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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 10:05 PM
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so being bored once again decided to play around with the foglights.
since the lighting is terrible i thought what the hell, juz threw some carbon fiber vinyl on them and i like the result, i have a pic of it with lights on ill try to post that later its on a diff cam... well here are the pics

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in all took about 20mins...
Old Sep 21, 2009 | 11:35 PM
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that actually doesnt look that bad.. does it mess with the lighting at all?
Old Sep 22, 2009 | 01:01 AM
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To each his own I guess!...
Old Sep 22, 2009 | 02:09 AM
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i'm waiting for the night pics with it turned on...
Old Sep 23, 2009 | 12:35 AM
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ok so Here are the night pics as promised... you be the judge i think my light output is actually ALOT better!

3000k HID looks aiight but not enough light...
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5000k looks better, huh? (this is in daylight)
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now its dark, time to shine
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so whatcha think?
Old Sep 23, 2009 | 12:41 AM
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5k seems more practical to me
Old Sep 23, 2009 | 12:44 AM
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I like it a lot!
Good job!
Old Sep 23, 2009 | 11:44 AM
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definitely have not seen this before, it dont look bad, more light output than i expected
Old Sep 23, 2009 | 11:30 PM
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thanks guys
Old Sep 23, 2009 | 11:46 PM
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any daytime full on shots?
Old Sep 24, 2009 | 01:17 AM
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at the title i was thinking fail, but it looks surprising good for overlay, good job
Old Sep 24, 2009 | 03:34 PM
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That's surprising. I figured that would've cut the output significantly.
Night pics without the headlights on?
Old Sep 28, 2009 | 04:34 AM
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Not bad at all!
Old Sep 29, 2009 | 03:09 AM
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better than I thought
Old Sep 29, 2009 | 05:52 PM
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That looks sweet! It would hide all the cracks on my foglights. Mine don't work anyway so I was looking for a way to cover them up.
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