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I changed the bulbs within a month of purchasing the truck (almost 5 years ago)... I have replaced (1) headlamp bulb (low beam burned out) about 3 months ago and just changed the fogs to Ion (yellow) bulbs about a month ago (the white PIAA's were still ok)... I pay about $80 for a pair... Hope this helps............. TriffidSPICOLI wrote:Triffid, how long have you had the PIAA'S. What's the life expectancy? I'm on the verge of buying a set, but I would hate to waste $100 if they'll burn out in six months.
As I said before the PIAA's have been in my Pathfinder for almost 5 years now and I have not seen any wiring or lens damage... I have only had (1) low beam burn out (after more than 4 years) and I only changed the fogs to Ion Crystal (yellow) for better performance... The Ion Crystal was not available in H11 when I first installed the bulbs... The yellow seems to work better in the fog and they just look better... Hope this helps............ TriffidClaybreaker wrote:With the PIAA H11 and 9007 will these lights draw too much current? If so this would damage the lights and wires? The reason I ask is I have seen people talk about this same topic. I do like the PIAA lights. How do your yellow fogs look Triffid ?
Looks like one of mine is close to death. Started it up for the drive home last night and one of the bulbs was just barely on. It finally hit full brightness maybe 5 minutes later. Same thing this morning, but it took about 10 minutes for it to come on. Guess I'll be ordering new bulbs, and probably not Luminics. I want to say I've only had them about a year.NVSteve wrote:Here's the site where I bought mine:
http://www.automotivelightingusa.com/he ... bulbs/9007
I checked, and it looks like the lights I purchased were the Luminics Krypton Ultra White, $29.99/pair.
I ordered up the Philips Xtreme (1780 lumens), which should be here next Monday. If they are truly as good as all the internet postings make them out to be, maybe I'll post up a new thread dedicated to them.cruzstyle wrote:i was on the same mission as you once and i went through about six pairs of bulbs, PIAA, silver stars, and others but before i switched over to HID i went with Plus-50 Ultra High Efficacy (Philips VisionPlus, Osram Silverstar, Narva Rangepower+50, Tungsram Megalicht, but not Sylvania Silver Star):
1750 lumens, 350 hours
they were awesome and i think they are the best upgrade you can get for really lighting up the road at night