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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 07:17 PM
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I have a 2004 350z Base. My headlight bulbs are beginning to wane and don't seem to be bright enough for night time driving. I am not looking forward to upgrading to Xenon.What kind of bulb shall I replace low beam bulbs with so that will give me bright white light so road objects are well lit up and not tax the electrical system of the car. Here are somethings I found. that seem to be reasonable. Which one would be more brighter?


http://performancenissanparts.com/ca...oducts_id=4962


http://performancenissanparts.com/ca...oducts_id=4904

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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 02:38 PM
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Eurolite and Street Glow make some nice bright bulbs.
Check them out also.
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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 02:51 PM
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i put the sylvania sivlerstars in mine. they look great have that white/slight blue tint, and are 100 better over stocks imo, plus where like 20 bucks on ebay.
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Old Jan 14, 2006 | 07:52 AM
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piaa has always made good bulbs....had um for about a year in my audi....turned um on every time i drove, they lasted about a year. Then got the silver stars..lasted maybe 3 months!! just my experience
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Old Jan 14, 2006 | 08:50 PM
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When you say lasted for 3 months, did you mean they got fused after 3 months or got dim?

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Old Jan 14, 2006 | 10:01 PM
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why not do a HID conversion?
nothing looks as good or is as bright as real HIDs.

but out of the 2 bulbs you posted, i'd go with the piaas.
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Old Jan 15, 2006 | 04:07 AM
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no 501...one burned out........why not go hid im sure you could find a used set on here, keep your eyes open for um nothing lights the road like hid, although our stock lens in the headlight sucks, it better the a regual bulbs
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Old Jan 15, 2006 | 04:10 AM
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"hbenet"...in the classified lighting scection...450 for 05 track headlights with piaa leds!!!! go check it out
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Old Jan 15, 2006 | 08:48 PM
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you can't just swap out the base halogen lights for the hids.
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