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holy shipping costs!!!!! but just be careful...they dont give much info. not a lot to go by...just be careful of the heat that they put out...i burned a switch and plug with some apc lights that got to hot.
 
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ya I burned up a plug on some 65 watters. wasnt a good connection and arched over time, and well, welded the bulb to the socket. Im sure ill burn my truck to the ground one of these days LOL
 
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are you goin for like HID quality

if so get these

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NOKYA...QQcmdZViewItem

thats what i got in my fogs and i could drive around with just those they look like HIDs there clear, clean, good lookin, great, any more words to describe em?
 
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I got the ame^^^^^^ pretty good lights!
 
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ive got the nokya in my car. i took um out they suck. now i got xtravision in there whole lot better. oh and those nokya at 120w be careful your gonna fry sumpin. i had the 65 w ones.
 
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you'll be fine w/ 120! get a relay and 12 guage wire. Im running 130 watts per lights and no problems. its ok
 
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if you go w/ a high watt. bulb, go to summitracing and get a harness so its safe to use them. Thats what I have ( Nokya 9007 Arctic White)
 
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i bought some of those lights and i used the highbeams for about 2 minutes until it blew the fuse and now whenever i put a new fuse in there it blows. im pretty sure it burnt some wires or something, but im too lazy to figure out what is wrong so i just dont worry about my highbeams. the lowbeams work great though.

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my fogs - i added. used 14ga outdoor extension cord to wire them. I had 120W in their, but they started to melt the lense.
 
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Originally Posted by tideguyinva
ive got the nokya in my car. i took um out they suck. now i got xtravision in there whole lot better. oh and those nokya at 120w be careful your gonna fry sumpin. i had the 65 w ones.

why dont you like em



pics with what you done...
 
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they didnt provide enough light for me. they seemed to be less output because of the blue light. i dont have those pics of the nokya in the car. but stock was brighter in my case with these lights. I also added the wiring harness too because i was afraid of frying something. maybe just because they were lower wattage i guess.
 
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I hacve also found that the blue light isnt all that great. At the moment I have cheapo lights in there that give off very little light, but make the truck look a lil more pricier.. heh. i had piaa's, man, those suckers ROCKED maybe over this long week end ill install my new fog lights, and see how they are with the stock bulbs
 
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i had piaas in my old 96 ranger and thoes were awesom, they were to much $$ for me when i got my new truck sao i got the STREET GLOW headlights that are really nice and they give of a blue light that i really like and for fogs nothing can make a difrence because the stock fog housing sucks and dosent really let light pass threw. but i put PIT (Performance Import Trends) bulbs in and they work a lot better than any other bulb besides piaa of course.
 
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just go to autozone, buy Silverstars.

back in h.s. i paid the $60/each or whatever for the PIAA's. they weren't anything special. sold em to a kid at my school, and got my silverstars. had the same ones in ever since, and they are awesome.

i guess i got them in 11th or 12th grade. i'm now a junior in college.

and they still work great. 9005's.

my foglights are the silverstar 9007's. i've gone through one set of them, and on my second set. only because the housings were cracked, after rocks went through my foglight(s).
 
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Orderd my HIDs yesterday morning....
 
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Originally Posted by Trevelyn1015
just go to autozone, buy Silverstars.
Thats what I say, They don't have the "cool" look of blue to them, but atleast they don't blind people, they work a hell of a lot better, last longer and give about the best cleanest light of any bulb I have used
 
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but its fun to have ppl flash u and u only have ur reg low beam on :)

i hae also had the silverstars and they were nice i put them in my gf accord and she loves them much briter and thay are a nice white light 10x better than stock
 

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Originally Posted by Trevelyn1015
just go to autozone, buy Silverstars.


and they still work great. 9005's.

my foglights are the silverstar 9007's. i
Damn son, how'd you manage to fit headlight bulbs in your fogs, lol
 
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Orderd my HIDs yesterday morning....
Where/What kind?
 
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here is a link for another option if you are looking for a better harness to run the higher watt bulbs without burning up your switch or light socket.

http://suvlights.com/index.php?cPath...614f6e837ba311
 
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