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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 05:15 PM
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Cool Chrome bulbs installed!!! (on an '06 DB)


Looks sooooo much better!!!

the old bulbs were a PITA to remove

the bulbs (3457na)
are set in place by 4 tabs, and it's locked in really good.

i ended up going to sav-on drugs and buying a pair of cheapo tweezers from the cosmetic area. When the tweezers didn't work in their normal state, I ended up getting creative and breaking the tweezer in half and finally using one leg of the tweezer and jamming it into one side of the tab, jamming the other leg into the opposite side, and then pulling the bulb out. Took me about 30-35 min getting the first bulb out. After I got my technique, got the second bulb out in like 2 min. Anyways, I got these from evostyle and i hope these last for a long time because the way the base is shaped on these new ones i won't be able to get them out the same way. I think what i'll have to do when they DO go out is that i'll have to break the bulb, then use a dremel to remove the bulging area that blocks access to the tabs. Who knows but they better not go out on me anytime soon

looks good with the JDM clear reflectors doesnt it??
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 05:19 PM
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Wow thats what I'm wanting, no more eggyolk, that should be standard. Very nice.
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 05:26 PM
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i just put mine in my '06 PPW along with PIAA superwhite LED wedgebulbs. i actually had no problems taking them out, all those long hours in the gym are paying off, haha.
now if i can figure out how to change out the little orange LED cluster at the top of the headlight, the front lighting transformation is complete!! does anybody know how to disconnect these things. i saw some wires in there while inside the fender well, i want to know which one to cut, since it seems impossible to get to them to change them.
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 05:39 PM
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i wanna see pics of these blubs on! very interested
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 06:32 PM
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I hope you just sprayed your car off in that pic and didn't actually use the brush.







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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 06:49 PM
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lol of course i didn't use the nasty *** brush, i'm also an autopian btw . the dirt was caked on there really good so i went to the coin-op and just hosed most of it off. i took the pics after i was done with the rinse. i went back to my garage afterwards and did QEW (quick easy wash). can't believe how great that stuff works. funny thing was i even used high pressure soap for the hell of it and then when i got down to finally washing it in my garage my rinse bucket was completely black by time i was only half-way through.
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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Hey I know where that car wash is. Where in Redondo are you?
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 10:37 AM
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Hey Andy, I'm at Anita/190th and PCH. Border of Redondo and Hermosa. That car wash is blocks from my house. Where are you at in Redondo?
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 10:43 AM
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any pics with the bulbs on?
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 10:59 AM
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That's the only pic I have on me right now.
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 11:20 AM
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Lookin' good
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by IF350Z
Hey Andy, I'm at Anita/190th and PCH. Border of Redondo and Hermosa. That car wash is blocks from my house. Where are you at in Redondo?
PCH and Ave D!
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 11:38 AM
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nice! surprised i haven't seen your Z around town, since PCH is the main artery there. you going to the meguiar's thing this saturday?
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 11:48 AM
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Hey locals!!
PCH and Ave I!!! For a few more days, then into my new place on Torrance and Western by Honduh "city"!

+1 on the bulb swap BTW.

j!
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by IF350Z
nice! surprised i haven't seen your Z around town, since PCH is the main artery there. you going to the meguiar's thing this saturday?
Nah Ill be out of town. Surprised I havent seen you on the road either...
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