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Old Jul 3, 2007 | 10:10 PM
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looks sick. Post a DIY.
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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Ivory
er...as in i didnt make an DIY for it.. and it's a pain in the *** to do DIY and post all the pictures with little steps... there's like 2 people who cared about this mod anyway.
thats cool man. i just didnt know the exact meaning of what you were saying.
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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 09:50 AM
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well..currently you can't find a suitable lens to replace the stock one anyhow. so a DIY will be uselss without the necessary parts.

basically these lenses are pretty much one off until I find more.
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Ivory
well..currently you can't find a suitable lens to replace the stock one anyhow. so a DIY will be uselss without the necessary parts.

basically these lenses are pretty much one off until I find more.
Great job. You have done it right. No ricer BS high kelvin rated capsules. Wish I would see more posts like this vs the "which **** HID bulb should I buy to get blue lights"
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 08:05 PM
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I try to educate through my work. But I believe each person will have to discover the real HID on their own time.
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 08:56 PM
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Great looking mod, but sorry 8k is not rice.... riced out cars use blue tinted halogen bulbs... friend has 8k's and theyre pretty bright and a great color. I have 6000k philips and theyre an awesome purplish, and plenty bright.
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 10:28 PM
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anything above 5k is rice. that blue-ish lighting is just tacky IMO. it's what they put on ghetto scion's and hondas.

on the other hand, the blue cut-off line looks classy. just check out all the new luxury cars and you'll see what im talking about
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 02:09 AM
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what's rice gotta do with everything now a days...

I wouldn't use anything above 5000K for any real lighting.

Im still doing this mod if anyone's interested.

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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 07:16 AM
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how much do you charge? and how much downtime are we looking at?
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 08:14 AM
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Those aren't my TL's are they ?

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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by jimmyloose
Those aren't my TL's are they ?

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Thats not a TL cutoff, its 06 350z bixenon projector cutoff
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 10:05 AM
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or Murano (it is)

TL with ZKW is far more crisp than that. with small __|--- for your cutoff.
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 08:59 PM
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uhhh you havent seen philips 6000k ultinons then.... they may not be yellowish but theyre not dim whatsoever. Still the best mod ive done cosmetic wise. I love seeing them on the road, and my friends 8000's look great. They look brighter than you would think. He has the same size projector as the 06+. Ive seen 8000k on smaller projectors and they put out crap.
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 09:06 PM
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honestly unless youve seen first person pics arent too great. 10k are pretty dark and blue.... 8000k could really pass for oem..... as a good oem i mean, maybe not the BEST output but they looked nice and white with blue in them and plenty of usable light. 10k is another world, 8k i could be like oh theyre oem sometimes, but 10k is when you go holy **** those are blue. Anyway i might pick up 12k's just for ***** and giggles, swap em in every once in a while to draw some attention, theyre like 90 bucks. When you see 14k on the road your just like holy ****.... and theyre still bright as hell. These are hid's were talking about not colored glass bulbs. 12k are a ridiculous purple, 14 are violet.... not my taste, be fun to put them in for a night once in a while.
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Accordaleer
uhhh you havent seen philips 6000k ultinons then.... they may not be yellowish but theyre not dim whatsoever. Still the best mod ive done cosmetic wise. I love seeing them on the road, and my friends 8000's look great. They look brighter than you would think. He has the same size projector as the 06+. Ive seen 8000k on smaller projectors and they put out crap.
OEM 85122+ bulbs put out 3400lumens, Philips ultinon 6000k puts out 2400 lumens from Philips own spec sheets. 25+% less output isn't significantly dimmer?
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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 11:33 AM
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Nice work Ivory!!! You have a PM...I always loved the HID's in my 03 S2000...I was really disappointed in the cut-off on my 07, but now I can have the nice, crisp cut-off that I used to..I always loved the color/flicker of certain HID's on certain cars...Good job
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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Accordaleer
honestly unless youve seen first person pics arent too great. 10k are pretty dark and blue.... 8000k could really pass for oem..... as a good oem i mean, maybe not the BEST output but they looked nice and white with blue in them and plenty of usable light. 10k is another world, 8k i could be like oh theyre oem sometimes, but 10k is when you go holy **** those are blue. Anyway i might pick up 12k's just for ***** and giggles, swap em in every once in a while to draw some attention, theyre like 90 bucks. When you see 14k on the road your just like holy ****.... and theyre still bright as hell. These are hid's were talking about not colored glass bulbs. 12k are a ridiculous purple, 14 are violet.... not my taste, be fun to put them in for a night once in a while.
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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 06:33 PM
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Uh.... 25% of a lot of lumens.... ok and your still a lot brighter than oem... i dont understand why you defend oem as if its your mother im talking about. I live in a very rural area, and trust me my ultinons light up the road very nicely. The reflection i get off of cars and signs is very satisfying. I see people immediately look at my car from inside stores when i turn my lights on, they dont look like bright halogens.
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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by deviljon
anything above 5k is rice. that blue-ish lighting is just tacky IMO. it's what they put on ghetto scion's and hondas.

on the other hand, the blue cut-off line looks classy. just check out all the new luxury cars and you'll see what im talking about

The thing that gets me is .... the blue cut off looks classy? that means when you see that car a mile down the road the lights look like a nice blue.... then when you get closer theyre oem yellowish white, like a regular hid... so if i have that look of the car down the road, all the time..... im ricerish? yea ok.... makes a lot of sense.
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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 06:42 PM
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I personally like the flicker effect that the cutoff gives...I like having the brightest light output possible, and have the nice flicker effect from a distance, not color all the time...It's like you can tell who has the real HID's and who has the cheap kits you find on ebay...JMO of coarse
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