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Old 06-24-2006 | 11:15 AM
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Need better Fog Light Bulbs - Help

The fact that the fog lights look so 'yellowish' compared to my HID's is driving me insane.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what kind of bulbs would look a little better? Anyone have pics of what they've done with their fog lights?


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Old 06-24-2006 | 12:11 PM
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I have these

SPP Precision Optics H11 80 Watt Superwhite for the Foglights
SPP Precision Optics H9 80 Watt Superwhite for the High Beam

Good match for the HIDs.



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Old 06-24-2006 | 01:34 PM
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I've got the hoen xenonmatch. They're pretty close. The only thing is that the bulbs are blue coated so the reflectors look bluish during the day when the lights are off.

http://www.hoen-usa.com/
Old 06-24-2006 | 01:35 PM
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do an HID conversion like Rotary Rasp. they are amazing.
Old 06-24-2006 | 01:42 PM
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do an HID conversion like Rotary Rasp. they are amazing.
I like how the light output came out but not a fan of the housing he used for the lights.
Old 06-24-2006 | 01:50 PM
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I've got the hoen xenonmatch. They're pretty close. The only thing is that the bulbs are blue coated so the reflectors look bluish during the day when the lights are off.

http://www.hoen-usa.com/
Got any pics you could post for me?
Old 06-24-2006 | 04:31 PM
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SC-ed, those look pretty nice!
Old 06-24-2006 | 05:12 PM
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Yes, I like them to. Have them for about an year always on with the HIDs at night. Haven't burned out yet.
BTW my HIDs are 6000K.
Old 06-25-2006 | 10:10 AM
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Do your fogs look 'bluish' when the lights are off?
Old 06-25-2006 | 01:18 PM
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Do your fogs look 'bluish' when the lights are off?
They are fine.

Old 07-01-2006 | 12:14 PM
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I like the rotary emblem you have in place of the Mazda emblem on your front bumper cover. Did you have that custom made?
Old 07-01-2006 | 12:37 PM
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Yeah, that is cool. And I bet it confuses people even more wondering what kind of car it is.
Old 07-01-2006 | 12:41 PM
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Yeah, that is cool. And I bet it confuses people even more wondering what kind of car it is.

The more I look at that pic the more I want that emblem......and I love to confuse people
Old 07-01-2006 | 12:49 PM
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BG, it looks like he's selling them. Wish it was made of aluminum instead of plastic.

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...custom+emblems
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Oh, okay. Thanks!!
Old 07-01-2006 | 01:54 PM
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I had some extra and it was one time sell.
Old 07-01-2006 | 05:55 PM
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Excelite H11 Xenon White halogens here. 4500k

Loving them so far - they're an incredible match to the headlights.

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Old 07-02-2006 | 10:27 PM
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I like the contrasting difference between the HIDs and the fogs. I think it makes the HIDs stand out more, especially if you replace the fogs with a yellower bulb. $0.02
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JUST changed my bulbs out this weekend. Looks AWESOME! I'll post pics this weekend after I wash my baby.

SC-ed, did you change your marker lights as well? (the little guys next to the headlights)?
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^Jedi, what kind of bulbs did you use and where did you pick them up?
Old 07-27-2006 | 06:38 PM
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I went with the ones Dynamic recommended: http://www.hoen-usa.com/

Ordered them from the website and they showed up pretty fast. This is an easy mod that you'll REALLY like. (assuming you dislike the color difference as much as I did...)
Old 07-27-2006 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Jedi54
JUST changed my bulbs out this weekend. Looks AWESOME! I'll post pics this weekend after I wash my baby.

SC-ed, did you change your marker lights as well? (the little guys next to the headlights)?
Yes, I replaced all bulbs with bright white LEDs.
Red LEDs for the interior. Chrome for the turn signals.
Old 07-27-2006 | 08:18 PM
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Does anyone have the xenon 4000k in their clear corners
Old 07-27-2006 | 08:43 PM
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Yes, I replaced all bulbs with bright white LEDs.
Red LEDs for the interior. Chrome for the turn signals.
where did you buy your LEDs? i bought super white from autolumination.com, it turns out to be blue
Old 07-27-2006 | 09:36 PM
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I think they are from "velocityusa" on Ebay.
My running lights are super white 5 led matrix LEDs from autolumination.com and they are white as you can see, not blue.


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