Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior Light bulb Form (ie. My (insert type here) Blew! mega form)

I decided to make a massive thread concerning all the differen't types of bulbs out there on the market. Hopefully Isaac locks this one so there wont be any more "My mtechs blew" threads again. My goal is to have everyone post what bulbs they have, and have had in the past. Which ones look good, which ones blew ect. Try to keep this civilized and informative. I'll start it off.

Lows: Stock HID
Highs: PIAA Xtreme White
Fogs: Stock
Front Turns: PIAA Xtreme White
Rear Turns: PIAA Xtreme White
City: 5 LED matrix Hyper whites
Side: 9 LED hyper whites

Comments:
I have not had any problems with my piaa bubls all around. They all have that great white blue tint. No burnouts in 4 months. I got APC Xenons from pepboys for fogs and they looked exaclty like stock but dimmer. deff dont suggest them.

Lows: mtec
Highs: mtec
Fogs: mtec
Front Turns: polarg
Sides: polarg

The lights are great but my fogs blew out a couple weeks ago . They lasted about 4 months so im gonna stay away from mtecs for now.

Lows: Nokya Arctic Purple
Highs: Nokya Arctic Purple
Parking: Polarg

I had MTEC lows, but the one I touched while installing blew in three months, and the other blew in six. Six months still isn't that bad.

I love the color on the Nokya lows... but they aren't as bright as MTECs. I'm not really feeling the color or brightness of the Nokya highs.

Lows: Stock (retrofit planned in profile)
Highs: Stock
Fogs: PIAA ION Crystal Yellow (retrofit planned in profile)
Front Turns: Silvania Silverstar
Sides: Stock

I found the yellow light of the fogs to be the only things I could see on rainy days.. my low beams are completely useless as far as visibilty. my 6000k hid bulbs were so I went back to stock till I get to do my retrofit.

Lows: XenonDepot 4300K HIDs
Highs: PIAA Xtreme White
Fogs: PIAA Xtreme White
Front Turns: PIAA Xtreme White
Rear Turns: stock


Others:

PIAA Super LED Parking Lights
PIAA Super LED Front Side Markers
PIAA Super LED License Plate Lights



-> haven't had a problem with anything so far. PIAA is a quality brand imo

all PIAA...all awesome
MTEC low...awesome

Lows: mtec
Highs: mtec
Fogs: mtec
Front Turns: polarg
Sides: polarg


5 months w/the mtecs and no probs.

Lows: MTEC
Highs: Some cheapass-expensive AutoZone lights.
Fogs: Stock (will switch to MTEC Ion Yellow soon)
Front Turns: Stock (removed orange paint.)
Sides: Stock

I've had my MTEC that I bought off of eBay for about a year already and they havent blown out on me. Though I once had white-ish fogbulbs but one blew out because my bumper was dragged when I was reversing out of my friend's driveway - the vibration broke the little thing inside. otherwise, it was a decent product; just a bitch to install

low: maruta 4000k (same as mtec)
high: APC ultra white (i like, betta then low)
park: xenon white (wal-mart brand, lame ass bulb, not bright at all)

turning: Eurodezign Super White'
Fog: eurodezign purple (look bad)

i had my apc on ever since Feb. 2004 and still work good..low i change a few time from different brand, never blew out..fog blew out once..

low: Mtec-GREAT BULBS

High: Sylvania Silverstars-works great hasnt burned out yet dec 2003

Park: blue pos-replaced every 5months because it turns green

turning: Sylvania OEM- average