PRO5YELLOW

I have installed the a GiGalux low beam blub(4100k...so white) and a Eurolite for foglight(it is white....look yellow thou).....and ppl said due to the foglight of the MP5 is not as clear as the headlight, so it's kinna yellow!!!!!!
Also do u guys think the 5000k PIAA H3 Super Plasma will make the fog whiter?Suggestion plz...Have any1 install the super plasma, yet?

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nightowl

i have APC H7 for my head lights and PIAA H3's for my Fogs...this is what they look like

JustinMP3

I went with the best or highest watage of xieon or how ever the hell you spell it. anyways all 4 bulbs only costed like 50 bucks and they look great real hyper white looking with that high performance blue tint. My opinion hyper white look the best but everybody is different.

JustinMP3

I just sounded like f*cking hooked on Phonics in my last post.

PRO5YELLOW

Thx for the nice pix or ya cool MP5.......wat PIAA H3 u got, how many K on it.....is ya Super plasma thou?

nightowl

my fogs are 55 watt......i forget what K they are though...i know they are super whites though

Bruce95fmla

what brand bulbs are you guys using in your headlights, I have some hyper white bulbs in my pro , and I can't see crap at night
Bruce

Bruce95fmla

My protege uses H4 bulbs , the 2nd gen 95 , I have , and unless I use some 80watt bulbs, wich don't last long, I can't see squat like in the rain ,,, ohh my that is a situation inside itself , what use is having traction with good tires if you can't see where you are going ...
I agree the miata's have the blazing headlights , have you seen the new ones, the beam pattern is fantastic , this is what I want , or wish I could have
Bruce

Bruce95fmla

I actually have a friend working on finding me a set in japan , so if I can get them then I will be set , and will also be getting a HID kit from dave in CT. who lives near me ...
bruce

Bruce95fmla

ohh ok , got ya , so if I had the jdm lights in the car , they would tend to shine toward the left , into oncoming traffic , hmm that would not be cool with the state troopers and local police unless I aimed the lights down , and then that would defeat the whole purpose of having the better lighting lol
Bruce

Bruce95fmla

know anyone over there getting rid of any lol
Bruce

douggie

Back to your problem... The reason why the fog lights look yellow is because what you see is reflected light coming from the bulb and not direct beams (The metal shield in front of the bulb prevents direct beams). Therefore the base of the bulbs provide more light than the top.

If you look carefully at the cheaper "HID look" bulbs, they usually have a blue coating on the bulb. And typically near the base of the bulb, it's not coloured as much, so what you see is the light coming from the base of the bulbs, which will be yellow.

I believe if you get PIAAs, the effect will be much better, since they don't utilize cheap blue coating on their HID look bulbs.

hihoslva

Interesting, as the two MP3s that I have seen in the flesh here had separate filament lights. Makes me wonder if they came that way or the owners changed them afterwards.

That's probably exactly what they did. The headlights from the P5 are far nicer looking than those that come stock in the MP3 - the dual-beam, bullet-turn signal design is a real focal point of the front end, IMO.

The thing is (at least in the US) cars MUST have amber markers somewhere forward of the front wheel - the MP3 uses the regular sedan light buckets, with the amber corners. The P5 has no such corner lenses, and therefore has the (somwhat fugly but not too bad) amber marker lights on the side of the bumper, in front of the wheels. The MP3 doesn't have these bumper markers.

Side markers (like the MP3 - between the front wheels and the front doors) don't qualify for the law. They are just visual enhancements. So those MP3 owners with P5 headlights are in violation of US laws, though I dunno what the deal is in Canada. IMO, the P5 lights withOUT the bumper markers and WITH the side fender lights is the nicest setup, illegal or not. And I know a guy who did this to his P5 by swapping on an MP3 bumper (no bumper marker lights) and installing fender side markers. Looks great. And I don't know too many cops that know or would even care about this one.

Mxyzptlk

So with these fogs, is it just a bulb that you guys are replacing or is it the whole light. Where could I get em?

Sil_Pro5

as is typical with anything associated with the U.S. and is laws-its still out of date and ridiculous. just like our speed limits. most speed limits on roads here in the south have not changed-EVER! so they were set when cars did not handle, could not brake very well...etc...and yet they still refuse to update them. i dont get it.

i really hate this country sometimes and wish it would "Get with" the rest of the damn world and quit being so damn self-rightious(sic?)!!!!!