R8 style LED retrofit on a CL?

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Old 01-20-2009 | 06:58 PM
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R8 style LED retrofit on a CL?

Kind of a weird affect on the picture but what are thoughts on the LED strip under the headlight? It would be fairly easy to do and wouldn't cost much. Open to any other ideas. (this is just a photoshop pic btw)
Old 01-20-2009 | 07:04 PM
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I would take angel eyes over this look.
Old 01-20-2009 | 07:05 PM
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angel eyes over the inside circle?
Old 01-20-2009 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Rossco
Kind of a weird affect on the picture but what are thoughts on the LED strip under the headlight? It would be fairly easy to do and wouldn't cost much. Open to any other ideas. (this is just a photoshop pic btw)
well there u go.
There goes ur answer.

Ur Idea has just begin SHOT DOWN.

perhaps it looks
Old 01-20-2009 | 09:02 PM
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I like the idea. I think it looks really good at night a couple of the TSX guys (i think?) have done this. maybe it was TLs. anyways....i think it looks better on long slender lights.

I have a bunch of condensation out of nowhere in my one headlight, and it's not my plugs in the back, so i think im going to have to open them up and re-seal them anyways, and take the orange diffuser out. I either wanted to do angel eyes or this LED strip idea...We'll see.
Old 01-20-2009 | 10:58 PM
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haha do angel eyes plus led strip O.o
Old 01-21-2009 | 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by cl-sa
haha do angel eyes plus led strip o.o
Old 01-21-2009 | 12:43 AM
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no... i hate that everyone copies the "new thing" doesn't mean it'll look good on your car.

plus all the audi's don't use a straight LED design, it curves. AND i bet you 90% of LED retrofitters do not make the light be big, its usually tiny.
Old 01-21-2009 | 02:37 AM
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^tell em lippstuh.

i also dont like. just like putting a supra wing on a civic.
Old 01-21-2009 | 05:01 AM
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Ehh...not my thang.

Try it...take pics...if you don't like it...take pics....then remove it...sell on the Black Market.
Old 01-21-2009 | 09:18 AM
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i guess i wont be doing the angel eyes/led strip... good thing someone posted this before i did it lol
Old 01-21-2009 | 10:22 AM
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here is a guy that did it to a TL ... looks good!

https://acurazine.com/forums/members/aznchino16-198553-albums-headlights-479/
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^looks like

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Originally Posted by 02CLNOS
here is a guy that did it to a TL ... looks good!

https://acurazine.com/forums/album.php?albumid=479
looks like its crying.

lets see compare that link with this:


1. bulbs look "larger" on the r8
2. it curves on the r8
3. its spaced more (less bulbs)
4. it has a projector, cl doesn't
5. our cars don't look like the r8
Old 01-21-2009 | 12:45 PM
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its called "fairy lights" not an "led strip"
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fairy lights
angel/demon eyes

... what's next...
Old 01-21-2009 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by LIPPSTUH
fairy lights
angel/demon eyes

... what's next...
glow in the dark eyelids.
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Originally Posted by krazykrnboi
glow in the dark eyelids.


or...Prairie eyez
Old 01-21-2009 | 05:39 PM
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GM does it on the new saab, and that looks like shit. There might be a better way to do it on the CL........
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Originally Posted by nf3d0149ab


or...Prairie eyez

i was waiting for someone to say that.
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Originally Posted by combat mediC
i also dont like. just like putting a supra wing on a civic.
that shit iz teh bomb diggity
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Originally Posted by combat mediC
^tell em lippstuh.

i also dont like. just like putting a supra wing on a civic.
Supra wings on civics looks HOT!
Old 01-22-2009 | 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by AnthraciteBeast
Supra wings on civics looks HOT!


OK to give u that .........

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Originally Posted by poisx7

OK to give u that .........
hmmm was there a reason why i put it in red? ahhhhh of course........i wasnt serious
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And boom goes the dynamite.
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^ Im surprised that the owner also didnt put "altezza" style tail lights on that thing...
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The space shuttle has now landed...
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Originally Posted by LIPPSTUH
no... i hate that everyone copies the "new thing" doesn't mean it'll look good on your car.

plus all the audi's don't use a straight LED design, it curves. AND i bet you 90% of LED retrofitters do not make the light be big, its usually tiny.
X2

You guys remember when the IS300 came out and then everyone got those tail lights on their civics and integras?
Cool on the Lexus, but not on other cars.

Those lights are sick, but just leave them on the Audi's.

My
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The space shuttle has now landed...
It landed 4 sure >>> Alright !!

IT REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE A SPACE SHIP.
Old 06-20-2009 | 01:44 AM
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Yea from Uranus.

Originally Posted by poisx7
It landed 4 sure >>> Alright !!

IT REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE A SPACE SHIP.
Old 06-20-2009 | 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by evan03CL


And boom goes the dynamite.
this damn car was for sale in miami a few months back...my dad almost wrecked his gto asking wtf it was
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^ Haha...damn would be a shitty reason to explain to insurance.
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They look sick on the audis and ok on the TL if done right but leds would look ridiculous on a CL. If you're bored with stock then do a retrofit or something. Angel eyes and leds should stay with BMW and Audi
Old 06-20-2009 | 05:49 PM
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Our lights would look like shit with the leds, The 2g tl would look better if they followed the curve in the bottom IMO but still I think the only thing they look good on is the audi's.

BTW that civic looks like a shopping cart May as well be the same pic LOL
Old 06-20-2009 | 06:18 PM
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i think it looks wack wen people put that stuff on ur acuras....if u want an audi, go buy one... dont imitate one. i know some of u have angel eyes too, but i would leave that w/ the beamers and not our acuras...im sure its a downer wen people see ur halos in the dark, but wen u pull up its a damn acura..... ur cars arent spaceships...so cut those lighting stuff ... just my opinion
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Yeah halos are wack
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^ Wait...Don't you have halo's...?
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... Mr.Fluffy... weren't you the first one of us to have halos...?


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