SilverBullet_RENAMED

Well after 6 months of these bulbs being in my fog lenses I noticed yesterday when looking at the tranny under the car to find the hoses for the tranny cooler, I noticed my PIAA bulbs were like pealing on the top of the bulb. Like a egg hatching. Both bulbs are identical. And when I looked above it, the lense itself is starting to be burnt.

Damn so now I gotta retire these bulbs!!!!

Any other bulbs that won't do this I can install in my lenses?

Thanks.

Scooter

nope...any bulb with the blue shell on it is subject to peeling if u accidentally scratch the cover!!! as far as the burning issue, a 5 watt PIAA/Polarg will stop the burning...PIAA bulb #'s 19169 or 19172 should suffice

Michaelj_h

After some searching it doesn't seem that there is an alternative, say maybe 10W or so. Am I correct that there is only the 18W PIAA/Polargs, or the 5W. The 19169s, or the 19172s, vs. the 19224. I like the 19224s, I have seen the pics on another thread, but I am worried about the lenses melting.

Any advice?

mikebiagini

is there any way you guyz think that we can fit an HID set up in the foglights.

1killercls

Anything is possible...but the cost doesn't justify changing to HID.

NSX-Tuner

I've been running with the same two PIAA 19224 bulbs for two years now in the OEM road lamp housing without any problems.

trancemission

same here. not as long but Ive had them for a while and with no problems. do you have them on for long periods of time?

NSX-Tuner

The come on when the headlights come on. So yes, I regularly have them on for an hour or two at a time.

trancemission

my bad cls6sp03 I meant that question for sivler bullet. I thought maybe he had his lights on more than normal.

us000011

Let's get some more takes, since I'm getting ready to put these in tomorrow! This forum convinced me they were OK, now you tell me they're not??

Let's hear from some others using them. Perhaps these were scratched at install, then ran hot.

bgsm1th

I have the PIAA 19173.
However, they are ion yellow and not blue.
But they are only 5 watts and shine nicely without any worry of burning my housing.
I acutally prefer the ion yellow, kind of gives it that Lexus light combo that I like personally, since it's hard to find bulbs that matchour HIDs really well.

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Pure Adrenaline

iTrader: (2)

Yeah, in the way of about 290 dollars.

I converted my foglights to an HID kit using a TechOne system. It cost 290 shipped. Direct plug & play. They are really bright, but not too bright to a point of bothering others at night. I love it.

sp3shul

i picked up the 5watt piaa bulb over the weekend. i am not to thrilled as it doesnt exactly match my headlight....it looks a lot better than stock..but if it stops the burning and melting. i'll run with it.

gingerbread

sylvania makes an HID fog kit, i forgot who has one but i was asking him questions about it. i am planning on converting this summer to HID once i get the dough. Pure do you have any pictures of what they look liek on your car?? (unlit)

foudn them http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...XenarcKits.htm

phipark

Tons and tons of people on this board have put in PIAA 19224s or the Polarg M6s and have not had a problem with the housing.

I have had PIAA 19224s for a year now and no problems at all.

clswhite

Install a PIAA bulb cooler kit. The kit contains: a water tank; water pump; radiator; hoses; and clamps. It is guaranteed to stop driving light meltdown.

Michaelj_h

Do you have pictures with your yellow bulbs in? Could you post them. I too like the Lexus light combo look.
Thx.

labmeister

Have had the 19224s for a year now with no problems.

Red-CL

Same here. Mine are perfectly fine.




I think everyone that has melting issues leaves their lights on all the time.

bgsm1th

I'll take a pic or two tonight for you....so check back tomorrow.

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bgsm1th

Alright, so turns out I have either the worst camara, or the worst camara skills in the world cuz these are pretty poor, but all I can say is, if you like the Lexus look, get these. They look much better in person.



Sorry for the shitty pics...

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Shnook718

gotta question, take for instance acura integs some people with integs have there turn signals on does the orange look exactly like that or brighter. Reason im askin is that my folks gots a silvia 1997 (s14) with the jdm body kit his ambers are fawkin bright.

bgsm1th

I'm not really sure what your question is....but if you are asking whether or not these yellow road lamps are bright...the answer is, they are bright enough to look good, but offer no extra illumination while driving. I would venture to guess that they offer about as much illumination as my stock turn signals. And they are yellow, not the amber/orange like the turn signals mentioned above.

Hope this helps...

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SC2.2CL

Has anyone else had this problem?

RUPNOK

PIAA 19224, 1 year, no problems. I only use my lites at night...

andre

i used to have the ion yellow 19173 and loved them. they are the exact size as the oem bulbs. they are slightly lower wattage than the 19224s, but you really cant tell...

only wish they had white...

BC

19224s. One year. No problems.