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Old 09-24-2009, 12:28 AM
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Question Can you help me with CCFL colors?

I have a 2007 perf white mustang gt and I'm going to buy ccfl head lights and fog lights. I am having a hard time choosing which color of CCFL halo lights I should get... white or blue?

What do you think? Post pictures if you have any and tell me where you got them from.

Oh by the way, these lights will be either black or smoked. For my fog lights with ccfl's, I don't want semi-circles please.

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definitely white... not blue
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Don't give your hiway patrol a reason to pull you over.Get the white halos.
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Originally Posted by Poco
Don't give your hiway patrol a reason to pull you over.Get the white halos.
that would make sense.

Any other suggestions anyone?
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ive seen white...curious to see what blue looks like...
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Old 09-24-2009, 11:03 AM
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Avoid the CCFLs if at all possable.
They are a very short lived mod,
then become a non-functional mod.
CCFLs burn out faster than, well you know what.
And then where do you get replacement bulbs or ballasts?
Cheap China Junk American consumers drool over for some reason....
IMHO

Blue is illegal for road use.
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Originally Posted by 157db
Avoid the CCFLs if at all possable.
They are a very short lived mod,
then become a non-functional mod.
CCFLs burn out faster than, well you know what.
And then where do you get replacement bulbs or ballasts?
Cheap China Junk American consumers drool over for some reason....
IMHO

Blue is illegal for road use.
Show only....
I was told that the reason why they are short lived because of the moisture getting into the housings...
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Old 09-25-2009, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by whtnblk.GT
I was told that the reason why they are short lived because of the moisture getting into the housings...
WRONG. CCFL tubes are sealed and moisture does not effect them.
Its the sub standard vacuum evacuation process and the
low quality phosphors used during the manufacturing process.
Cheap Chiniese C**pola is the problem here....
You must pull a very high perfect vacuum and them replace the
removed air with argon to a specific pressure and then add the
smallest amount of murcury possable to produce a CCFL tube
that will last for years.
I did the whole Neon Sign thing for a while and quality manufactured
and produced Neon lasts for years and years. I have seen some from
the 40s thats still burning strong around here.
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