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Old 11-12-2007, 11:58 PM
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Picked it up today! **Updated w/ Pics**

Picked up my IP on Graphite 6MT G37 Sport with Nav/Premium/Splash Guards...I'm reaaaally happy with the car.

Sorry I don't have pics yet. I just got back from practicing driving it around, as this is my first manual transmission car (I know how, but I'm not that great at it...managed to stall it out a few times). I'll try to take some pics this weekend.

Nav and voice recognition are confusing as hell. I'm off to study the instruction booklets.

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Old 11-18-2007, 06:09 PM
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Finally waxed it today and was able to do a few minor things to it. You guys weren't kidding about the passenger city light being a PITA. The PIAA LEDs look realllly good though, so my mangled hand was worth it. Some pics...





Old 11-18-2007, 07:40 PM
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sweet!...congrats!!!!

that looks so nice in IP....

tint looks great too...

BTW...what is a paasenger city light?
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Originally Posted by DEC1
sweet!...congrats!!!!

that looks so nice in IP....

tint looks great too...

BTW...what is a paasenger city light?
Thanks.

The city light is the little parking light located in the fog light housing under the fog light bulbs.
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Looks great! IP was my second choice but I went with Black Obsidian.
Old 11-18-2007, 10:34 PM
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Just got back from taking some night pictures...Thanks for looking.




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Congrats on the new car man. I love the daytime shots, very nice. The parking lights look great without the yellow tint of the stock bulbs. I see you already debadged it. Your plate light looks very blue in the photos, might attract the wrong kind of attention by 5-0.
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You replaced the City Light? Is that the small tiny bulb in the Headlight? What Bulb or LED DId you replace it with, and What other Lights are in the Front? Fogs and headlight? Is it hard to change Headlight or Fogs?

Also what lights did you put in your license plate light?
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bro **** is sick.. i love the leds. which leds are those?
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Originally Posted by vinnys coupe
bro **** is sick.. i love the leds. which leds are those?
Thanks! They're PIAA Super LEDs in white.

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Congrats on the new car man. The parking lights look great without the yellow tint of the stock bulbs. I see you already debadged it. Your plate light looks very blue in the photos, might attract the wrong kind of attention by 5-0.
Its actually camera lighting. Here's a better picture I took of a direct shot in the headlight housing. They're the same LEDs in the rear.


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Originally Posted by Raheel
You replaced the City Light? Is that the small tiny bulb in the Headlight? What Bulb or LED DId you replace it with, and What other Lights are in the Front? Fogs and headlight? Is it hard to change Headlight or Fogs?

Also what lights did you put in your license plate light?
Fogs aren't too bad. I changed mine today. Easiest if you take off the airbox on each side. Once I did that, it went smooth.
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Originally Posted by JLai
Thanks! They're PIAA Super LEDs in white.



Its actually camera lighting. Here's a better picture I took of a direct shot in the headlight housing. They're the same LEDs in the rear.

Are those LED's or bulbs? I got a pair of the PIAA Xtreme white 168 bulbs but haven't changed them out yet. They are bulbs with a blue cover though, not LED's.
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Originally Posted by Raheel
You replaced the City Light? Is that the small tiny bulb in the Headlight? What Bulb or LED DId you replace it with, and What other Lights are in the Front? Fogs and headlight? Is it hard to change Headlight or Fogs?

Also what lights did you put in your license plate light?
I used white PIAA Super LEDs for all license plate and parking lights (the small bulbs in the fog lights). I replaced the fog lights with PIAA Xtreme White Plus H1 bulbs.

More LEDs are coming this week to finish up with the interior.

Changing the rear was easy as cake. Fronts were a pain in the butt. The fogs are held in with some clasp mechanism and the parking lights are just straight hard to get to. Eitherway, you'll need to take out the intake filters in order to get barely enough room to switch the lighting out. If you're doing the HID headlights, without a doubt you'll need to come in through the wheel well. I brought my car to my buddy's shop this morning in case the intake filter route didn't work and I would need to put in on a lift...luckily, it didn't come to that.
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Originally Posted by Black Betty
Are those LED's or bulbs? I got a pair of the PIAA Xtreme white 168 bulbs but haven't changed them out yet. They are bulbs with a blue cover though, not LED's.
They're LEDs. I don't like using regular bulbs because of the blue hue during the day time. I might just be picky though.

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So Let me get this Right, There is 3 Lights in the Front

City Light - Parking Light 168 Wedge Bulb

Fog Lights - H1 Bulbs

HID Headlights - XENON D2S Projector Bulbs

Now What type of variations to do you have?

When you turn the Headlight on, can You leave the Fogs off?

or Can you Leave the Fogs on Daytime and have Headlights off?

And when does the City light Turn on?


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