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Old Jan 3, 2010 | 10:44 AM
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Whats up everyone? just want to show off my newest appearance mod...what do you think?
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Old Jan 3, 2010 | 10:58 AM
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Looks cool. How's the driving with those lights?
Old Jan 3, 2010 | 11:07 AM
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I think they are a little better than stock. the side LED's really light up the road nice and the new fogs are aimed more to the ground so i have been driving around in the city with just the halo's and fogs on. The projectors are nice out in the country both regular and high beams seem to have more distance to them. I need to switch out the bulbs to something more blue tho. The bulbs they came with don't look right with the halo's
Old Jan 3, 2010 | 12:03 PM
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Just be aware that "more blue" means higher temperature bulb (cooler color) which also means less useable light and diminished visibility in dark, foul weather. There's a trade-off between looking cool and safety. Stock bulbs run around 3500K. USEFUL fog lights are about 2500K. You'll begin to approach blue around 6000K.
Old Jan 3, 2010 | 05:22 PM
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how bad was the install? and with those fogs, do they still use the same switch? im wondering if the halo stays on all the time and what not
Old Jan 3, 2010 | 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 03z28eater
how bad was the install? and with those fogs, do they still use the same switch? im wondering if the halo stays on all the time and what not
I had them installed at the dealership. The halo's use the stock switch they come on when i turn the parking lights on... so i can have just the halo's, halo's and just fogs, halos and headlights, and halo's headlights and fogs.
Old Jan 3, 2010 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Nuke
Just be aware that "more blue" means higher temperature bulb (cooler color) which also means less useable light and diminished visibility in dark, foul weather. There's a trade-off between looking cool and safety. Stock bulbs run around 3500K. USEFUL fog lights are about 2500K. You'll begin to approach blue around 6000K.

Have to agree, had HIDs in and even though they were bright it really didn't help me see the road better. Switched to Sylvania Silverstar. With they made Sylvania Silverstar Ultras in our sizes, my brother's wife has them and they are even nicer.
Old Jan 3, 2010 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by warnen
Have to agree, had HIDs in and even though they were bright it really didn't help me see the road better. Switched to Sylvania Silverstar. With they made Sylvania Silverstar Ultras in our sizes, my brother's wife has them and they are even nicer.
I never looked to see what the stock sizes are but my new headlights use H1's and the fogs use H10 i was already looking at silverstars but was also looking at the luminics either platinum white or ultra blue but dont really know too much about the brand.
Old Jan 3, 2010 | 09:32 PM
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those are pretty sick man, i love halo lights...i always thought it would be kinda cool if they made a mod for lights you could install to make it have LEDs like on an audi cuz those are sick looking
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