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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 12:23 AM
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Quick question, need answer.

So i'm gonna convert my high beams to foglights, and wire it so i can turn them on by themselves. what would be a good bulb to use for this? nokya 9005? or would that be too bright

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oh yeah, i put my TEIN HAs on tonight
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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 09:58 AM
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ouch, baby.
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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 10:07 AM
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I got the Nokya 2500K 55W for my fog light. Das JDM yellow yo!
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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 01:21 PM
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me too. so how are you gonna go about aiming them down? youre going to be blinding everyone during the night
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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 02:32 PM
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^ yup. the high beam housing wont go down too much, and even if it is all the way down...its still kinda blind people.....but who care right...as long as u're happy.
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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ib_jimmy
^ yup. the high beam housing wont go down too much, and even if it is all the way down...its still kinda blind people.....but who care right...as long as u're happy.
COPS care!!! haha. only cause there fucking assholes and they want to rain on everyones shit!!

Def. go with the nokya yellow 9005.

Or.....you can change out the 9005 headlight sockets to 9006, and get 9006 bulbs that way there not as bright.

Just my
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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 08:45 PM
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the tips of 9006's are coated with something that kinda blocks the light shine out, maybe you could try coating the tips of your 9005s?
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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 10:38 PM
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i have a control module which makes my high beams into DTRL.



edit: i just havent installed it yet...dont know how...
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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 12:41 AM
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go with the nokya 9005 hyper yellow
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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 12:42 AM
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1 more thing.... Where did you get that DRL module from?
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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 08:03 AM
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1 more thing.... Where did you get that DRL module from?

its a police module for their cars.
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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 02:37 PM
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Sneaky Sneaky..... Where may someone come accross this so called DRL module? wink wink.
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 10:53 PM
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DRL's are stock in almost every canadian car.
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 11:12 PM
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DRL's are stock in almost every canadian car.

yup...dam canadians! lol
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