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Old 10-31-2003 | 08:10 AM
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couple questions...ive already searched

1. What bulbs would i need to get to get the lights in the front to be all the same color, right now the headlights are different then the fog lights and the corner lights are different then any other ones, i want them all to be that bright white.

2. What is the best way to remove tint? Is it a DIY job or do i have to bring it to a tint place.

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Old 10-31-2003 | 10:03 AM
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1) it's pretty much impossible to have all the lights match so i only have my hyper white headlights on and fogs and nothing else..

2) to remove the tint, i used Windex, razor, and paper towels.You can peel off the black tint. Then you'll be left with a clear coating of "sticky" stuff. You spray the windex and set it to soak in.. after few mins you use the razor to get it off..
Old 10-31-2003 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by santino
1. What bulbs would i need to get to get the lights in the front to be all the same color, right now the headlights are different then the fog lights and the corner lights are different then any other ones, i want them all to be that bright white.

2. What is the best way to remove tint? Is it a DIY job or do i have to bring it to a tint place.

Thanks
if you get all your 'hyper white' bulbs from the same manufacture, they should match. I suggest yellow fogs, looks much better with sick headlights.
Old 10-31-2003 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by minsbang
1) it's pretty much impossible to have all the lights match so i only have my hyper white headlights on and fogs and nothing else..

2) to remove the tint, i used Windex, razor, and paper towels.You can peel off the black tint. Then you'll be left with a clear coating of "sticky" stuff. You spray the windex and set it to soak in.. after few mins you use the razor to get it off..
Also don't use the razor blade on the back windsheild or you will be left with a non-working rear defroster. Instead use some steel wool from home depot, etc. Windex will work for sure, but there is also a tint solution that really works at the glue that we used to use years back when I worked in a tint shop. Never knew what it was, but a tint shop would be able to tell you. Apparently white ammonia (?) and water solution will also work. That glue is a biotch. Be prepared for it to take well over an hour and have a shop vac handy to suck up all the slime that will likely form at the bottom of the windows.

Good luck.
Old 10-31-2003 | 02:37 PM
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having white bulbs in the fog lights defeats the whole purpose of having fogs...
Old 10-31-2003 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ivelweyz
having white bulbs in the fog lights defeats the whole purpose of having fogs...
Can you explain that a little bit? I'll submit to the fact that amber lighting certainly penetrates the fog a small degree better than a white light, however to say that it defeats the whole purpose seems a bit extreme to me. Do you know something that I don't?

The beam pattern and lower intensity (55W) of a white foglight make it more than worthy in use as an actual foglight. While I would estimate that the yellow fog light, in my experience with PIAA Crystal Ion's, creates about 30% more visibility tops. Far less than what I would personally categorize as defeating the whole purpose. Am I missing something?
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