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Old 02-23-2011, 12:33 AM
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I know i thought the same thing.. But they are very yellow in person. the camera actually took an exact replica of what they look like. not sure if i can drive with them at night with just the foglights. Ill try it out in a few min.

Oh and im glad i could help other people with deciding on what lights to use. I also said the same thing about the reverse lights....$80 Yikes!!
So they do look bluish in the fog light housing in person?

I like the yellow light output for fogs tho...Ive been thinking about doing 3k hid for the fog lights myself. Do you have to do the independent switch mod?
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Man OP those led's are hella bright. i love them, I
think that will be one of my next mods.
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Thats looks pretty sick man and super bright too haha now i want to do my entire interior with LEDs
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Originally Posted by Sir Drake
So they do look bluish in the fog light housing in person?

I like the yellow light output for fogs tho...Ive been thinking about doing 3k hid for the fog lights myself. Do you have to do the independent switch mod?
They did look bluish at first, now they are just all yellow, Yes i have the independent switch mod, its pretty cool, wasnt that hard to install, took a lil while just to make it extra neat thats all!!
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Man OP those led's are hella bright. i love them, I
think that will be one of my next mods.
Glad i could help Bro!!!

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Thats looks pretty sick man and super bright too haha now i want to do my entire interior with LEDs
Thanks!!
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Aw, so the housing looks all yellow now?

I need LEDs for my future accord foggies.
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As far as the lens you got for the fogs...whats the purpose for them...I read up on them some on the website...are they just better quality then what is over the fog lights from stock?
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Aw, so the housing looks all yellow now?

I need LEDs for my future accord foggies.
Actually if you have them on and look right at the housing, they look white, but they throw off a sweet yellow in a pretty wide pattern across the ground!!

Originally Posted by Sir Drake
As far as the lens you got for the fogs...whats the purpose for them...I read up on them some on the website...are they just better quality then what is over the fog lights from stock?
they are about 10X brighter than my stock fog lights, so that right there helps a lot, its also nice because they are meant to cut through fog a little bit better too. Yes they are also just to look good.. I really like the Blue with Yellow fog contrast, but thats me!! The lens is stock all i changed is the bulbs to an HID kit.

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Originally Posted by spcslyusarmy
Actually if you have them on and look right at the housing, they look white, but they throw off a sweet yellow in a pretty wide pattern across the ground!!
What kind of white is it? A warm white similar to the stock halogens or a cool white similar to the oem HID's?
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does anyone know what kind of bulb is the oem under the dash red one in the 08 tl type s?
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What kind of white is it? A warm white similar to the stock halogens or a cool white similar to the oem HID's?
This picture shows you the difference in the DRL and then the White of the Fog light.. i would say its a cool white in the housing but all the output is yellow!!




Oh and about the Red Under lighting thing, i have no clue, but im pretty sure someone will chime in. Or you can take out the bulb then go to www.v-leds.com and try to match it up.. might work!!
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Originally Posted by spcslyusarmy
This picture shows you the difference in the DRL and then the White of the Fog light.. i would say its a cool white in the housing but all the output is yellow!!
Thanks, that answers my question. I think I'm sold on the 3k kit. Can't decide what to do with my DRL's (stock halogens vs. LED vs. "white" halogens) and my blinker bulbs (halogens vs. LED switchbacks). Hmm...
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its only money!!! go for the big stuff!! haha
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You gotta swap them out and convert them to real red leds! You don't want any filiments in your TL ! Lol
Can you actaully swap out the lights in our dash? I have the type s and everything is red... I like it however if we are able to change em to LED's that would be sick! I bet it would be hella bright then...
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Originally Posted by Silvertl88
does anyone know what kind of bulb is the oem under the dash red one in the 08 tl type s?
Didnt see this... but yeah +1 anyone know?
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Originally Posted by spcslyusarmy
Yes i did, unfortunately i havent been able to finish it up yet.. everything in the hood area is installed. i plan on wiring the last two wires to the factory switch using this DIY I needed to run to the store to grab stuff for dinner and it started raining so tomorrow..

Where can I find that DIY??? I really been wondering about that! I put some 3k's in mine and love em but cant stand that all lights must be on and cant run my hi's with em... lame...
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Originally Posted by xtmslyy00
Where can I find that DIY??? I really been wondering about that! I put some 3k's in mine and love em but cant stand that all lights must be on and cant run my hi's with em... lame...
You quoted the link to the DIY in your last post lol
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You quoted the link to the DIY in your last post lol

ahahaha I didnt even notice until you pointed it out! DOH!
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ahahaha I didnt even notice until you pointed it out! DOH!
LOL, Sorry i should have made it a bit more noticeable!!
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Got my doors, Map and Rear lights in but can't get the damn vanity light covers off.
Could someone please post a video of them taking the vanity light covers off? I've looked at a few threads here with illustrations but I can't get that damn things off.
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by frase1ew
Got my doors, Map and Rear lights in but can't get the damn vanity light covers off.
Could someone please post a video of them taking the vanity light covers off? I've looked at a few threads here with illustrations but I can't get that damn things off.
Thanks!

Dang I will be getting my lights in tomorrow I hope I don’t have any issues with those dang things... lol they do look tough... I told my gf I might just taken em out completely no more makeup time in the car... hahaha I got the "if you don’t you will regret such a thought" lol!
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they are pretty tough, you just have to pry them out from the center. So starting at the map lights you would take off the driver side vanity light starting on the right side and vise versa for the passenger side. Be careful though not to push too hard, all your doing is pushing a little crappy plastic thing back enough to let it slide out. Once you push it back enough just pull really hard and it will pop out.. I broke one and gorilla glued it back together..haha good luck
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Originally Posted by xtmslyy00
Can you actaully swap out the lights in our dash? I have the type s and everything is red... I like it however if we are able to change em to LED's that would be sick! I bet it would be hella bright then...
You can do anything! but probably not the pnp solution your looking for

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-photograph-gallery-96/complete-led-conversion-789176/
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super nice!
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just did mine!!! love it
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Originally Posted by Roger555
You can do anything! but probably not the pnp solution your looking for

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=789176
Love the cupholder lights!
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finally got around to installing those ZKW-R's and 85122+ bulbs the other day... Here are a couple shots.. I didnt clear out the amber reflector because i didnt prepare ahead of time to actually replace it with something, so one of these days ill make the change but for now im pretty happy.




at about 10' on the ground


this is about 20' kind of at an angle but its all i could find that was close to home


this is probably 50-60 ft.


this is the zoomed in shot of the 50-60 ft.


here is looking at the lights from about 75-85 ft.


closer shot


a little side angle


and a quick shot after i washed her up a little bit.


i know they arent the greatest pictures, they were all taken on my iphone 4. I did try to put in the cardboard spacer on one of them to see if i could get it sharper from farther away, but it didnt seem to do much. I also played with the lense a little bit. After a few tries i said screw it because the retaining clip looked like it was going to break after the next try so i just left it alone..
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