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Old 12-02-2010 | 02:25 AM
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got them 2 weeks ago.







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5CnBCslpRE

maybe some will consider them rice, but i feel like to try them out.

they are super bright. so i thought maybe its better to vinyl them with a 40% black tint to reduce their brightness a bit, so they wont be annoying for the ppl driving towards me.

will install them on both sides



also will disconnect the rear fog light (JDM Spec), and connect those to it. so when ever i want to switch them on, it will show on the dashboard



what do you think guys
Old 12-02-2010 | 02:30 AM
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pics!
Old 12-02-2010 | 02:34 AM
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they are not yet installed.. its just a feeler till i got some other parts need to be installed with the front bumper off.

will update this thread once they are on

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Pretty ghey
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in for pix, interesting idea
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Would like to see how they turn out.
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I'm not sure if they will cover the requirement, but there are sets of reflectors (the part under the headlight) that have LEDs wired in floating around here.

The ones I'm talking about aren't exactly like these, but you get the idea. The ones I just bought have a set of white and a set of amber lights inside so you can hook them up as you wish (running lights / blinker / combo): https://my350z.com/forum/body-interi...lectors-5.html

Old 12-02-2010 | 07:40 AM
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I think it's going to end up making the car look like a wannabe porsche (more than it is naturally, anyway).

Post pics installed.
Old 12-02-2010 | 08:29 AM
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vant wait for the pics
Old 12-02-2010 | 09:13 AM
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Thx guys

I don't mind if it looks "ghey" or "Porsche wannabe"

All Porsche, BMW, merc, VW... Etc have them. And even other tuning brands like mansory uses them on their cars. So I'm trying to be somehow creative.

Will post pics as soon as I receive my other parts shipped from US
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Nice lights, but yeah, you will find they are a bit bright.
Take a look at my profile/garage/CLSFYD and theres pics of my DRLs.. i used a Greddy aacrylic blade that slide rights into the gap under the headlight.. and they were too bright.. didnt blend in , didnt match the low key look of my ccfl halo werk either.
I applied two layers of limo tint ( from a set of rear signal covers i never used) and it did the trick perfectly.

99 bucks shipped.

NO body work etc. no hardcore wiring etc. and completely stealth.
Rice, yeah, but its cool. My whole car is rice but its still bad#ss.
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im now inspired to change my avatar.. so there it is right there.
No more " Most interesting man in the world" picture. haha.
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@bmccann101, thanks for the heads up... ur LED are not bad at all..

lets see how it will turn out to be. its either will make the car looks good and modern, or ricey and overdone
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I've got the ones mentioned above from Clearcorners with the white LED and the amber LED for turn signals. They work fantastic and IMO do not look out of place. In fact, they look like they came from the factory installed like this.



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ZJoe, so which are the DRL's? the reflectors? it does look good
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Is there a point to this mod or is this just a cute thing??? How about leaving the headlights on during the day instead..
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I hope you guys got it that I have a non-OEM front bumper

@ZJoe, I really liked your setup minus the blue lamp.

@350zthestanderd, its a cool thing to have not cute thing
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more cool things, none for the Z car, though.

http://www.coolthings.com/
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Originally Posted by BoomerZ33
ZJoe, so which are the DRL's? the reflectors? it does look good
Boomer,
Thanks, yeah the reflectors are always on as DRL's. So is the white LED in the top that used to be yellow as a turn signal.
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Originally Posted by 350ZTheStandard
more cool things, none for the Z car, though.

http://www.coolthings.com/
bravo


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