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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 04:07 AM
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I would've gone w/ yellow fogs for better foul weather visablity but yours look sharp.
Old Nov 12, 2005 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by n3985
White LEDs have a purple glow that matches 6-8,000k HIDs.




Get some LED's they look pretty sick. I have them in my parking lights lights up the whole headlight purple when I just have my fogs on. I like it, I got them off ebay for like 10.00. Looks good, I wanna get the HID fogs for my car.....
Old Nov 12, 2005 | 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by whitemax21
Italiano, thank you very much.
welcome, post some pics when you finish the mod.


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I would've gone w/ yellow fogs for better foul weather visablity but yours look sharp.
yea the fogs maximapolak posted of yellow looked pretty sick but i think ill stick with blue Umnitza's for now =]


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Get some LED's they look pretty sick. I have them in my parking lights lights up the whole headlight purple when I just have my fogs on. I like it, I got them off ebay for like 10.00. Looks good, I wanna get the HID fogs for my car.....
yea i ordered the LEDs for the parking lights since the current ones are an ugly yellow.. but get the yellow fogs, had i found them first i might of gotten them.. well probably not, i dont think theres a group deal for them
Old Nov 16, 2005 | 12:50 AM
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just finished the wiring.. took forever b/c we didnt realize the positive and negatives were switched (dunno what that was about, prolly defect or something, but we finally figured that out).. they look tight and i didnt know the DDES would be that bright.. too bad i had a cracked left ring im waiting to replace..

but thats comin in with the LEDs for the parking lights


Old May 1, 2010 | 02:29 PM
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Looks good I just order some 8000k from HID Extras cause one HID went out and Nissan wanted 190 for one and NAPA 90 bucks but this place 2 for 35.00 or one for 20 and what are you running for your HID 6, 8, or 10?
Old May 1, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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Why did you bump a 5 year old thread?
Old May 2, 2010 | 07:21 PM
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looks nice man. got any better pics of the tail lights?
Old Jun 10, 2010 | 09:23 AM
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I just installed my new HID 3000K kit yesterday, and I'm very pleased with it:





Before, with my NOKYA Yellow xenon light bulbs:








Comparison during the installation - Left: xenon - Right: HID







After:







It was a pain to install but it's all worth it!
Old Jun 10, 2010 | 10:16 AM
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If you're bound and determined to go yellow, that's the right way to do it, with a 3000K HID Kit.

I haven't done up my fogs yet with HID. It's on my list for a little summer project, so it's good to be encouraged like this.
Old Jun 10, 2010 | 10:38 AM
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Yep, I bought the Nokya bulbs off ebay and even though they looked pretty decent, they were not bright enough and did not lit up the road the way I expected... I drove around last night with the HIDs and they light up the road sooo much better

Side note: I see you have centric rotors and hawk HPS pads, how do they perform compared to stock brakes? Mine need to be replaced soon and I'm thinking about upgrading to something better...
Old Jun 10, 2010 | 10:50 AM
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I put 3000k in mine also...the job really isnt hard at all. Just some basic wiring and a little dremel action and your good!!! I've always said the hardest thing about HID conversions is finding a spot for the ballast.
Old Jun 10, 2010 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Gizm0
Yep, I bought the Nokya bulbs off ebay and even though they looked pretty decent, they were not bright enough and did not lit up the road the way I expected... I drove around last night with the HIDs and they light up the road sooo much better

Side note: I see you have centric rotors and hawk HPS pads, how do they perform compared to stock brakes? Mine need to be replaced soon and I'm thinking about upgrading to something better...
Way OT, Gizmo. Even though this is an ancient thread. Go find a brake discussion and have at it.

I can't answer your question anyway. I don't have a before/after point of reference to compare current setup to the original setup, both at peak performance.
Old Jun 10, 2010 | 11:09 AM
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It was not supposed to be that hard, but while disconnecting the fog light wire from the plug, I pulled on a wire and the son of a b.... came out of the plug... that was my dumb mistake though.

You are right, the job took about 2 hours, so it wasn't that bad... I just wished the kit would be "plug and play" type instead of having to cut wires...

How did you attach your ballasts? I did mine with zip ties, but I need to redo it, I'm not happy with the result...
Old Jul 12, 2010 | 01:36 AM
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Lovin' that third pic
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