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Old 03-14-2008, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by aowhaus
I have the P2 bi-xenon lights, and I have upgraded all of the non-xenon lights, with exception of the eyebrow city lights, and so far I have been pretty happy.

First I replaced the fog light bulbs to the Hoen High Performance yellow bulbs. The look is very yellow (similar to rallye lights) from all angles and still very bright which is exactly what I wanted. The bulbs are actually H7 and not H11 as stated in the owner's manual, I originally bought the H11 and Hoen was nice enough to exchange it for the H7 for no charge.

Next I replaced the supplementary highbeam bulbs to Luminics Platinum bulbs. They are a perfect match in color and blends nicely with the xenons. They are also very bright too.

And lastly I replaced the turn signal bulbs to silver bulbs to eliminate that fried egg look through the clear lens and gives the headlights a cleaner look. They light up amber exactly as stock.
These bulbs too were incorrectly stated in the manual. The bulbs are 3457A, not PY21W (a totally different bulb).
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I tried to replace the eyebrow city lights (5W5 wedge bulbs) to LED bulbs which I bought from Hoen. Unfortunately the bulbs are always lit even when the car is off. I'm guessing the LED bulbs requires such a small electrical draw that any tiny amount of current in the wiring will make it go on.
The stock bulbs have a blue coating so it still looks reasonably white, so I'm not too concerned about it -- though the LED city lights looked awesome on my previous car.
Hey just quick question... how did you get to the fog lamp bulbs, I know in the IS you go in from the bottom, but do i have to remove the front plate in the engine?
Old 03-17-2008, 08:22 PM
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I put these on my C32 in the front and rear and it looked great.
Want to make sure this in the proper bulb to buy for the c300 front
Stealth Bulbs #3357/3457 (Pair)
Also anyone know of clear side marker lights for the front. I have those on my c32 and it made a huge difference in how clean the car looked. I have been on ebay and everywhere. Can't find any.
I just installed the stealth bulbs, in the front and rears, I like the real clean look at the fronts, but I'm concern about the rears bulbs there aren’t to bright, I don't think are safe enough, I will try them for a couple of days any ways I have to go back to the stealth auto store latter this week to pick up my HID Kit.
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Hey nice work. What about the low beam xenon bulbs? What temp are they? 4500K..etc?
It pisses me off when people don't reply to a simple question. (aowhaus)
Old 03-17-2008, 10:34 PM
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It pisses me off when people don't reply to a simple question. (aowhaus)
They are usually 4300K.
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They are usually 4300K.
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sorry micropower99,
the bulb output temperature is 5500k.
The bulb size of the Luminics Krypton is 30% larger than the bulb of the same type, and Luminics claim that they are also 30% brighter.
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-It is pretty obvious what the temp of the bulb is... you can tell by the color... its deff not 4300k or lower b/c it has blue in it.... and its not above 6000k b/c then you would get darker blues and move into your purple...

I dont mean to sound like a jerk, but ppl have lives other than this forum.. It wouldnt hurt to enhance your knowledge about your car... trust me, it come in handy some times... and next time your on the road and you see some xenon headlamps, you can play.....WHAT TEMP IS THAT BULB?
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Originally Posted by theraj2
-It is pretty obvious what the temp of the bulb is... you can tell by the color... its deff not 4300k or lower b/c it has blue in it.... and its not above 6000k b/c then you would get darker blues and move into your purple...

I dont mean to sound like a jerk, but ppl have lives other than this forum.. It wouldnt hurt to enhance your knowledge about your car... trust me, it come in handy some times... and next time your on the road and you see some xenon headlamps, you can play.....WHAT TEMP IS THAT BULB?
relax buddy, this guy said he upgraded his bulb and I was simply asking to what temp, no **** i know xenon's are normally 4500K (sometimes 4300K) but this thread is about headlight bulb upgrades
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Originally Posted by aowhaus
sorry micropower99,
the bulb output temperature is 5500k.
The bulb size of the Luminics Krypton is 30% larger than the bulb of the same type, and Luminics claim that they are also 30% brighter.
thanks for responding, i appreciate it

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