if you pull the light switch out two clicks it turns on the rear fog light. (something only euro bmws have HAHAHA :v )
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Originally Posted by CitronC230K_03
city lights are brighter than others ive seen. i like em.
at first i wasn't sure about how they clashed with the fogs, then i also thought they might clash too much with the low-beams, but once the low-beams are on you can barely tell they're another color. i think i'll keep'em in for now i guess, hopefully will be getting PIAA low and high beams to match them soon, still debating on whether to get those or the Sylvania SilverStars though... 
anyone have experience with both?
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Originally Posted by agentf1
Are the PIAA Platinum Super Whites a direct replacement?
Or do modifications need to be made?
Or do modifications need to be made?
same wattage, size, and everything. but they seem brighter than the stock yellowish/amberish bulbs.
