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Old 01-13-2009, 12:09 AM
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Finally finished my install...here is a few pics!



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Thats one bad mutherxxxker!!!!!

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Finally finished my install...here is a few pics!



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Some teasers till I can at some point take better more real life "brightness" pics.

Scooter06 are this holigen or HID?

I was too tired to try anything really fancy just your traditional angles and hand held so my shutter speed was too fast to really get shots that really give the "Real Life" look. Well that's what I think. Only two or three people saw them at night that I know and they can comment if the pics are more real. Too me they are a bit under exposed.

Next time I will use my tripod.






Gotta get rid of those Blue LED's. I got a "High bean FU" on the Rt2 S tonight after I passed a slower driver. Felt guilty......
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Yes both the headlights and fog lights have HIDs, 6k dual beam in the headlights and 3k in the fogs...I did use a lens filter on my camera so the pics wouldnt be over exposed from the direct light, also these pics pics were taken just before sunset so it isnt dark outside.That gives you an idea how bright the HIDs are, in the first pic you can see the sky in the top left corner its about the same color as my headlights.
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So are they are really that yellow? Kind of the look I was afraid of getting to be honest. I think it;s the whole gold thing but in yours I think it looks good.
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Yeah they are pretty yellow...I wanted them to be functional(not that I really need fogs in Az.) I see what your saying with the gold, I think they are a love/hate thing. I like what you have now, are they not HID. Also earlier you said Gold fogs were illegal in Cali, you may want to check that out, IS300s/GS300s and some caddys have gold stock fogs.
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Glad you like them, here are a few more a tad better I think for the subject....





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They are funny. Like from the side they look yellow, but dead on white. I have 3000k lamps for my high beams in my xb and from the side, yeah, they look yellow, but dead om white and everyone says they are bright.

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So are they are really that yellow? Kind of the look I was afraid of getting to be honest. I think it;s the whole gold thing but in yours I think it looks good.
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I like that look for my car. it;s like a yellow accent rather than a full yellow HID.
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Yeah, hids make any car look more luxuary. Man, you and that other guys has a great finish, My sides were slick, but my bumper was pitted with bugs, road rash, etc.
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Well it was just washed a few days ago
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yellow for fog
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lol already done last week
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If you put yellow vinyl over em, the color becomes even more pronounced. Very IS300.
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Like yellow Vinyl?
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Yuk.

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Like yellow Vinyl?
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yeah just re-read that post. I will look into it.
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