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      04-14-2023, 03:53 PM   #1
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Headlamp and DRL Bulb replacements

Im looking for matching replacement bulbs that are bright white lightbulbs (similar to LED). I see that I can find white H7 bulbs for the Headlamps from Sylvania and Phillips, but I cannot find white, or any, PW24W bulbs anywhere. What are equivalent or does anyone have any suggestions what what to get or where to look? Thank you.
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Im looking for matching replacement bulbs that are bright white lightbulbs (similar to LED). I see that I can find white H7 bulbs for the Headlamps from Sylvania and Phillips, but I cannot find white, or any, PW24W bulbs anywhere. What are equivalent or does anyone have any suggestions what what to get or where to look? Thank you.
If still open for LED option, ask Billfitz as he's done LED bulb (not LCI) conversions on his GT, as far as I recall.
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There are no white incandescent bulbs. They don't reach a high enough filament temperature to be white. There are bulbs with blue tinted envelopes, which makes them less yellow, but just like sunglasses that tint reduces light transmission. If you want white like LED you have to use LED.
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I recently put in these from Amazon, I personally hate the yellow look so I really wanted something else. Havent had any issues yet.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NYR5QWD

I also used these for the parking lights
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5DPF1CJ

These for high beams
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BPLP6P5H

And these for low beams
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B38QW4F8

I bought fog lights too, but havent had time to pull back the tire liner panel to replace them.
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Also, I got the bimmercode app to set code the ecu to set everything to the LED mode.
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That's key, because there's no such thing as plug and play LED. They have to be coded.
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