ZBeastZ

Thanks its 3457A and in california is it legal to have any other color?

Also should I get LED's or not worth it?

dcains

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Try anything other than clear or amber/yellow and you'll get your *** in a sling. Red and blue are reserved for emergency vehicles, not to mention they'd look stupid. LED's are great - replaced all the bulbs in my '08 with LED's 4+ years ago, and have had no issues. For the signals, you'll need resistors for them to work properly. The backup lights will be much better, especially if you have a backup camera, and you can use LED's in the front parking lights, too.




The LED's for the parking light need to be small enough to fit through the hole in the housing, and also short enough. Same is true of LED's used to replace the other bulbs:






I've bought from both eBay sellers and superbrightleds.com.

ZBeastZ

Okay thanks!

Any idea which size LED fits in the front turn signals. I also did buy the depo headlights if that wasnt obvious :P Do the resistors get sold seperately? If I can buy them with the LED lights are they easy or hard to set up? I have HID headlights so can I just get HID turn signals?

dcains

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Just search eBay with the bulb number + LED. For example, search "3457 LED amber":

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMBER-ORANGE-3157-T20-18-SMD-SMT-LED-LIGHT-BULB-PARKING-PARK-LAMP-PAIR-3457-4157-/371104249053?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item56678974dd&vxp=mtr
There are no HID turn signals. Load resistors here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4PCS-50W-6-ohm-Load-Resistor-Fix-LED-Bulb-Fast-Hyper-Flash-Turn-Signal-Blink-/261422991067?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3cde0646db&vxp=mtr

ZBeastZ

Headlights came in! Now I gotta wait for the philips HID bulbs. In the meantime I gotta figure out how to do all this O.o lol im hoping to find a thread on here

dcains

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Good job on buying some good HID bulbs. Last set you'll ever need, and the best light output available.

Did you really read this entire thread and NOT find out how to adapt the wiring? I haven't, and don't need to because I have an '08, but I'd bet the info you need is here.

ZBeastZ

I read that the blue wire needs to get snipped or tucked? But am not aware of how it looks. I found a DIY but am unsure if that step was in there. Rest of it seems simple. So I just put new bulbs in the new housing and use old ballasts?

fb305

Been a little while since I put mine in but one piece of advice I can give you is to make sure that the headlight bulbs are completely seated in the housing well. I had one that wasn't and had to pull it back apart and fix it after I installed mine.

damonchoy

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Will Morimoto 3Five ballasts from TRS fit these headlights?

savedbygrace

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I don't believe so...they can be used, but not mounted to the Depo's.

The 3Five would have to be mounted in a makeshift location, and the opening for the oem ballast on the Depo housing would just need to be sealed off. Very doable.

Saved

frocker93

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Everything is plug and play if you're coming from an 03-05 HID. Plug the harness' in to the respective ones on the car and then there will be one or two wires that are left outside of the harness. Just tape the end off and you're done. When I did mine (one of the original ones) that's all I did.

DmanG281

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Anyone have an issues with the highbeam sticking open? Mine do it sometimes and I just have to give the light box a good whack and it goes back to fine.

NOLAGG

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Damn we can't win with these pieces of junk.if it isn't one thing it's 20 others.then again we all knew what we were in for since they are EBAY lights . Hey at least they look cool though.

ZBeastZ

Anyone know how long it takes to put these in for a first timer? I have an 03 HID so I know its plug n play but just looking for an estimate!

sportyaccordy

What other problems are people having? I don't really use my high beams but I haven't had any problems. Love mine.

dcains

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Taking the bumper off is a 10-minute task, might be a bit longer the first time. Each light has 3 bolts and a plug. So, not very long. After install, you need a long #2 Phillips screwdriver for aiming the beams.

ZBeastZ

Okay sweet, any tips on getting the beams to aim perfectly? Ill be doing this today!

dcains

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You basically want the beams to be level, or maybe 1 or 2 degrees dipped, and of course, even left and right. You can park the car a few car lengths away from a vertical wall and use that as your aiming screen.

ZBeastZ

I bought some bulb grease, is that needed or recommended?

dcains

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Grease is definitely not what you want near an HD bulb. In fact, the glass envelope of the bulb should be absolutely clean, even of fingerprints. You can use rubbing alcohol, lacquer thinner, or acetone.