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Old 10-21-2009 | 06:37 PM
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Hi All,

I'm looking for some fog light bulbs that will exactly match my stock xenons headlights at a reasonable price? Any suggestions of a quality bulb that is a close match would be appreciated??? Also include where to buy???

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Also what is the correct watts to use and a bulb that will not cause any error messages.

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Old 10-21-2009 | 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by bimmerman5' post='1037827' date='Oct 21 2009, 10:37 PM
Hi All,

I'm looking for some fog light bulbs that will exactly match my stock xenons headlights at a reasonable price? Any suggestions of a quality bulb that is a close match would be appreciated??? Also include where to buy???

Thanks-a-Mill

brabusw209amg...

he has good quality HID as i put on many cars near my area..
6000k will be the closest thing... the differnence between his and others is... even though his HID kit looks same as ones selling on Ebay, but how they design internally is different.
one from ebay will cause error or will flicker due to resistor not built in...

Get his kit, it works and good quality.
wattage is not the one that cause error messages...

35 w will be ideal because 55w can melt the housing...
Old 10-21-2009 | 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by monsterj34' post='1037982' date='Oct 22 2009, 02:21 AM
brabusw209amg...

he has good quality HID as i put on many cars near my area..
6000k will be the closest thing... the differnence between his and others is... even though his HID kit looks same as ones selling on Ebay, but how they design internally is different.
one from ebay will cause error or will flicker due to resistor not built in...

Get his kit, it works and good quality.
wattage is not the one that cause error messages...

35 w will be ideal because 55w can melt the housing...
hey monjster babe, one of my foglights doesnt turn on that I bought from John...do you know how this has happened babe?
Old 10-21-2009 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by futurerx06' post='1037990' date='Oct 22 2009, 02:40 AM
hey monjster babe, one of my foglights doesnt turn on that I bought from John...do you know how this has happened babe?
um probably driver side, if so it is because you are turning fog when the car starts.. you are supposed to turn on fog after you wait 5 or 10 seconds after car starts... and i m no ones babe and if you are calling a guy babe something is wrong with you.

this happens to all HID kits...
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MTEC h8 Super White bulbs will be a perfect matching to factory xenons
Old 10-22-2009 | 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by E92-Lighting' post='1038138' date='Oct 22 2009, 10:36 AM
MTEC h8 Super White bulbs will be a perfect matching to factory xenons
No, not really. These bulbs will never match our Xenon's correctly.

Also, this is an H8 bulb, the fog lights are Type 9006 bulb.

Also the temperature of the HID 9006 bulb to match the Factory Xenon's would be 4300k Temp.

The Factory Xenons are 4300k.
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Ok so i'm not looking for a the HID kit as I don't want to go through all the hassel and expense to hook up. Just looking for a bulb that will match my original xenons. Sounds like the MTEC H8 are not the correct ones.

I would like to be sure that they match in colour and have the right specs so that I do not get any errors or cause an explosion.

Please let me know???
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Originally Posted by bimmerman5' post='1038201' date='Oct 22 2009, 09:07 AM
Ok so i'm not looking for a the HID kit as I don't want to go through all the hassel and expense to hook up. Just looking for a bulb that will match my original xenons. Sounds like the MTEC H8 are not the correct ones.

I would like to be sure that they match in colour and have the right specs so that I do not get any errors or cause an explosion.

Please let me know???
How about Hoen ?
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Thanks for the suggestion Skylineseason. Have you had any experience with Hoen ??? If so which ones would match the original xenons and spec?


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