NEW DDE's, 8500k HIDS, Smoked Sidemarkers and Tails...*PICS*
 

Many many thanks to TheBigDu, yesterday we installed my DDE's that have been sitting around for over a year. While we were at it I upgraded my HIDs to 8500k D2Rs. Then today I was a lil bored so I got out the niteshades and put two coats of it on both my taillights and all four sidemarkers. The taillights remind me of the SE-R styling. I really like the way they look during the day. I will get better pics of them tomorrow; I ran out of daylight today.
The HIDs are much more purple than the stock and match perfectly with my
super white 9 LEDs from autolumination in my side markers and parking lights.
Enjoy!
Before....parking lights.....
http://jasonscars.freeservers.com/sl...a/DSC00879.JPG
After....parking lights with Angel Eyes
http://jasonscars.freeservers.com/sl...a/DSC00909.JPG
Before HIDs....
http://jasonscars.freeservers.com/sl...a/DSC00881.JPG
After 8500k HIDs, Angel Eyes.....
http://jasonscars.freeservers.com/sl...a/DSC00910.JPG
8500k HIDs, Angel Eyes, PIAA Crystal Ion Fog...
http://jasonscars.freeservers.com/sl...a/DSC00905.JPG

http://jasonscars.freeservers.com/im..._angeleyes.jpg
Taillights
http://jasonscars.freeservers.com/sl...xima/Rear2.jpg
More pics can be seen here.... Maxima Pics

Hey Jason,

Everything looks good! Really nice job with the tint on the tails and the sidemarkers. I can't wait to see the daytime pics.

-Brian

looks really good!
kinda hard to see the tinting on the tails ,i'll be sure to check for daytime pics...

sorry its pretty blurry....i'll get better pics tomorrow.
http://jasonscars.freeservers.com/sl...axima/Rear.jpg

looks like you didnt go too dark with the tint on the rear lights.
i think thats the way to go and looks really good with your color maxima..

I can always add more coats. Until I get my brighter LEDs in the back I don't wanna go much darker.

it looks good i like the tint on the tails and the dde's are sick!!

Does anyone know if you can just wire the ddes to a switch?

Yessir. And it can be a fancy 3-way setup, too. Jason and I were going to do it, but time constraints made it a project for another day.

Check out http://www.innerbean.com/housecor/dde_switch.html for a nice how-to.

Nice....
 

Lets see those headlights on something and from drivers seat. I want to see the color. I am planning on retrofitting my ebay headlights and a few other to them (like Dr. Roys), but I am torn between what kelvin to run.

nice jason, good job to both of you. id love to see some pics of the 8500K from the drivers seat, to see just how bright they are. i was thinkin about upgrading to 6000K, but i want to see 8500.

all these people in my area, especially bigdu, and ive never met up with anyone. i gotta get my *** off this couch!

Well, Jason is actually out here in central PA, which is where I am at college. I gotta edit my location info.

DDE's look sweet. I like the bulb in your parking lights too. Looks like it matches the HID's very well. Nice work. :thumbsup:

i also have the 9led super white (looks more purple) in my lil running light and it looks awesome
its very bright


looks good!

Nice..... What brand bulbs are those? Where did you buy them from?

looks good. those are some pretty big exhaust tips

I ordered the wrong muffler. And will be disposing of the fart can very shortly.

The HID's?? No name brand. Just basic 8500k D2R HID bulbs from ebay. $47 a piece. :thumbsup:

if they are 47 bucks a piece i think there are the premiertek bulbs found here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WDVW

nice tinting on the sides, more pics more pics! :)

Personally, I think it looks a little busy in terms of lighting colors and such. The fogs should definitely not be yellow with so many other colors in the 5000-8500K range. Also, I would not have any parking lights, especially if you are going to be driving around with just your DDEs and fogs on (no HID). I think the parking lights take away from the DDEs.

why do they look green and they dont looks as bright. Still they are sick

Sexy but how is the light output with those 8500ks ?

Did you tint your tails from the outside of the lens?
I'm only asking because I have other plans for some tail I have on hand.......

Yes thats my question as well. It does look good though. Good job.

Yes, sir, he did.

DDE's... i cant wait to install mine saturday!!! :) but yours does look sick. is it me or do all the lights look purplish? not the HIDs but the sides/rear... maybe its just my monitor..

I got those LED replacements for my clearance lights from Autolumination.com too, but mine are the 6-LED bulbs. I was very pleased with the fact that they're not yellowish like the stock clearance light bulbs, but I was slightly disappointed that they are more blue/purple in color than the stock HID low beams. Overall, the look is 500% better than stock, but I would have liked them to match the HIDs.

You say yours are the 9-LED bulbs? As far as I can see, Autolumination doesn't list any 194/168 size bulbs with 9 LEDs. The most I see is 6 LEDs. I did find a 921 size 9-LED bulb. That's what I used in my reverse lights. Did you modify that bulb to fit in your clearance lights?

Something tells me I should never have messed with these Autolumination LEDs in the first place. When I get the money, I'll probably go Polarg unless I can get this LED situation straightened out.

So it's been a couple weeks...are you enjoying driving blindfolded? :lol:

they are not in the 194 section, i frogot which section i got them from, and yeah, they are a lil purple, but i love them, they match my 6000k headlights and fogs almost perfectly

Polargs START as the closest to stock HID color. After a few months they fade and don't match. The super white 921 9 LED bulb I have in my parking lights are more blue/purple than the weak 4300k stock HIDs. My current 8500k HIDs look identical to those on a BMW/Audi and match the 9 LED super white bulb perfect.
No modification needed for the bulb to fit. The 6 LEDs btw are ALOT dimmer than the 9 LED and can barely be seen with the HIDs on. I ordered the wrong ones before. :shiner:

:gotme: um...ok.

It is better than the stock thats for sure. The 8500k makes things seem "clearer" at night and easier to see than the stock HIDs if that makes sense.
I'm pretty sure there's a lil bit more light and they look brighter side by side to the stock to the naked eye. But who knows I'm sure somebody on here will give some formula that says its not or something.

I only use my fogs in the FOG. And its yellow because it actually helps in the fog. Unlike my old piaa super plasmas. I think the parking light compliments the DDEs well and its the same bulb I have in my sidemarkers.

Look at the pics of my old HIDs....same color as the DDEs. They don't look as bright cuz my new HIDs are brighter. The 8500k HIDs and 9 super white led sidemarkers and parking lights are purple color.

Wow. I ordered the 6 LED 194 because it was the 194 with the most LEDs in it. I didn't know that the 9 LED 921 would fit without any problems. I actually have the 9 LED 921 in my reverse lights. I could just get two more and put them in my clearance/parking lights.

very nice look man. congrats!!