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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by UNV-IT46
why would he bake them to just replace the HID? that makes no sense
dude, i thought he was asking about u!!!! damn, i'm not dumb to think to open up the housing to change HID
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 12:37 PM
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nice! i just swapped mine with 10000K McCulloch bulbs, i'll post my pic sometime this weekend! and yes, I agree, it was pretty difficult
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 02:08 PM
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Wow, 10000K color temp bulbs. Can you even see anything during night driving. I always thought that anything above 6000K color temp will degrade your visibility at night.
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by UNV-IT46
no problem, glad i was able to help you out. Post a pic of your set up. i would like to see the bluer hid next to the yellow fog. My hids are still oem...
I like the way the 6000k looks right next to the fogs, it's such a big contrast...
Definitely, once I finally get around to having my guy install bat's roof overlay this weekend, I will post pics. I know that you were suppose to have the overlay on your car until your guy messed it up. Are you still planning to do it?
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 03:43 PM
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I like the way the 6000k looks right next to the fogs, it's such a big contrast...
Definitely, once I finally get around to having my guy install bat's roof overlay this weekend, I will post pics. I know that you were suppose to have the overlay on your car until your guy messed it up. Are you still planning to do it?
ya just need to get some free time...
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Blk-G35
Wow, 10000K color temp bulbs. Can you even see anything during night driving. I always thought that anything above 6000K color temp will degrade your visibility at night.
i see fine! and i love them! try to get pics sometime this weekend, there's about 12 inches of snow bloacking my garage door
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 05:14 PM
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question.. i'm gettin my 30000k deep blue installed right now.. would that be wayyyy too bright? and btw, did you guys have to remove your bumper to put in the lights?
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 06:03 PM
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question.. i'm gettin my 30000k deep blue installed right now.. would that be wayyyy too bright? and btw, did you guys have to remove your bumper to put in the lights?
be sure to post pics of these lights. Im interested to see what they look like.
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by UNV-IT46
why would he bake them to just replace the HID? that makes no sense
didnt you bake your headlights to change the bulbs and take out the orange reflector?
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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question.. i'm gettin my 30000k deep blue installed right now.. would that be wayyyy too bright? and btw, did you guys have to remove your bumper to put in the lights?
The lights at 30k are going to be super bright yes, but not to you driving. they will be super bright to the people behind you and coming at you. but to you the lights are going to be super dim. At 30k your just super high on the color kelvin scale but super low on the light output scale.

as fas as changing the bulbs no you dont have to remove the bumper. you can go through the engine bay by removing the intakes or through the wheel wells by removing the wheels and plastic liner...
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didnt you bake your headlights to change the bulbs and take out the orange reflector?
Yes i baked them but only to remove the amber peice. the light i did through the wheels well at a different time
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 08:31 PM
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ok so i got my car my whoaaaaa.. 30000k deep blue is soo bright.. UNV you are very correct.. they are definetly right, they are bright for the other people but not as much for me on the road.. they shine the whole road blue (with fog lights on also), for those of you that are thinking about gettin these.. look at it like this..

If you like attention and like that more sporty look, go for it.

If not, i'd suggest either sticking with the stock or go for the super white instead of the deep blue.

On the drive back home, i realized that the stock show every detail on the road, with the blue its harder to see the little things.. its hard to explain lol.. but i'll go record a video for you guys, (good quality too!) and take pics.. its kkinda hailing right now, so maybe not tonight.. but very very soon.
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 11:09 PM
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Ok so i just went for a drive, in these vids you can see the diff between riding alone on the road and if ur infront/behind someone.. here it is! 2 diff points of view for your viewing pleasure, Enjoy! -------VIDEOS will be posted tomorrow morning, they being uploaded right now, check back :P--------

















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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by UNV-IT46
Yes i baked them but only to remove the amber peice. the light i did through the wheels well at a different time
oh ok, i thought you bake the headlight to also remove the bulbs. my fault. then this will make it easier for me to change the bulbs, thought i had to bake the headlights to change them.
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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by UNV-IT46
no problem, glad i was able to help you out. Post a pic of your set up. i would like to see the bluer hid next to the yellow fog. My hids are still oem...
UNV-IT46, I finally got around to getting a pic...but it was in the daytime which kinda defeats the purpose. I will try to get one at night.
Took a pic at my friend's house.

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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 09:20 PM
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UNV-IT46, I finally got around to getting a pic...but it was in the daytime which kinda defeats the purpose. I will try to get one at night.
Took a pic at my friend's house.
ya i got an idea but night would be better... thanks
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