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Old May 3, 2012 | 09:42 PM
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Thanks for the video! Assuming the brake lights are the same brightness as the turn signals, they really dont look very bright during the daytime but on the other hand it's hard to capture light output in pictures of a video. Maybe I need to see some in person
Old May 3, 2012 | 09:45 PM
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lol I would show you but I'M not going to drive to Florida for led lights lol
If there is another way to show the true lighting please let me know. Too be honest I was thinking about opening them and seeing if I could put brighter LED's inside.
Old May 4, 2012 | 01:08 AM
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Just took this today cant wait to put the rear visor on.


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Old May 4, 2012 | 04:23 AM
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grrrr this picture makes me want aftermarket taillights ^

Someone needs to open them up and try to put brighter led's in them!
Old May 4, 2012 | 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by stevepow
Just took this today cant wait to put the rear visor on.


HAHAHAHAHA it looks like you have a tv screen for a license plate
Old May 4, 2012 | 01:00 PM
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Lol I thought the same thing
Old May 4, 2012 | 01:35 PM
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One thing I forgot to mention about the Spec-D Tuning LED Tail lights is that the fitment is a little off. they are not as flush as the OEM
taillights as you can see in the picture. I'm thinking about taking them back out and putting a small amount of 100% silicone around
the border of the housing and letting it dry so that I have a waterproof barrier around it so even with the small gap water does not get in.


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Old May 4, 2012 | 06:15 PM
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Rear Visor Mod

Ok, Here is the rear visor mod, its not actually stock on the car yet because I'm still contemplating on whether I am going to spray paint it white or just leave it like this.
If you guys could help me to make up my mind I would appreciate it thanks guys in advance.


(Credit goes to KidJustin for the photo on the right with the painted white wing)


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Old May 5, 2012 | 12:16 AM
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OK, so I added two new things today, Well I could not wait for the paint to get here so i put on the rear view visor and I also added white eyelids. Tell me what you think.

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Old May 5, 2012 | 05:25 AM
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I like the eyelids. They look great. But I think you should have waited to stick the visor on until the paint arrived. I think it would look a lot better in white. That's just my opinion though. Overall though, the car looks great.
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Well I'm sure I can always find some 3m automotive doubled sided tape and I still have some of the adhesive activator that came with the visor so all is not lost
Old May 5, 2012 | 09:48 PM
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OK, so today out of the spur of the moment I decided to get my car tinted 25% all around.

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Old May 5, 2012 | 10:35 PM
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Damn, you waste no time getting ur mods done. I'm not a big fan of the LED strips but the rest, good work!

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Old May 5, 2012 | 10:38 PM
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I like them there ok but of course if something better comes along I will try it out. I also took the time to install the wireing for the second revers light.
Old May 5, 2012 | 10:56 PM
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Thats 25%? Maybe it's just me but it look much darker than that!
Old May 5, 2012 | 11:19 PM
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Yea it's only 25% 3m tint with no metallic particles.
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Metallic particles? In tint? I've never heard of that before.
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Yep it helps with the reflection of the light
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Two questions where did you get your eyelids from? And what do the reverse lights look like with the new lenses?
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Originally Posted by topher86
Two questions where did you get your eyelids from? And what do the reverse lights look like with the new lenses?
Here is the link for the Eyelids, Word of advise you need to have a lot of patients when putting them on and you need a hair blower not a heat gun because the heat gun gets way to hot!!
the reverse light are ridiculously bright. The bulbs I have for the reverse lights have 120 LED's on them.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/390373288359...84.m1439.l2649 (Eyelids)

When i get everything working I will take a picture of the reverse light while they are on.

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