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Old 02-25-2015, 12:41 AM
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Tires are doing great with tons of tread left. I've only put 13,290 miles on them so far (I love logging things).

I kind of made a mistake buying summer tires because for about 3 months of the year here it randomly snows/ices and is around 35° most mornings. I end up swapping out them for my oem wheels fairly often in the winter which is kind of a pain.

You live in a perfect place for summer tires year round and are looking at this tire size, want to buy them?
nah you live in very decent climate for a summer/winter or summer/all-season setup! I had to put my OEMs on in November. I don't think I'll be taking them off until late April to early May

If you find you have to swap them out frequently during those 3 months, it might just be worthwhile to leave the OEMs on throughout the entire 3 months
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nah you live in very decent climate for a summer/winter or summer/all-season setup! I had to put my OEMs on in November. I don't think I'll be taking them off until late April to early May

If you find you have to swap them out frequently during those 3 months, it might just be worthwhile to leave the OEMs on throughout the entire 3 months
I usually keep oem on at least a few weeks at a time. It's really hard to keep the F14s off the car when it's mid 60's low 70's for a couple weeks in a row. Then a cold front comes in like it did a few days ago and bam the roads turn to ice and it snows an inch.
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hmm ic, yeah switching wheels on occasion would be pretty annoying
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the struggle is real, i didn't realize how cold it was in texas till i looked at the news yesterday . i thought it was perpetually hot all the time. that temp drop must be huge for you !
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FL is the same way... It would be 35F in the morning and by afternoon it would be like 75F.

Well what's worse is a 40deg temp change that is still below freezing haha. We had a morning here in OH that was -10F in the morning and 28F in the afternoon lol
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Any pics of the VLEDs at night? They 5K or 6K?
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Any pics of the VLEDs at night? They 5K or 6K?
They're 5k which match almost perfectly my new 5k HIDs. I'll take one tonight if I remember.
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Any pics of the VLEDs at night? They 5K or 6K?
Kind of hard to show exactly what they look like at night. Slight edits to the picture make them look however bright I want as well as whatever temperature I want. This at least shows that the HIDs and the switchbacks are matching temperatures. I currently have Philips 85122XV C1 Xtreme Vision HIDs.

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Looks good! Thanks!
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I've had the trim pieces installed for a while but just now getting to posting it on here. Real carbon fiber with copper accent courtesy of Kosta. It's starting to grow on me but sometimes I think it's a little too loud for my tastes.

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I thought iCrap had them. Or was that another piece of the carbon puzzle..

They're a bit too bling for me, but they look 100x better than CF wrap.
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I thought iCrap had them. Or was that another piece of the carbon puzzle..

They're a bit too bling for me, but they look 100x better than CF wrap.
He did. There was some drama with the exchange and I ended up getting them eventually.
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Should polish them so they're super shinyyyyyy
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Yeah there was a lot of BS with my parts being "unacceptable" and kosta demanded a trade back.

I could have told him to eat a dick and fuck off but i did the "right thing" and traded back with him.

Anyways, I wasn't happy at all with how they looked after I installed them. Way to bling bling. And.. there were a lot of flaws. If he didn't demand a trade back i would have sold them.
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Yeah there was a lot of BS with my parts being "unacceptable" and kosta demanded a trade back.

I could have told him to eat a dick and fuck off but i did the "right thing" and traded back with him.

Anyways, I wasn't happy at all with how they looked after I installed them. Way to bling bling. And.. there were a lot of flaws. If he didn't demand a trade back i would have sold them.
Harsh words when I was being kind enough to trade when I could have sold them but whatever.
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Originally Posted by opboarding
I've had the trim pieces installed for a while but just now getting to posting it on here. Real carbon fiber with copper accent courtesy of Kosta. It's starting to grow on me but sometimes I think it's a little too loud for my tastes.



There's always some out there that would trade if you don't love them
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There's always some out there that would trade if you don't love them
</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Like me </p>
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<p>Me!! </p>
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<p>Not me... Someone just give me a red meter already tho....</p>
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<p>Not me... Someone just give me a red meter already tho....</p>
Just open it up and tape some red vinyl over the lights.
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<p>It's not like that, the plastic is actually tinted blue slightly on the regular one, and secondly if you you touch the needles it has to be re-calibrated &nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
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In my german forum we have a electric guy. He changed EVERY light inside the car. welded all with leds and smds. Crazy but looks great. Wish I was more into electric things. LOL
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In my german forum we have a electric guy. He changed EVERY light inside the car. welded all with leds and smds. Crazy but looks great. Wish I was more into electric things. LOL
hey Hondo! which forum is this? I mean I love azine and all.. just wanna see build threads from the other side of the world is all </p>
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<p>It's not like that, the plastic is actually tinted blue slightly on the regular one, and secondly if you you touch the needles it has to be re-calibrated &nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
The rings can be popped off with no calibration issues at all.
Tinting them red will make them red however not as red as an SE.

Putting in Red ring units from an SE is also another way, but still will not be as bright as an SE.

Swapping Se parts in a non SE cluster is poosible as well but is complicated.
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<p>Find an SE 6MT at the junker and reprogram the cluster?</p>
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<p>I've messaged a guy on ebay for a year straight about going down on price for a MT SE gauge.. but he won't budge. He is set on $250, and I never found out how much the dealer cost to re-program the cluster to the right mileage.</p>
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hey Hondo! which forum is this? I mean I love azine and all.. just wanna see build threads from the other side of the world is all
Its the same Forum where Isi is member or is she admin? Dont know sure
Look here
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