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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 01:39 AM
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HID for city lights???

IS it possible to replace the city lights (DRL whatever u call em) and replace them with HID's in a 2011 G37 coupe? It would be bad *** to ahve HID for beams fogs and city lights
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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 02:44 AM
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I would think the housing will melt.
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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 06:48 AM
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Go with LEDs. You can get the same color and look, without the heat. I believe V-Leds is a sponsor here (I could be wrong, and correct me if I am).

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Fog/Driving light
H11

Parking light
2825

Rear sidemarker
194 (for the 2011 its led so i assumed 194 will fit it.)

Front sidemarker
2825

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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by SgtGoldy
Go with LEDs. You can get the same color and look, without the heat. I believe V-Leds is a sponsor here (I could be wrong, and correct me if I am).

V-Leds

Part Numbers:

Fog/Driving light
H11

Parking light
2825

Rear sidemarker
194 (for the 2011 its led so i assumed 194 will fit it.)

Front sidemarker
2825
How can you possible get the same look, it wont produce nearly the same amount of light
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 02:02 AM
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There are sum extremely bright LED's there. But your right, you won't get the same light output. But they can produce significant brightness.
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 02:04 AM
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Maybe if you drill a hole?
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 01:42 PM
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Tried it already. I had a broken housing which i resealed and modified to fit an HID bulb in the city/driving light. The housing began melting after 1h of the bulb being on. Within 4 hours the bulb was literally part of the housing.
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 06:53 PM
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i have changed my fogs to HIDs with no problems
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Dj farhan
i have changed my fogs to HIDs with no problems
What i think he's asking is changing his city/driving/parking light (where the old 2008-2010 g37 coupe's had their fogs) to HIDs. Which isn't possible unless he swaps his headlights with an older g.
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 08:00 PM
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^ touche
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