I do most of my driving on the road but when winter comes i spend lots of time up in the mountains. Well, at night it is very dark and my stock lights just do not cut it for me. I am trying to decide between Hella and Piia lights. Iam partially incline to buy the piias because of the remote control feature. On the other hand the 40' series Hellas are about $90.00 cheaper. I think performance is about the same. Has anyone gone thru this process? Is there something else out there or any drawbacks to these lights? thanks for any input.

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99 xlt sc,4.6 2w.d.,gibson catback,
superchip,
rsx shocks,
hellwig sway bar,
3" front lift,275/70/16 scorpions,
sst soft bed cover.

FUTURE MODS:4.10 GEARS, GORHINO BRUSH GUARD AND HELLA LIGHTS.
From: Los Angeles, CA

 

You may want to check out the Hella "off-road " lights like the 3000 or 4000 series. The cornering beams give unbelievable field of view and the driving beams reach out farther than you'll ever need. check out http://www.susquehanna.com/susq/index.htm for lots of info on Hella and some really good prices. They supply lighting to a lot of SCCA rallye teams

 

I have no way of comparing the two, however in the bumper I have piaa wide angle 85W super white lamps wired to come on with the parking lights (no switch). I also have round piaa's behind the grill (pencil beam conventional design) superwhite also. they are wired to the high beams. The combo is fantastic! great side visibility all the time and brilliant high beams. I can see about a mile with the high beams!

By the way piaa makes the finest bulbs in the industry with the superwhite technology and the very efficient 55=85 and 85=135 watt bulbs. The absolute brightest in the industry.

If you decide the hellas fit your needs better consider a set of piaa 85 watt superwhite bulbs to replace the standard hella halogen lamps.

I am waiting for piaa to make 9007 replacement bulbs for the reg headlights too. I put a set of piaa replacement bulbs in my miata and they are so good it does not need any addl lighting.

Chris

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98 SC 4.6L stepside, Gibson headers, Gibson single exhaust, superchip, Intake mods, Piaa's, high end audio stuff.

 

Somebody told me that those KC lights were pretty good, I might have to try some out pretty quick. I'll let ya know what I think.

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98 Black F150 S/C 4x4 ORP 5.4

4" Rancho lift, 14 KC lights, lots of other goodies. Check out www.F150World.com/Mudder for pics and all the info.

 

Yeah mudder, I seem to remember a nice guy on here with a beautiful black truck. He had a few of the KC daylighters. If you ask me he didn't have quite enough yet, I live in Canada and I only notice a slight glow when he has them all on. .

Take it easy
Jimmar

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The Vitals

• 2001.5 SuperCrew XLT 4X4 (Gen III) 5.4L V8
• Silver Clearcoat Metallic With Deep Wedgewood Blue (accent)
• Chrome Tubular Step Bars (Ford)
• Captains Chairs
• Power Moonroof
• 3.55 LS
• Class III Towing Package (radiator, what radiator? I can't even see it)

The Mods

• WMS Velocity Tube
• Harley Davidson Exhaust
• '01 Lightning Head/Tail Lamps
• Boston Acoustic Components & 5X7s
• Duraliner, Splashguards, Bug Defector

Future Plans

 

I like the KC daylighters better than PIAA 520's. I have two PIAA's on my trucks brush guard and am always wondering if they are on, because the light does not make that big of a difference. I have KC daylighters on my CJ7 and I love them.

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98 5.4L, 4" Rancho Suspension with 33" BFG on 16" Weld Racing Rims, Chrome Brush Guard, Stainless Stell Steps, Alpine Stereo with 4 5X7 MB Quards run by an Alpine approx. 400 watt amp and 4 He2 Rockford's 10" subs run by a 800 watt Rockford amp, and CB and Scanner

 

jsbakke, have you got the fogs or drivings? The amber or clear? I converted from the amber standard 520's to the 520 SMR clear lights, and the difference was huge. I'll check em out if we can get the Colorado Chapter together, I might even be able to get you the upgrade for free (no promises though, LOL)

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Matt Adams
Littleton, CO
1994 Ford Explorer, highly modified ( http://mattadams.f150online.net )
2000 F-150 XLT Supercab
5.4L Triton V8 Engine, Automatic Transmission, 3" dual exhaust, Rhino lining, K&N Filtercharger Intake Performance Kit (FIPK), JL Audio stealthbox with Phoenix gold amplifier, premium stereo
Genuine Steel brush guard with 4 PIAA 520's mounted on it, PIAA Airdam with PIAA 520 fog's and PIAA 510 superwhite driving lights in it.
off-road and tow packages
and much much more!
Grizzly Roll bar (double bar/single bar) with 5 PIAA 80 XT's mounted on it (3 driving, 2 fogs)
Storage box in the back
Soon to come:
Pistol mod (convenient, easily accessible yet somewhat hidden access).
Custom paint job?

 

before you go to far-- take a look at daniel stern's lighting web site. he will tell you all the differences between the types and seems to cut through a lot of the myths. i have seen it mentioned in here so you might do a search and find it. looks like the super whites are a little gimick. i had them and i didnt like them .in his web site it explaines the differecne 's
in some detail.




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99' F150 LARIAT S/C WOOD DASH -5.4---3.73'S AIRFORCE 1, AMSOIL, OFFROAD EQUIP GROUP, TOW PACKAGE ,TECH STYLE TONNEAU,

. pic atwww.f150world/las52/

 

Daniel Stern's Website

http://lighting.mbz.org/

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2000 F-150 Lariat, Flareside, Black, SC, FOxFO, 5.4L, 4R70W TranZ, 3.55 Limited Slip Rear Axle, Garmin Street Pilot Color GPS, Bed Rug, ExTang Saber Tonno, CatchALL Floor Mat's, VentShade Visors, Limo BLaCK Tint'd Windows, PIAA Platinum Super White Headlight Bulbs with XTra Technology, FLoWMaSTer 40 Series MuFF, Mobil 1 5W-30 and Motorcraft 820-S Filter, SuperFReaKiN - FLiPCHiP Cal'd for Regular and Premium FueL,

Soon..............

AiRaID FIPK, Expedition Front and Rear Sway Bars, F-1 HooD, P305/75/R17 BFG KO's, 3" Body LiFT

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