97BlackAckCL

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I've spent a couple hundred dollars in just light bulbs for my car mostly all exterior, not counting the grand I spent on my projector head lights, and I'm still not satisfied with my exterior lights, anyone else dropped ridiculous amounts of money on one particular thing cuz u keep changing it? I know klepto's been through like 10 coil setups, but thus far I've bought 4 different sets of headlight bulbs, 2 different sets of high beam bulbs, 2 different sets of corner lenses, and 6 different sets of corner bulbs (3 top and 3 bottom), 1 set of chrome amber turn signal bulbs, 3 sets of LED wedge bulbs for my guages, not to mention all the LED bulbs for my interior, I'm probably around $300-400 on just light bulbs. Not counting the $100 i dropped on projector d2s HID bulbs. And I'm still not happy, I'm happy with my extreme white corners top and bottom, but I was looking today at amber LED bulbs for my turn sigs to brighten up my turn sigs through the smoked corners. I just want to stop being so picky with this stuff I keep trying to match everything and it is just out of hand anymore.

/rant

RoTeRx7

buy sum HIDs while your at it

klepto

epic 10th post

klepto

i know how you feel man. Theres countless stuff where if I just would have spent a little bit more money and time and done it right the first time, then I wouldnt have to deal with a bunch of BS

dragon084

stop being cheap and paint your car.

the lights shouldnt really matter as long as they arent blue.

dragon084

not 2 b mean, but, man, u put a lot of effort into that thing.

light bulbs dont mean nada, u have projectors- your set

97BlackAckCL

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I have a custom HID setup with Audi ballasts, custom wiring harnesses with relays, and Retrofitted TSX projectors with Phillips HID d2s bulbs, yeah I got the HID's covered. Oh I forgot I'm on my 3rd set of fog light bulbs too, and I'm getting an HID set for those, it never ends

Greg, you were the one tellin me to throw LED bulbs in there in the first place I do put a lot of effort and thought into it, too much that's my problem. But I decided not to buy the amber LED turn signals yet, I'm gonna go home and evaluate how bright the ambers come out of the smoked corners, but chances are I'll get them, it just needs to end, I have like 10 sets of light bulbs that I took out of the car, when they were replaced each set I spent $25-50 on

Cocoa

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Is your car done yet? I don't remember if in your old thread there were pics of it finished.

97BlackAckCL

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Done, no... Not by a long shot, under construction, interior is totally gutted waiting for me to have time to start working on it, exterior is not done, but together

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BustedS13

i feel your pain, i have a problem with car stereos (i always set up a new one with each new car, and this CL is my seventh car)

looks like you have the same wheels as me... my centercaps... all four have some flaked paint. do you have the same issue?

97BlackAckCL

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yes only on one of the 4 center caps I have the same problem with audio, I have put 5 dif systems in this car, 6th system is sitting in boxes waiting for winter trunk fiberglass project to start

BustedS13

jesus. i've completely revamped the stereo on my 240 at least twice, but... wow.

but yeah, i'm looking forward to putting the CL's system together, should be in the next couple weeks

Palayah8ta

This wouldnt be a problem if you were poor.. WTF chris just as long as they match (all hyper white, all blue etc.) . Stop being a chick! Save ur money for a supercharger!!

JStoops

i'm the same way blackack, on my Saab I repainted my grill about 20 times 'til i got the perfect black chrome finish i was looking for. and got my valve cover powdercoated about 4 times to match the different themes i ran with different styles of valve covers.

if you still have some of those bulbs i'll buy em off you maybe

97BlackAckCL

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Oh I'm poor, poorer than you think, a mortgage on 150K house aint cheap, Supercharger isn't coming for a year or so, gotta worry about suspension purchases and stuff first. And greg, as I've said b4 the paint isn't coming till next spring or later, gotta finish my engine work, audio work, interior work, exhaust, etc before I even worry about painting it. I already have the people lined up to paint it, but I have too much other shit to do first. And not to worry, I didn't waste money on amber led bulbs, I bought my 22" resonator which is one of the last 2 pieces I need for my exhaust install Now all I need is my high flow cat and it's go time So yeah, after this rant of a thread I decided to get something that I needed that I almost bought last week and do the smart thing.

underst8

Dude - i'm serious - do you have a job, or do you just find some new crazy thing do do to your (sweet) car every day?

97BlackAckCL

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I have a job, I work like 60 hours a week salary, no OT. I do think of new things to do to the car all the time, I'm building her to be a show car, that's why I'm so obssesed with the little things, even though they mean nothing.

subbuzz

i def feel ya black......


this is just a handfull of the bulbs/led's i bought when i tried to match my hid's.($100+ wasted) f'in led's are expensive. 2 suspensions(prokit & sportline) and countless roll's of 2 sided tape/time trying to install them damn door sills and get my rear lip straight.

when it's all said and done though, you just look and

btw: car looks great

scoopin

yo its a good thing i live in florida. thanks to all the hurricane's i got all the streetlights in my area they all have bright red l.e.d's im going to put them in the tail lights. my cl is going to have every light changed to l.e.d's. its going to be piiiimp......

DoubleSh0t

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I feel your pain. I spent almost $40 for the LEDs in my interior, plus another $10 more to switch the map lights out because blue doesn't work very well to read. Then another $25 or so for LEDs for the corners. One of them short circuited and took out 3 fuses. Multiple times. So then I bought all incandescents for the exterior because I didn't trust the "cheap" LEDs anymore. Next up are 9005's modified for my low beams until I decide to go HID.

97BlackAckCL

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No offense, but that aint shit Just playin, I feel ya, I'm just so sick of not finding what I want or wanting something better

972.2

high flow cat? where do you live? in washington we dont have to pass emissions, so if its legal, id just take off the cat, as long as your back pressure is good

fliplyricist1

I hear ya man...I about to drop 1200 on a set of 18 inch old school jdm meshies, and another 700 for coilovers. After that I think I'm done, with exception of maybe a front lip. Already have the car pc setup parts, just too lazy to break out the dremel and abs sludge. And already have the tsx projectors and ballasta and bulbs...this is my third retro and I pieced together all the parts for about 210 bucks. But yeah...money pit...but I'm buying pretty much all quality parts that I know I can part back out for as much if not more, should I ever decide to sell.

97BlackAckCL

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Don't I wish, I have to pass emissions every year

SwervinCL

Your anal about your car. It happens.

97BlackAckCL

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too anal for my own good

972.2

that sucks. no emissions is nice.

Shoshinsha_KiDs_CL

nice avatar black. why you change it??

young03

trying to find the perfect corner lights to match with the hid setup that u got is hard cuz u want it to match perfectly. i dont got hid's but it does get on my nerves when u spend so much money thinkin that they gonna match n they dont. i dont no how many corner light i went through before i said f it

Palayah8ta

poor?!? 1st of all 150k will get u a 1/2 bedroom cardboard box in los angles under a freeway. AND all your interest is tax deductible, not to mention your building your credit and giving urself something to borrow against later. SO ur actually doing a good job.

spending 2 bills on bulbs ?!? wow thats OCD big time.

young03

spending 2 bills on bulbs ?!? wow thats OCD big time.[/QUOTE]

i dont no about ocd ...lol

Palayah8ta

i dont no about ocd ...lol[/QUOTE]

that wasnt even headlights man!! just corner bulbs and turn signals.

97BlackAckCL

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that wasnt even headlights man!! just corner bulbs and turn signals.[/QUOTE]
That's total OCD that's what the rant was about, and adding all that up, it's more than $200

Peachery360

Thats why i Love to Live in WA!

97BlackAckCL

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I am just sick of everyone saying they're making their ohio made CL's "JDM" So I made myself an av, I like to change my AV every now and then, keeps life interesting. I have a folder full of ones I haven't even ever used.

scoopin

what my cl is jdm i put a jdm h22 in it

Dan3952

I'm finding I'm getting too old to be modding the car too much, especially after buying my first house.. although there are a few things I would do if I had more free time, like cleaning out the EGR passages. I can't be bothered to change things that don't make much difference to the operation of the car. At the same time, I respect those whose cars are their hobby.. it's good for one to have worthwhile interests. To me, the tires and the suspension are more important than anything else, I sure wasn't happy with the stock setup. Might do sways but will stop there unless any of the bushings look like they're splitting

97BlackAckCL

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yes, and YOU have a jdm CL You're one of the few the proud.

Dan I hear ya, I just bought my first house and the modding has died to almost nothing, still building a show car, my financing is just dried up to nothing right now while I adjust and get used to it. Sways are a great upgrade, you really only need the rear sway and I highly recommend them, the bushings I'm also the biggest advocate for on my forum, they are great. I sometimes feel like I'm too old to dump money in my car, but hey it's a hobby and it's what I love to see come together in the end, so it's fun.

Palayah8ta

the key is to have a daily driver so its not stressful. like i know i need to finish doing something to my car before work the next day or else im fucked. not fun.. i need a 4runner!

SwervinCL

Hey, if ya got the money. Why not.