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Old 12-04-2008 | 05:29 AM
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Jesus christ that looks sweeeeeeeeeeet! I FREAKING LOVE the angel eye look!

Edit: After looking at CinCIty's stuff I can see why it can be priced high, it looks to be pretty labor intensive for sure.

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Old 12-04-2008 | 05:52 AM
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Cannot wait for the diy i might as well attempt this while my car is stored in garage.

A verbal dyi still works, then if i decide to do it my self, i will take a sh9t load of pictures for you to tie in with your verbal diy
Old 12-04-2008 | 06:08 AM
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Wow awesome work man. I'm sure your pm box is full. +1 on diy post.
Old 12-04-2008 | 06:09 AM
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Incredible Job! Me personally I wouldn't pay the high prices of cincity.They do nice work but come on man 700 to 1000 bucks for a headlight mod?!
Old 12-04-2008 | 06:35 AM
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yo da man ! i did 3 sets so far, 2-350z 1 - audi a4. it is so ez !!

search my posts.... i was the first to do ccfl on 06+
Old 12-04-2008 | 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by samjcg
When the DIY posts up, this thread is full of WIN.
Cincity is hatin on you... watch out
diy is posted - for like 4 years now
Old 12-04-2008 | 06:45 AM
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nice and i dont think your aiming is off since mine looks like that.
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Originally Posted by RedBullRR
Incredible Job! Me personally I wouldn't pay the high prices of cincity.They do nice work but come on man 700 to 1000 bucks for a headlight mod?!
HOLY ****

Seriosuly? That much? What do I get for 1000? I better get spitzers hooker with the light mod for that price.
Old 12-04-2008 | 08:16 AM
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WOW you could make some serious money if you're willing to do this for people for less than a fraction of what cincity does..

surprised cincity ppl havent come in to defend themselves or say something haha
Old 12-04-2008 | 08:26 AM
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nice work
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omg i want
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Originally Posted by 07rdsterGT
HOLY ****

Seriosuly? That much? What do I get for 1000? I better get spitzers hooker with the light mod for that price.
That is too funny. But back to the topic... great mod. I might take this mod on this spring when it gets warm again in VA
Old 12-04-2008 | 11:18 AM
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Very nice, Chad. I'll be sending my headlights to you, lol!
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Originally Posted by Project3fiftyZ
That is too funny. But back to the topic... great mod. I might take this mod on this spring when it gets warm again in VA
The angel eye portion looks super simple. Sand and buff the "popular" areas on the plastic housing. Install the CCFL around and behind the projector bulb and wire it to the parking lights. I wouldn't mind doing this project with someone at the same time, lol
Old 12-04-2008 | 11:51 AM
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How so? The driveway is inclined so if they appear way to high, that is why. If there is something else wrong, please let me know how to correct it. They may be slightly off from reinstalling them. There is a little play with the tabs that hold them in place.

As far as a parts list, I will post one when I get home. I am at work right now and don't want to spend too much time surfing the web for links

I will consider a DIY, but even if I did one, without taking the lights apart and taking pictures of placement and steps along the way, I think it would be difficult to follow, and perhaps a disappointment.

I appreciate all the compliments guys, this isn't hard to do, but it is pretty labor intensive, and time consuming with a lot of trial and error.

I would love to see them side by side with some headlights from other vendors to compare.

Once again, all comment and criticism welcome.
Use this writeup to aim them correctly.
http://g35driver.com/forums/body-int...rojectors.html
It should look more like this
Old 12-04-2008 | 12:06 PM
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Looks great- nice job!

I would also like to see a diy on how you did the wiring for the LEDs. I know it's probably just simple circuitry work but it would be nice to have a visual aid.
Old 12-04-2008 | 12:58 PM
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Really looks good!
Old 12-04-2008 | 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by redlude97
Use this writeup to aim them correctly.
http://g35driver.com/forums/body-int...rojectors.html
It should look more like this <snip>
Ok, thanks for the info. Great write up also. I will have to tackle that this weekend
Old 12-04-2008 | 02:28 PM
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Whoa! DIY please!
Old 12-04-2008 | 02:32 PM
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Right now guys, I am not planning on doing a DIY. I really feel that without pictures it wouldn't be very helpful. I have a couple other things in mind that I would like to try so I may end up either opening these back up or buying a used set to play with. If that's the case, I'll take pictures along the way and put a DIY. I just don't want to do it halfway, if I'm going to make a DIY, I want it to be good



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