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7/22/2012

PIAA 19228 1157 Xtreme White Miniature Bulb - 2 Piece Review

PIAA 19228 1157 Xtreme White Miniature Bulb - 2 Piece
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These are horrible bulbs, especially considering that PIAA is supposedly a world-class automotive lighting company. Instead of the super white advertised, the bulbs were tinted such dark blue that the light shows up a nasty shade of blue-green. The 1157 bulbs just don't put out that much power to begin with so the uncolored regular bulbs show up a bit yellowed (as with many incandescant bulbs), add the dark blue tinting, you get green-blue light. I also bought the 168 Xtreme White wedge bulbs from PIAA (same product line, different bulb)and they come out brilliantly - a slightly blue shade of white. I don't know why the 1157s were so terrible. This is including weeks of any "burn in" time they might've needed. The PolarG 1157s I tried after the PIAAs weren't perfect either, but much better than the PIAAs.

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These PIAA Specialty Miniature Bulbs are small incandescent bulbs used for turn signals, side marker lights, and parking lights. Their Xtreme White light comes close to HID color and creates a brilliant, cool white with a tint of blue. They can be matched with both headlights and other accessories to create a sleek, unified look. Made with high-quality heat-resistant tubes, these are 27/8-watt 1157-type bulbs.

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7/10/2012

PIAA 19520 Hyper Tera Evolution 168 Wedge Bulb Review

PIAA 19520 Hyper Tera Evolution 168 Wedge Bulb
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If you are crazy enough to spend near $100 like I did purchasing this Piaa 19520 Hyper Tera Evolution LED for your beloved car, please save yourself the disappointment and embarrassment this product brings.
Let me start by pointing out that I have had great experience for the past decade using various Piaa wedge bulbs including models 19172, 19283, and 19263. All have done their job as expected and lasted more than 2 years. However, this time I bought a new sports car with those really bright purple-colored HID xenon headlight and wanted to have matching color wedge bulbs that are also brighter than regular wedge bulbs (like those newer Audi front LED panels). So I purchased this 19520 twin pack directly from [...]. Each bulb is made up of 3 LED diodes, and covered by a very cheap toy-like plastic lens cover. When closely examining the bulbs, one quickly finds the quality of the material all over to be extremely low grade. At any rate, after reading the manual (and who actually read this stuff anyway?), I installed the bulbs wearing gloves and had minimum contact with the bulbs during installation. Tried out the new bulbs in the dark, they produced extremely bright and wide spread angle lighting at true 6000k color temperature. That is actually a purple color rather than blue or super white. It is probably borderline street legal depending on the cop's mood. All is good and I liked these bulbs very much even though I soon discovered that 6000k is actually more purplish than most HID xenon colors. Those are actually closer to 5500k in case you want to know.
4 months went by, one night I parked and got out of the car and noticed one of the LED bulb started flashing on and off, showing signs of life decay. I couldn't believe it. A pair of wedge bulbs that cost $100 lasted only 4 month? I thought it could be a socket connection problem so I switched the two bulbs and polarity, tried everything I could and no luck, it's dying.
I wrote to Piaa customer service, explained the situation above. They never responded. End of story.
Staring at the manual that came with my bulbs, the front page prints in large font by Piaa: Pride and Confidence in People and Products. Do you believe in either after reading my story?

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7/02/2012

PIAA 19615 9005 (HB3) 60W=120W Xtra Xtreme White Plus Bulb, Twin Pack Review

PIAA 19615 9005 (HB3) 60W=120W Xtra Xtreme White Plus Bulb, Twin Pack
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I WANT THE MOST LUMEN FLUX PIAA 9005 BULB FOR MY SILVERADO 1500, AND I THINK THIS 19615 IS. HOW MANY LUMENS EMIT IT. I READ EXIST BULBS OVER 2500 LUMENS. IS IT CORRECT? I SAW EXIST PIAA TERA LED 9005 IN 6000K, HOW MANY LUMENS EMIT IT, HOW MANY WATTS COMSUME IT. I BOUGHT THE XTRA INTENSE WHITE AND I AM NOT SATISFIED. I NEED MOST LIGHT IN THE DARK ROAD, THANKS. I WANT PIAA U.S.A. ANSWER ME.

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5/17/2012

PIAA 19369 T-6 LED Dome Bulb (Type A) Three LED's, 1 Watt Each Review

PIAA 19369 T-6 LED Dome Bulb (Type A) Three LED's, 1 Watt Each
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I purchased this replacement unit after burning out several bulbs in my 2007 FJ Cruiser. Unit was a little tight to install, but no real problems other than you have to be careful about putting it in correctly. It is a diode and therefore polarity and unit orientation is critical to operation.

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5/11/2012

Vision X VX-LH8 H8 35 Watt Low Beam Superwhite Bulb Set Review

Vision X VX-LH8 H8 35 Watt Low Beam Superwhite Bulb Set
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My local auto store had 1 regular halogen H8 bulb for over $14, I got these shipped to me for less then $4 for two. The bulbs give off excellent light, my wife asked me if I could replace the headlight bulbs to this kind too!! I put these in a 2007 Kia Sedona Mini Van and they work perfect.

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4/19/2012

HELLA 008283011 FF50 Series 12V/55W Single Clear Driving Lamp Review

HELLA 008283011 FF50 Series 12V/55W Single Clear Driving Lamp
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I have been "reminded" by four local law enforcement representatives that my Hella lights were on. A state trooper told me that these are the brightest he has ever seen. Illumination, after all, is why we add lights.
The beam is a slightly vertical ellipse so that even when illuminating the street near the car, the top part of the beam shines far ahead. I have seen retro-reflective road signs illuminated three miles ahead.
My Honda Insight is really small, a subcompact. People pull out in front of it like it's not even there. Running the Hella FF50 lights in the daytime adds more "presence" to my frontal area. A result is that far less people pull out in front of me and instead wait until it is safe. Collision avoidance was an unexpected but welcome side effect.


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2/19/2012

PIAA 18235 H8 Xtreme White Bulb - Twin Pack Review

PIAA 18235 H8 Xtreme White Bulb - Twin Pack
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Have to be honest on a Nissan (Tiida) Versa 2010, this lights make few difference assisting the main lights. how ever they still do the job.

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1/10/2012

PIAA 15224 H4 Style Xtreme White 12V 60/55=110/100-Watt Bulb - Twin Pack Review

PIAA 15224 H4 Style Xtreme White 12V 60/55=110/100-Watt Bulb - Twin Pack
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These bulbs are SAE and DOT rated, 60W/55W standard wattage, so you won't get pulled over by the police for using off color or higher wattage bulbs, or burn your wiring by using higher wattage bulbs. The produce a very clean white (4000°K) light and are very bright compared to regular headlights. Comparing these to the 4000°K Sylvania SilverStar bulbs which I had before, these are whiter and brighter, which surprised me. If you are looking for a true white light, you need to stick below 4100°K in color, else you start to get into the blue and purple colors. These seem to be exactly what I was looking for. I gave them 4 stars because I don't know how long these will last. Most H4 bulbs are easy to swap out requiring no tools and about 5 minutes of your time.

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1/03/2012

PIAA 19223 10-Watt Xtreme White Miniature Dome Light Review

PIAA 19223 10-Watt Xtreme White Miniature Dome Light
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I wanted a bulb with a HID-look to match my xenon headlights. These are way better than the stock lights.

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These PIAA Specialty Miniature Bulbs are for use in your vehicle's dome light. The bulbs feature Xtreme White color that produces brilliant, cool white light with a blue tint. These 10-watt bulbs are designed with a high-quality heat-resistant tube.

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12/02/2011

PIAA 19173 168 Plasma Ion Yellow Wedge Bulb - 2 Piece Review

PIAA 19173 168 Plasma Ion Yellow Wedge Bulb - 2 Piece
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Had these for a little over 3 years now and its still going strong. I have these paired up with phillips blue vision and i love the contrast between the yellow parking lights and white low beams. Will definately buy them again

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