Question about buying foglight bulbs?
04-30-2005, 11:37 AM
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I am wanting to buy some bulbs for my foglights on my 545i I have seen where stream put some piaa bulbs in on his car and they looked good.
The problem is that I am getting very confused on what piaa bulbs to buy there are tons of them and I do not understand which ones are the right ones because there are so many can someone post a links to where I can buy some bulbs for my foglights to match my xenons closely?
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The problem is that I am getting very confused on what piaa bulbs to buy there are tons of them and I do not understand which ones are the right ones because there are so many can someone post a links to where I can buy some bulbs for my foglights to match my xenons closely?
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04-30-2005, 11:58 AM
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My Ride: '05 545i, silver gray, black leather with anthracite maple wood, sport package, premium sound, navigation, cold weather package, electric rear sunshade, folding rear seat, satellite radio prep, PIAA 4150K fogs, red rear reflectors, hardwired Valentine One
The E60 xenons are 4200K, and I found that the PIAA 4150K fogs matched better than their 4700K fogs (which looked to blueish vs. the xenons). I wasn't able to find a store that sold the PIAA 4150K bulbs, but did find them on eBay. Here's a thread with info & pix:
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=7232&st=0
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=7232&st=0
04-30-2005, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by stream' date='Apr 30 2005, 02:58 PM
The E60 xenons are 4200K, and I found that the PIAA 4150K fogs matched better than their 4700K fogs (which looked to blueish vs. the xenons).? I wasn't able to find a store that sold the PIAA 4150K bulbs, but did find them on eBay.? Here's a thread with info & pix:
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=7232&st=0
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=7232&st=0
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Also what is the diference in the PIAA Xtreme White and PIAA Xtreme White plus?
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Originally Posted by SinisterJ' date='Apr 30 2005, 01:03 PM
[quote name='stream' date='Apr 30 2005, 02:58 PM']The E60 xenons are 4200K, and I found that the PIAA 4150K fogs matched better than their 4700K fogs (which looked to blueish vs. the xenons).? I wasn't able to find a store that sold the PIAA 4150K bulbs, but did find them on eBay.? Here's a thread with info & pix:
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=7232&st=0
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=7232&st=0
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Also what is the diference in the PIAA Xtreme White and PIAA Xtreme White plus?
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[/quote]The E60 fog bulbs are HB4 (also called 9006). The ones I got also fit HB3 (9005) by changing a washer. The various PIAA brand names have to do with the different color of the light.
04-30-2005, 01:47 PM
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These are the ones I went with...
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Originally Posted by SinisterJ' date='Apr 30 2005, 02:15 PM
Are these them?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...&category=36476
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Those are the 4700K bulbs -- the ones I bought earlier today myself. I was debating between the 4700K and 4150K. There's comparison pictures of both here and neither look blue .. just normal white light. I emailed the seller and they told me the 4700K's are 20% brighter so that sealed the deal for me. I think though either one you pick you won't notice much difference. The 4700K's seem to be readily available with the other ones are harder to find.
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