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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 10:56 AM
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What bulbs are some of you using in your parking lights to match the bi-xenon lamps. I really dont like that my xenon's are white compared to the yellow light of the stock parking. It would be really nice to get something a little brighter on the parking to match up.
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 12:07 AM
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I use PIAA 168/194 "peanut" bulbs. It matches perfect.
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 06:12 PM
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I use PIAA 168/194 "peanut" bulbs. It matches perfect.
Any bulb failure message on the FSS display in the cabin?
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 12:27 AM
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any idea on HID bulb size?
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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look up my thread about parking lights..you might like those
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 03:14 AM
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Deff worth the mod..i got mine for ~15 bucks from my local auto shop, "Drivers Seat"..BTW not my car
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