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Old 05-05-2005, 10:04 AM
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I installed new driving lights last night. I don't know why I waited so long. These things make my high beams look like candles.

I got Hella FF50s

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Old 05-05-2005, 10:08 AM
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cool... looks good
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Old 05-05-2005, 10:17 AM
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Yeah they really do improve visability. No just get some better bulbs. I've got the PIAA 1500's
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Old 05-05-2005, 10:50 AM
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Could you post an in car pic for reference of on/off?
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Old 05-05-2005, 10:51 AM
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on the on road pic
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Old 05-05-2005, 10:54 AM
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I'll get some more pics tonight.
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Old 05-05-2005, 12:02 PM
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That'll help cut wide swathes of brightness in the inky black night. Looks good.
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Old 05-05-2005, 01:01 PM
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stock fogs still look 100x better when not lit...I think most will agree with me on that one.

I believe you had no fogs to begin with...so I must say it actually looks good.
 
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Old 05-05-2005, 01:07 PM
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This was 100% NOT a cosmetic mod...
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Old 05-05-2005, 01:10 PM
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I realize that. Nowhere did I say it was.

You can "see" better now, so that's all that counts.
 
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Old 05-05-2005, 01:13 PM
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You should see how they look mounted there



BTW, $28 dolla WalMart fogs>>>>all others
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Old 05-05-2005, 01:21 PM
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looks good. how much did they cost you?
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Old 05-05-2005, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by mzmtg
I installed new driving lights last night. I don't know why I waited so long. These things make my high beams look like candles.

I got Hella FF50s

You put yours on and I took mine off.

I have to put them back on soon though so my car will look good again.
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Old 05-05-2005, 01:32 PM
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Old 05-05-2005, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevlo911
BTW, $28 dolla WalMart fogs>>>>all others
$40 for brand name driving lights >>>> $30 Wally world "fogs"
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Old 05-05-2005, 02:19 PM
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i got mine in blue.... dont even use them, theyr illigal
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Old 05-05-2005, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by do0ki
i got mine in blue.... dont even use them, theyr illigal
So, overall, that was a wise purchase.
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Old 05-05-2005, 02:27 PM
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So, overall, that was a wise purchase.
He did turn them on for that pic, so I guess he got his money's worth.
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Old 05-05-2005, 02:57 PM
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i didint pay for them!! i got them for FREE from a friend
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good looking fogs
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Old 05-05-2005, 04:15 PM
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they're driving lights!
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Old 05-05-2005, 07:20 PM
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Highbeams only:


Highbeams and FF50s:


I saw this guy when I was out taking those pics:
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Old 05-05-2005, 07:24 PM
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lol that toad pic is awesome

beam pattern pics look good
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Old 05-05-2005, 07:35 PM
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i need some visiblity as well, i use to have my fogs behind the grille, so they cant be seen, lol i blinded the shiet out of all the oncomming traffic and ppl infront of me. so i took it off
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Old 05-05-2005, 08:13 PM
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fogs and frogs.
how hard is it to wire those fogs up? my stock 95 didnt come with any.
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Old 05-05-2005, 09:57 PM
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well, those driving lights are aimed pretty high. I'm sure that you are a menace to oncoming drivers. I used to have piaa diachronic driving lights. THEY WERE AWESOME. But they also blinded oncoming drivers. Looks good mzmtg. Those will rock in backroads driving.
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Old 05-05-2005, 10:25 PM
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Those are pretty damn bright lights! Nice. I like the frog pic also haha..
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Old 05-05-2005, 10:58 PM
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It's true, OEM fogs look better but is easily outperformed by aftermarket ones. Kevlo, those fogs look good in your Max. I have a 95 SE and I've been wanting to replace the factory fogs with better ones for visibility. However, I want to find something that will look best in the stock fog location. I know it wouldn't be the same as the OEM look but something very close will suffice. I wonder if I can gut the housing of the oem fog and retrofit an aftermarket HID type fogs behind the OEM fog lenses.

mzmtg, those fogs look good on the GXE.
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Old 05-05-2005, 11:26 PM
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Is that frog taking a dump?
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Old 05-06-2005, 01:01 AM
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mzmtg are your headlights 9004 or 9007? I know converting to 9007 helped out my visibility a lot.
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Old 05-06-2005, 04:41 AM
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My headlights are still 9004. The driving lights have a different beam pattern than fog lights. They are designed to throw light farther out, in a spot. Fog lights have a wide low pattern.

Mine are aimed straight out. They are wired to only come on with the highbeams, so theoretically, they wont be on when there is any oncoming traffic.
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how well does it work in the fog?
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how well does it work in the fog?
They suck in the fog. The reflection back at you is about 10 times worse then just the highbeams.
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Old 05-06-2005, 04:59 AM
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Driving Light beam pattern:



Fog Light Driving pattern:
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bigtimber, the scenery in that sig is awesome.
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clearly people do not know there lights. Those lights look really nice Ben.
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looks nice bro aim em a lil lower i got hella driving lights awesome too


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Old 05-07-2005, 02:46 AM
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Came out good.
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So, overall, that was a wise purchase.
haha

nice i cant believe how much more light they provide
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Old 05-07-2005, 10:23 AM
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mzmtg is right about the beam pattern. My foglights have a very wide beam pattern.
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