Wagonbacker9
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LED reverse lights tend to not throw enough light to be effective, just a heads up. You're better off going for a halogen replacement, as the reflector doesn't tend to work well with the LEDs.
What have you done to your MSP today?
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Mazdaspeed2oo35
600whp - 600wtq at 30 PSI
Im also looking for some nice Plug and Play Bi Xenon HID's 8000k, any good brand ?
Wagonbacker9
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no... the reflector which casts light out to illuminate behind you. not the red thing...Remove it.
remove it and you'll get almost no light behind you in reverse at all. idk about you untinted guys, but I need all the help I can get.
I wanted to do the hole exterior but other things came into play so I only did the brake lights, side markers and front turn signals.
But to break it down for you...
in your headlight you have 1157 for turnsignals, and 194 for side markers, then in the fender side marker, thats a 194, then in ur tail light you have 7443 for the brake light, 194 for the side marker, 1156 for ur turn, 7440 for the reverse and the last bottom light is a 1156 also I think. They have plenty of options of how bright and how much you wanna spend, so go crazy.
Not necessary if you get the proper led for it. People use to always say the same about brake lights until I got these star ones, however, if I would of got just the regular led from autozone, my brake lights would be s***.
You just need to take in account of where the reflector is at, then try to find the led that will aim at it, bouncing the light off of it making it brighter unlike the ones that just point straight out and don't reflect off of any reflector.
Wagonbacker9
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Mazdaspeed2oo35
600whp - 600wtq at 30 PSI
That's what im currently running and love the color its actually blue not purple.. now what's the difference between 35W and 55W besides the difference in Watts ?
btw i can't believe they run for $ 60.. s*** i paid over $ 300 for mines few years back..
Wagonbacker9
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55w will throw glare up in other driver's faces like nobody's business.
u edited ur post jerk face.
55w will be a little brighter and whites the color a bit but like Carl said, its blinding to other people so please, be courteous and get 35w. lol.
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SeR_Cyclops
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Wow, I just cant see paying 70 bucks for brake lights......
Wagonbacker9
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agreed, I'd draw the line in the ~$20 range... I guess thats why I'm still using edison bulbs.
Mazdaspeed2oo35
600whp - 600wtq at 30 PSI
These are the Ones i'm currently running, but for some reason on driver side Hi beam don't work and is not the bulb..
http://www.gxhid.com/product_list.htm
Model H4 High/Low Bi-Xenon - Gx Hid Xenon HID Lighting System for Headlights
Model H3 - Gx Hid Xenon HID Lighting System for Foglights
I paid exactly what is says in there, but like 3 years ago or so... why so much of a difference in price compared to the ones you sent me the link....
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Is was during my p5 parting out days, so I had money to blow. Probably wouldn't buy them now but I love them all the same.
LOLOL
i dont get the extra money on break lights, IMO i hate pulling up behind someone and they decide to slow down quickly and suddenly they have the brightest tail lights ever! like you can see them from miles away. lol i think its a rear end accident waiting to happen, at night. i guess i am just a head light person. currently running 10000k BLUEE!!!!
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Brake lights can save u from a rear end hit, not cause one. If I were behind someone and they had dim brakes, I'd be more likely to hit them than if they blinded me cause then my brain would go "STOP". 10000k headlights is just asking cops to pull u over. (hi)
Bi-xenon hid kits only have one light output on the bulb, when u hit the highs the metal shield around the bulb moves divirting the light to hit the high beam reflectors so if you're driver side isn't working, it just means the shield stopped moving like it was suppose to.
As to why ddms are so cheap, not really sure. They've been getting cheaper constantly for the last year or so. About 90% of the ppl who run hid kits on here, have ddm kits plus they have lifetime warranty!
Bi-xenon hid kits only have one light output on the bulb, when u hit the highs the metal shield around the bulb moves divirting the light to hit the high beam reflectors so if you're driver side isn't working, it just means the shield stopped moving like it was suppose to.
As to why ddms are so cheap, not really sure. They've been getting cheaper constantly for the last year or so. About 90% of the ppl who run hid kits on here, have ddm kits plus they have lifetime warranty!
Mazdaspeed2oo35
600whp - 600wtq at 30 PSI
but the thing is if is change the bulb to the other side it works, HI.Lo perfectly, but on drivers side only the lo beam work.. what do you think... all of the sudden stoped working...
TheDirtyGoatee
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Wasn't anything done to her per se but I did manage to find a way to use my little mini tripod, two zip-ties, and my stock MSP headrest to make a nice (surprisingly) stable camera mount. The camera quality wasn't grand but that's because stupid me forgot to set the resolution up. Oh well. In either case, got some nice video of me just putting around some nice curvy N. GA roads near my house. I am so lucky I have this kind of playground around me.
Wagonbacker9
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the wiring that activates the hi/lo solenoid is broken somewhere.
Mazdaspeed2oo35
600whp - 600wtq at 30 PSI
So you think is not the ballast broken right ?
