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Old Feb 11, 2011 | 08:25 PM
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2001 4Runner Light bulbs question ?

Hey guys, So i'm going to change my my front bulbs to a brighter whiter color.

HeadLights: 9003ST Silverstar High Performance

Fog Lights: H3ST Silverstar High Performance

Now my question is, which do i get for my corner lights? i know the bulb size is 2825. But they dont have that in the silverstar collection.

I am going to install clear corner like these:




Anyone know which bulb i can use inside here?

I would like one that is the same brightness as the Headlights and Fog lights. They have a temperature color of ~4000K (white)

Thanks for the help guys.
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Old Feb 11, 2011 | 09:20 PM
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id just go with a 921 bulb a little bigger but it will be slightly whiter than the 194
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 12:54 PM
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I just put LED bulbs in my front corners and they are bright. 12 diode LED bulbs.
I also used LED's for the licence plate. 4 diode LED bulbs.
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 03:34 PM
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cool LED.
But till the LED's be brighter than the Silverstar bulbs?
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 04:29 PM
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If you go with LEDs, you are going to have a killer time finding one that matches your headlight color.

Most white LEDs run around 6000k, which has a slight blue tinge to it. Even the "warm white" LEDs will be too "cool" to match your headlights.

Make no mistake about it, I LOVE LEDs. I don't have one incandescent bulb on my 4Runner (they're all either LED or HID). It just took me a long time to find a white LED that would match even my 5000k HIDs.

In the end, I just put amber LEDs in my clear corners until I found a decent white LED that matched. My advice is to just use a standard white (clear) incandescent bulb.

Good luck!
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 05:08 PM
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if all else fails just get some amber colored ones
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 01:57 PM
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ok i found these here:

http://www.svetila.com/en/light-bulb...blue-3210.html

can i use these? it says it has 4000k temp color...but it says its blue ... ?? i though 4000k was white? any thoughts?
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rams
ok i found these here:

http://www.svetila.com/en/light-bulb...blue-3210.html

can i use these? it says it has 4000k temp color...but it says its blue ... ?? i though 4000k was white? any thoughts?
I found this nifty little chart for ya...



So those bulbs should match pretty well. I will say that a pure white color is actually closer to 5000k, so even the Silverstar Ultras will look kinda yellow. I have 5000k HIDs and they make even standard (4300k) HIDs look yellow. Check out the kelvin scale:


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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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Thanks a bunch
i think i'll go with those then.
but any thoughts why in that site it says the bulb is blue? if its only 4000k? lol
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