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Old Feb 7, 2014 | 08:12 PM
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For me, headlights are all about better viability for improved night driving performance and safety.

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...uperwhite.html

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...ys/relays.html

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forum...s-45-cure.html

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forum...y-harness.html

Good reading & good luck.

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Old Feb 8, 2014 | 09:00 AM
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I wish I could turn Daniel Stern's website into a club and use it to knock out the headlamps of any car or truck containing ultra-bright-blue (or especially those purple 12000K abominations) HID capsules in halogen housings.

Sadly, those nimps still wouldn't understand.

And I'd probably end up with a broken jaw.
Old Feb 8, 2014 | 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jz78817
I wish I could turn Daniel Stern's website into a club and use it to knock out the headlamps of any car or truck containing ultra-bright-blue (or especially those purple 12000K abominations)....
You're not alone.

Many people just don't understand how our vision works and that "whiter" does not mean "see farther" or "see better". When it's dark and rainy, I'd love to hear guyz with the 6000K or higher headlamps AND fog lamps bitch because they can't see squat. Or that they don't know that their fog light assemblies on these cars are designed for a short, wide throw so they bitch about new lamps not making their fogs into driving lights.
Old Feb 10, 2014 | 10:26 PM
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I understand the The relationship between temp and brightness. I just want to make sure I can find headlights and fog light bulbs the same brightness and temp. Thanks for the help.
Old Feb 11, 2014 | 07:43 AM
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FWIW, I just bought some Hella pure yellow replacements for my fogs.

#1 - tired of getting flashed. People see 4 lights and assume I have my high beams on. I run them all the time, too many critters darting around on the roads/sides of the road to not see what's going on.

#2 - the yellow should help me in the dense fog I get on my commute pretty often.
Old Feb 11, 2014 | 09:37 PM
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i put silverstars in the fogs and headlights so they match on my car.
Old Feb 11, 2014 | 11:16 PM
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are the headlight bulbs and fog lights bulbs on my gt500 front fascia the same size?
Old Feb 12, 2014 | 04:46 AM
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Let us know what you decide, I'm looking to improve my lighting but am not knowledgable about temp/light etc.
Old Feb 12, 2014 | 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by cema93
are the headlight bulbs and fog lights bulbs on my gt500 front fascia the same size?
No. Your OM will tell you what lamp type you need for each, or go on Sylvania's website for their automotive lamp cross reference.
Old Feb 14, 2014 | 12:11 PM
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Hey. i have been looking around and i really like diode dynamics stuff they offer. i may end up replacing a lot of lights over the next month or two. i am not really worried about visability. i am sure ill be able to see. i really looking for brightness. a nice crisp white light(headlights and foglights)



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