I know many of you have swapped in newer bulbs for a better look, but I'm looking for something functional. I want to see farther down the road, and of course more of a pure white color wouldn't hurt either. Anyone have any recommendations from experience with headlight and foglight replacement bulbs? I am not interested in HID kits, plug in bulbs only.
Headlight/foglight bulbs for best visibility
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Got the PIAA xtreme-white bulbs on my car and it was a great improvement over stock. They are a lot brighter, I see better with these than with the HID of the Mazdaspeed3 I had. On high beams it's soooo bright 
I have the Corksport LED fogs but they don't match the xtreme white bulbs. The LED's are 5,000k and the xtreme white is 4,000k... I'm switching to 5,000k PIAA plasma GT-X soon and giving my xtreme white to my wife.
Future new bulbs
http://www.piaa.com/store/p/51-H4-Super-Plasma-Gt-X-Twin-Pack-Halogen-Bulbs.aspx
At the moment bulbs, still great but they don't match the LED's from the fogs
lol
http://www.piaa.com/store/p/49-H4-XTreme-White-Plus-Twin-Pack-Halogen-Bulbs.aspx
I have the Corksport LED fogs but they don't match the xtreme white bulbs. The LED's are 5,000k and the xtreme white is 4,000k... I'm switching to 5,000k PIAA plasma GT-X soon and giving my xtreme white to my wife.
Future new bulbs
http://www.piaa.com/store/p/51-H4-Super-Plasma-Gt-X-Twin-Pack-Halogen-Bulbs.aspx
At the moment bulbs, still great but they don't match the LED's from the fogs
lolhttp://www.piaa.com/store/p/49-H4-XTreme-White-Plus-Twin-Pack-Halogen-Bulbs.aspx
BigBlueDart
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The two that I've heard about are Sylvania SilverStar and PIAA Xtreme White Plus.
My wife has the GE nighthawks and the suck. The PIAA so far are doing the job.
I had the SilverStar on my old Focus and they died with in 6months, I switched for new ones thinking it was just a bad set and they died in the same amount of time as the 1st set. So I switched to PIAA and never had a problem, this is why every halo bulbs that I change come from them, it's costly but they work great
I had the SilverStar on my old Focus and they died with in 6months, I switched for new ones thinking it was just a bad set and they died in the same amount of time as the 1st set. So I switched to PIAA and never had a problem, this is why every halo bulbs that I change come from them, it's costly but they work great
Ever try the 3600K PIAA Night-tech?
http://www.piaa.com/store/pg/44-night-tech-halogen-bulb.aspx
I've just noticed Phillips Xtreme Vision also seems to get good reviews. I imagine that's similar to the PIAA Xtreme White.
http://www.piaa.com/store/pg/44-night-tech-halogen-bulb.aspx
I've just noticed Phillips Xtreme Vision also seems to get good reviews. I imagine that's similar to the PIAA Xtreme White.
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I noticed the Phillips do not have any tint on the glass so I may try those over the PIAA. The Plasma GT-X looks really cool but I'm going for all-out visibility over cosmetics. When I think about how easy it is to get better night visibility I'm surprised I didn't think to change the bulbs out until now.
skullsroad
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You should probably read this.
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/superwhite/superwhite.html
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/superwhite/superwhite.html
Good article, alot of that stuff I have heard before and I was always skeptical of the bluish type bulbs anyways. I bought the PIAA Night-Tech for the headlights, sounded pretty good from the amazon reviews. If I like it maybe I'll use it for the fogs too...just need to look up which bulb I need for those.
skullsroad
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hi hi hi my bulbs are still brighter than stock
They aren't brighter; they're whiter. Same exact wattage.
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123826861-Help-me-find-Yellow-fogs!/page2
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lol, I see better at night, that what is important about a bulb upgrade
I understand the science behind it, from all the bulbs I tested these are the best so far.skullsroad
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lol, I see better at night, that what is important about a bulb upgrade
Fair enough.
My wife has the GE Night Hawk on her 2 and they are ok. But the xtreme white are better by far, she wants the PIAA now lol
I still haven't been finding many reviews on the night tech bulbs other than amazon. I'd like to compare them with the xtreme's to see which bulb has the farthest reach but I don't feel like buying an extra set of bulbs to do it. The night tech's get here tomorrow so maybe I'll have a chance to test them out this weekend.
So far all I can say is the night tech bulbs give off slightly whiter light than stock, and have some blue reflection in the housings. I'll post a functional review once I drive at night with them (may be awhile). I decided I'll be ordering the PIAA yellow bulbs for my fogs and the Phillips xtreme vision for the low beams in the 5. Not sure what I want to use for high beams in the 5 yet, its a separate bulb.
