PIAA Bulbs are SHIT

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Old 11-19-2010, 06:51 PM
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PIAA Bulbs are SHIT

First off, they are not worth 3x the price of silverstar ultras. I am commenting on these PIAA bulbs in regards to the H11 size fog lamp bulb. In a side by side comparison (have the SSUs installed currently) the PIAA dont look much better at all. There is no blue except if you look directly into the housing at the bulb and light itself is white with an obvious hint of yellow, obviously as these are standard bulbs neither of them look anything like the stock HIDs. Second of all even if they may last 3x longer than SSUs i would rather buy SSUs 3x over than these things.

I found them incredibly difficult to install based on the shape of the metal surrounding the bulb. The drivers side bulb is next to unfathomable because there is so little space to work under there unless you remove the bumper. I dont believe in god personally but after i got the passenger side bulb in by some miracle It occured to me that a higher power was involved and that i should reconnect with god.


In short i am a complete car nub and dont know much about anything but i was atleast confident i could change the damn fog bulbs (i have done it several times now..) until i met these PIAA bulbs. I wish the fedex truck delivering them to my house had spontaneously burst into flames before it reached me.
Old 11-19-2010, 08:08 PM
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Rage much? LOL.
Old 11-19-2010, 11:56 PM
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ROFL its a rant. I was planning to get PIAA for my DRL's lol
may not
Old 11-20-2010, 09:12 AM
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what color temp did you buy?
Old 11-20-2010, 01:17 PM
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4000 k extreme whites

I also bought nokya 700k arctic white for my DRLs for the poster above. They were very easy to put in but the light output is barely noticeable and the high beams are pretty weak. I will probably leave them in becase i really didnt like the yellow color of the DRLs but i may change em out in the future for the stocks or possibly another brand
Old 11-20-2010, 03:01 PM
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you shouldn't get 4000k if you don't like the yellow....
Old 11-20-2010, 03:54 PM
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Hmm didn't have any problems installing my Piaa bulbs at all.
Old 11-21-2010, 12:59 PM
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why don't you just spend 60 bucks and get an h.i.d. kit?
Old 11-21-2010, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Farage
why don't you just spend 60 bucks and get an h.i.d. kit?
this.

i bought ssu's a lot for the fogs in my TL. one day i just said f-it and went with an HID kit

havent regretted the swap
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