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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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Modding My TL

Arright guys, just by lurking around the forums for the last few months, I have been getting lots of tips and eventually planned to start on customizing my ride a little bit. So far, I have just blacked out my headlights, cleared them too by taking out amber turn signal. blacked out the headlight housings using spray paint. I have put on the angel eyes, 2 halo rings for both projectors in the headlamps.

I have also put on a led strip in the foglight zone, put on the mighty Fujita Cold Air Intake. well thats all about the modding I did. next up is a-spec kit and some nice rims...

NBP TL meets WBD TL:


NBP TL meets NBP TL-S:


Bumper off, for the angel eyes:


Angel Eyes in the housing:


Blacked out Headlights back on:


My buddy Sam's Altima & My TL:


Clean:


I just love this shot:


Blacked out headlights:

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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 10:35 AM
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Headlights on along with the LED Strips:






DRL's On along with the LED Strips:


Fujita Cold Air Intake Installed:


NOTE:
The angel eyes have been disconnected, one of the halo rings broke so I ordered them, arriving tomorrow, will take pictures with the angel eyes and the LED's together soon. The DRL's as in the high beam lights are going to be changed with white 9005 bulbs and also the turn signals are to be replaced by 7443 amber led bulbs, the back-up light with its led bulb as well. I ordered them all, hopefully in the weekends, I will try installing them.

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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 10:46 AM
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nice work! I like how you did your led strips that long. Now all you need are 8k bulbs to match the brightness of the led's
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 10:47 AM
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bro, 8000k bulbs for the high beam and low beam both right? i wonder whats the price for the low beam ones. and thanks for the compliments!
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 10:57 AM
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I just have 8k's in my low beams. You can get kaixens in the sponsored sale section
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 11:06 AM
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looks great!
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by CHiNaMaN440
I just have 8k's in my low beams. You can get kaixens in the sponsored sale section
thanks man!

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looks great!
thanks buddy!
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 11:25 AM
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are those LED strips bendable or moldable?
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 11:55 AM
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Hey how did you hook up your DRL'S?
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by linky33
are those LED strips bendable or moldable?
their very flexible and easy to work with. I mounted mines using 3m tape that came with it
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by linky33
are those LED strips bendable or moldable?
yeah as CHiNaMaN440 stated, it is quite bendable, I didn't wanna paste it inside the headlights or even bend a little bit just so that it doesnt break. check this out, my friend tysir did a smaller led strip, bended it and squeezed it in the gap of the headlight.



Originally Posted by b low
Hey how did you hook up your DRL'S?
well one of my friend's sam the guy with the black altima did it for me, he does all the wiring stuff, i dont know but he told me its really easy, I will ask him how he did it.
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 02:26 PM
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looks good, in for night time pics of the LEDs
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 03:01 PM
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auto_freak,

do you have pictures of the led strip off in day time?
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by boofyboof
looks good, in for night time pics of the LEDs
yeah, let me get the angel eyes done this weekend and i will upload some breathtaking pictures of the tl at night time...people just stares at the led's from bustops and the streets...gives you a lot of attention.

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auto_freak,

do you have pictures of the led strip off in day time?
there u go mate, i know it doesnt look that neat at daytime, but i guess i still like it. i always have them on during daily driving.


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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 05:00 PM
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Looks good son! Just not a big fan of the LED strip you got; but to each their own
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 05:08 PM
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looking good.
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Fulani has a TL
Looks good son! Just not a big fan of the LED strip you got; but to each their own
at first, i wasn't either. as time went by, i kinda seemed to start liking it. it doesn't look that good during daytime when its not on, but i always keep it on, it doesnt consume much power either.

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looking good.
thanks bro!
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 06:13 PM
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How do you have connected them ?
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by ikm19
How do you have connected them ?
sorry bro, as I already stated, I had nothing to do with the wiring. there is no different switch for the led strips, its directly connected to the high beam lights wiring.
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 08:30 AM
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where did you get the LED strip from, how long is it and wheere did you conect it to .. ??
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by twanny
where did you get the LED strip from, how long is it and wheere did you conect it to .. ??
one of my friend, sam he fixed it for me, i answered this question few times already. i dont know its exact length, maybe 12-14 inches. its connected to the drl lights.
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 04:15 PM
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Looks good, but only makes me wonder how long it will be before LED strips will be played out.
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by WillrunifChased
Looks good, but only makes me wonder how long it will be before LED strips will be played out.
oops did not even take that into account, its arright though, 50 bucks for two, i'll replace them myself.
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Old Oct 19, 2008 | 12:29 PM
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looks good!
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Old Oct 19, 2008 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by amk6453
looks good!
thanks man! got the angel eyes done yesterday, will take some night shots today and share with you guys.
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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whered you get your LED's from?
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Old Oct 21, 2008 | 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by bloodylankan
whered you get your LED's from?
my buddy who worked on the angel eyes and the LEDs got them for me. if you need his number, let me know, i will pm it.
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Old Oct 21, 2008 | 07:31 AM
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yea can you please send him his number and give him a heads up that I will be calling him....would he do the mod for me too?..i just want the LED strips.

thanks.
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Old Oct 21, 2008 | 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by bloodylankan
yea can you please send him his number and give him a heads up that I will be calling him....would he do the mod for me too?..i just want the LED strips.

thanks.
i am sure he will. he can bitch around about taking the headlights off before coming to him, but you tell him you are paying him so he will have to take it for u.
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