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Old 01-06-2012, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
Your passenger front tire...the toe is out...looks like you might need a whole new lower control arm.

AND there's some tire shine missing on part of the tire.
Haha I havn't used any tires shine on these tires EVER yet lol
I don't know if I want to because when I tire shined my summers it just kept building up and made my tires brown lol
I had to use a scrub to remove all the gel buildup.

Black Magic Tire Gel.

I love the look from the gel, though.

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Dude, glad your SSM is safe and still pretty.

I tell ya, its one thing after another.
Thanks broski.

Hope your ASM turns out great!

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damage yes....it made ur car dirty, hate it when that happens
Haha I just washed it the day before the incident too!
The first pic of my dirty car was from the drive yesterday.
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Small update:

Trunk LED I bought off of fellow member Aretardedorange arrived.

It's hard to say exactly how bright these are lol
What do you expect for a PNS camera lol

They are bright and I'm happy with them =)

No more yellow light!

You can see some light shine onto my garage door with my trunk open:










Tommorow, I have a local fellow member "pnoyrice" come up to my place to install his Accord fogs.

Maybe expect a small "winter" shoot tommorow?

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Old 01-16-2012, 01:10 AM
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So today pnoyrice drove up to my place to install his Accord fogs.









We started at I think 2:30 or 3 PM. We finished at like 11 PM.
There were many delays such as finding screws to mount the fogs and it's my first time wiring accord fogs to be independant and also with HIDs.
The MOST delay was caused by weather. It was 11 Degrees Farenheit out.
Toes and fingers were frozen.

No breaks really inbetween either so yeah, Accord fogs do take a lot of time.

We then went out at midnight for a little shoot.



















The install came out perfect once again!

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Old 01-16-2012, 03:21 AM
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manin i like your car a lot, very clean
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Old 01-16-2012, 11:35 AM
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damn GP....thats nice of you LOL....

great install
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Awesome job, bud...
you're a trooper...I helped one friend with accord fogs...NEVER again!
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gotta love mother nature's free cooler!
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Originally Posted by 24no7


manin i like your car a lot, very clean
Thanks buddy =)

Same can be said to your car! Those LED fogs looks sick!

Originally Posted by swoosh
damn GP....thats nice of you LOL....

great install
Haha thanks swoosh!

Originally Posted by rockstar143
Awesome job, bud...
you're a trooper...I helped one friend with accord fogs...NEVER again!
Thanks rockstar! For the extra help over PM too!
They take so damn long but I SWEAR next time it'll go quicker lol
So many delays. Should have had everything ready when he got here.
Looking for mounting screws took up like an hour LOL
Cutting the fogs went by pretty quick like a couple hours for the first side and an hour for the last side.

I gotta admit.. this type of stuff takes time. No point in rushing!

I'm so jealous of his HID fogs...
Looks way better than my Nokya Yellows.
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gotta love mother nature's free cooler!
Yup! haha thought it would be a cool shot so I just took it too lol
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Thanks GP16!
I love how they look on my car. Still missing a a-spec but I'll get it done by spring. Your car looks a lot cleaner in person.
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Old 01-16-2012, 07:11 PM
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Nicely done sir! Props to you for helping another member

Shooting at night is a bitch isn't it?
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Hey pnoyrice i see your getting ready for spring
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Nice job gp
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also forgot to mention way to help out another member!..two thumbs up for that
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Originally Posted by pnoyrice
Thanks GP16!
I love how they look on my car. Still missing a a-spec but I'll get it done by spring. Your car looks a lot cleaner in person.
Thanks, man.

Nice meeting up with ya!
Looking forward to your new mods soon!

Originally Posted by CLtotheTL32
Nicely done sir! Props to you for helping another member

Shooting at night is a bitch isn't it?
tyty Tyler!

Yeah it sucks shooting at night haha!

Especially with a point and shoot camera!

The only time pictures turn out nice when there's LOTS of lights (for eaxmple under the gas station).

Originally Posted by Bankz
Hey pnoyrice i see your getting ready for spring
Yeah he's got some sweet plans coming along for his TL :nina:

Originally Posted by Bankz
Nice job gp
Thanks man!

Let me know if you're interested in doing the fogs!


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also forgot to mention way to help out another member!..two thumbs up for that
Thanks, man =)

I help as much as I could but they did all the cutting.
I was more of a mentor haha

It proves that doing Accord fogs are easier than many think! And pnoyrice and his buddy have never used the dremel before (at least recently).

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Old 01-16-2012, 08:26 PM
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Thanks man!

Let me know if you're interested in doing the fogs!


IF DO THIS MOD I'LL MAKE SURE I'LL COME IN THE SUMMER
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Clean install on those fogs. Nice work!
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Originally Posted by Bankz
IF DO THIS MOD I'LL MAKE SURE I'LL COME IN THE SUMMER
Haha good deal!

It was pretty much like survivor in my garage yesterday.
Damn portable heater didn't even work good!

Originally Posted by endlesss
Clean install on those fogs. Nice work!
Thanks!

Can't stand the foglights that are not flush with the bumper and point way outwards lol

They did a damn good job cutting
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Very nice-great job guys!
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BRO GP....get your ass some HID's already.....

i thought you already had them HID's....
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Originally Posted by Steven Bell
Very nice-great job guys!
Thanks Steven!

For the comment and the thread title change!
Originally Posted by swoosh
BRO GP....get your ass some HID's already.....

i thought you already had them HID's....
Haha I might consider them since they light up the whole ground infront LOL

Anyone know where I can get 3000k HIDs that look yellow when looking into the fogs AND shine yellow?

The ones we installed looked white when you look into the fogs but the light output was yellow.

I think it's cool like that, but if there are HIDs that actually look yellow when you're looking at the fogs, that would be the way to go.
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HID's which are 3000K will look like piss yellow....

check out DDM tuning or HIDEXTRA (vendor here).....i have had good experiences with both of em

i found the DDM tuning HID's to hold color for a little bit longer....
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good work again gp

I have the DDMtuning 3k with the yellow tint and I like em! yellow when looking straight on and yellow on the ground
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Working on the car in below freezing weather sucks! Cars look great though. And I'm loving that picture with the beers haha.
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Thanks mate!
Get the HID fog lights, this should be your next project!!!
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I'd go with nokya yellow bulbs if you want the look of yellow from all angles... plus, then you can wire the fogs to be on with your parking lights and you can have them blink with you locking/unlocking your car.

No HID kits will look yellow when you look directly at them IMO...they all light up yellow on the ground as you see the outer rim of the reflection but the light itself doesn't look JDM yellow (if that's even a color).

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Originally Posted by swoosh
HID's which are 3000K will look like piss yellow....

check out DDM tuning or HIDEXTRA (vendor here).....i have had good experiences with both of em

i found the DDM tuning HID's to hold color for a little bit longer....
Sweet thanks swoosh.
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good work again gp

I have the DDMtuning 3k with the yellow tint and I like em! yellow when looking straight on and yellow on the ground
Thanks man!

I bet they look sweet!
I prefer the clear lens though lol

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Working on the car in below freezing weather sucks! Cars look great though. And I'm loving that picture with the beers haha.
Haha thanks man.
It had to be a cold day that day too. The other days around that Sunday were not as cold.

Originally Posted by 24no7
Thanks mate!
Get the HID fog lights, this should be your next project!!!
Still considering lol
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I'd go with nokya yellow bulbs if you want the look of yellow from all angles... plus, then you can wire the fogs to be on with your parking lights and you can have them blink with you locking/unlocking your car.

No HID kits will look yellow when you look directly at them IMO...they all light up yellow on the ground as you see the outer rim of the reflection but the light itself doesn't look JDM yellow (if that's even a color).

J.
Yeah I think I'm leaning towards keeping the Nokya Yellows.
Saves me time from re-wiring the trigger source lol.

I suppose the thing I have to do is aim the fogs down lower.
Right now the fogs point higher than my low beams by a lot.

Probably aiming the fogs lower will give me a better light output on the ground instead of the sky lol

I think I'll have to retrim the foglight bezels though since my fogs are already set the lowest they can go I think.

Fun.
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Noticed your trunk... I suggest you use this
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^that has GOT to scratch paint... lol

I kinda prefer clear now after having mine yellow for so long If all fails, 8k looks really good too haha
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^^^

got 8000K fog HID;s and love em....i had 10000K before but my ricer phase has phased out LOL....
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Between the brush and this there is no way in.. that this would scratch it anymore than that brush lol. I have both so ya and plus you don't really need to drag it across the car just slightly over to get the snow off and if you do happen to touch the car with it..its much softer than those regular ones..trust me i know lol i have both

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^that has GOT to scratch paint... lol

I kinda prefer clear now after having mine yellow for so long If all fails, 8k looks really good too haha
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Originally Posted by rhafikjaan
Noticed your trunk... I suggest you use this
What's wrong with my trink that you see? =P

Originally Posted by jwr0ng626
^that has GOT to scratch paint... lol

I kinda prefer clear now after having mine yellow for so long If all fails, 8k looks really good too haha
I bet haha
I like yellow for fogs on a light coloured car for some reason.
Looks hot!

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^^^

got 8000K fog HID;s and love em....i had 10000K before but my ricer phase has phased out LOL....
Haha damn 10k!
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Originally Posted by 07tl-s6spd


gotta love mother nature's free cooler!
Love this pic, i remember those days, modding in the snow, I blacked out my headlights while flurries were falling and it was about 2 degrees F outside.

Awesome job though again
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Originally Posted by maddsiick
Love this pic, i remember those days, modding in the snow, I blacked out my headlights while flurries were falling and it was about 2 degrees F outside.

Awesome job though again
Thanks man!

Okay so my cold cathodes came in today!

The seller all_City shipped very fast!

Sucks though because I was all excited to install it after work tommorow.

This is what I find on the box:

UV WTF!!!! I ordered white...

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/380355450360?...ht_2613wt_1163



Inside the box:


White cold cathodes don't have the black line inside of it.

White cold cathodes:


First time something wrong was shipped lol
Don't know what to do...
Just notified the seller, though.

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I noticed on some of the sites, they don't have "white" as an option, only UV, why not touch them to your battery terminals just to test and see if you like it.

I'm cool with my LED's but I've been itching to give this mod a shot too...

Do they ignite immediately (like when you unlock and lock your car and it blinks?)
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^^^ THIS

try checking for the color by connecting to your battery/12V source....sometimes they mark the box wrong...
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Originally Posted by guitarplayer16
Anyone know where I can get 3000k HIDs that look yellow when looking into the fogs AND shine yellow?
The best solution for this is to get some yellow overlays for your fogs to accompany the 3k HID's (click here). I have the Nokya 2.5k H8 bulbs..the color is nice but they are NOT bright. They're purely a cosmetic mod IMO and have no functional purpose.

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^I disagree wholeheartedly with that statement.

My nokyas in my oem fog area are still visible while my low beam 6k bulbs, parking lights and bumper fogs with hid's are on. SUPER bright...maybe the watts are different?

Anyway, about the yellow overlay, when I had my RSX I couldn't find an overlay that wouldn't eventually burn and turn brown in the center of the yellow.
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^^^ i agree with J....

i wanted to go with smoked overlay's but had heard horror stories about discolorations and hence decided against it.....
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
I noticed on some of the sites, they don't have "white" as an option, only UV, why not touch them to your battery terminals just to test and see if you like it.

I'm cool with my LED's but I've been itching to give this mod a shot too...

Do they ignite immediately (like when you unlock and lock your car and it blinks?)
I think they ignite immediately, but to get to full brightness it takes some time.

I'll see if I can get them to turn on somehow...

I have a strong feeling that these are UV coloured.

The tube inside is clearly black on mine whereas the tube is clear on WHITE cold cathodes:



WHITE:



Originally Posted by swoosh
^^^ THIS

try checking for the color by connecting to your battery/12V source....sometimes they mark the box wrong...
Will do!

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The best solution for this is to get some yellow overlays for your fogs to accompany the 3k HID's (click here). I have the Nokya 2.5k H8 bulbs..the color is nice but they are NOT bright. They're purely a cosmetic mod IMO and have no functional purpose.
Thanks but nay for yellow overlays on my SSM heheh.
Just not a huge fan of them.

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^I disagree wholeheartedly with that statement.

My nokyas in my oem fog area are still visible while my low beam 6k bulbs, parking lights and bumper fogs with hid's are on. SUPER bright...maybe the watts are different?

Anyway, about the yellow overlay, when I had my RSX I couldn't find an overlay that wouldn't eventually burn and turn brown in the center of the yellow.
Yeah the overlays tend to do that =(

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^^^ i agree with J....

i wanted to go with smoked overlay's but had heard horror stories about discolorations and hence decided against it.....
Yup - I heard those too =(
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Thanks man...so when clicking the unlock button, it just blinks but doesn't get to full brightness unless lights are turned on, huh. Probably not important.

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