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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:00 AM
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yea claud same link ack gave ya, didn't think you'd want them cause i figured you'd want chrome ha
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:02 AM
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ty for the tips guys
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:04 AM
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copying my style huh claudia? it's okay i guess since i'm doing fig grills on my tc soon.
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by gcxandy
yea claud same link ack gave ya, didn't think you'd want them cause i figured you'd want chrome ha
tC-guy said to get the chrome ones that shine white not blue bulb that shines white cos cops will biscuit me
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:07 AM
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Originally Posted by draxcaliber
copying my style huh claudia? it's okay i guess since i'm doing fig grills on my tc soon.
what do you have?
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:13 AM
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are you running hid's?
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:17 AM
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i think i might get chromed/super white ones, going to be running 8000k HID's as well.

your Front signals blinking white is legal in CA i believe, anyone care to verify it with a link...
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:20 AM
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Originally Posted by imsono___un
towards the bottom of the screen

http://autolumination.com/7443_7440.htm

omfg....there....are.....so many.....
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:20 AM
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Originally Posted by xIxAMxHOLLYWOODx
are you running hid's?
yup 6k
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:29 AM
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http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc24953.htm

white or amber light for the front is legal in CA

red or amber to the rear...
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:31 AM
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Thank you sir. just ordered mine!
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:33 AM
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then run led turns from superbrightleds.com you'll never get your turn signal to match if you dont use led turns. I have 6k hid's too and my turns match almost perfectly. (Mirrors and in the headlight)

but if you get led turns, you'll need a load resistor from them as well. if you dont you'll have the ricey tweeker blinker.
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:36 AM
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Originally Posted by xIxAMxHOLLYWOODx
then run led turns from superbrightleds.com you'll never get your turn signal to match if you dont use led turns. I have 6k hid's too and my turns match almost perfectly. (Mirrors and in the headlight)

but if you get led turns, you'll need a capacitor from them as well. if you dont you'll have the ricey tweeker blinker.
And in English that means?
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:42 AM
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haha, sorry. well I dont know how picky you are about the color of your turn signals and headlights and whether or not they match. I know I am! superbrightleds.com has some 15 led 7440 bulbs that will work with our headlights. But led's use so LITTLE power that when you turn your signal on, they will blink super fast. Thats how the car tells you that you have a burnt turn signal bulb somewhere. because the leds use so little power, the car thinks there is no bulb there.

Make sense?

I didnt use the led bulbs from superbrightleds.com though. I didnt think 15 leds would be bright enough to be visible through my hid's. I found a set on ebay that had like 45 led's in them or something rediculous like that!
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:43 AM
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Originally Posted by xIxAMxHOLLYWOODx
I found a set on ebay that had like 45 led's in them or something rediculous like that!
and those don't hyperblink?
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:44 AM
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super-white, aka HID white, LED turn signals would look close in color to HID headlights. Only problem with LED turn signals is you will have spastic blinkers, where they blink at an excessive rate per second. Some cars, only one side blinks reallly fast, the other side will blink normally. Either way, fast blinkers are annoying. I would stick with the chrome bulbs, even though they aren't as bright.
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:47 AM
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if you get a load resistor, they wont hyperblink. superbrightleds.com has those too! it just splices into the turn signal wires...
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:59 AM
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heres instructions on load resistor installation...

http://www.superbrightleds.com/pdfs/...istor_info.pdf

and here are the bulbs (similar to what i used)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-WHI...31939614QQrdZ1
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 04:57 AM
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I have those same kind of bulbs, only mine are PIAAs. Same place on cardomain as the bulbs ack posted up.
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 05:02 AM
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maybe in HA^^^ but not necessarily in CA or wherever she's from. http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc24953.htm

but even if white light up front is illegal where shes from, they make led turns that shine amber but are clear when not on.



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