Spiced MSP
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yeah it is, it's like christmas during the summer..lol
What have you done to your MSP today?
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yeah it is, it's like christmas during the summer..lol
Spiced MSP
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Go for OEM there's no reason to go otherwise unless you have some monster build (and even then, im not sure if cometic still makes one). Also, a headgasket is a pretty big job. It depends on your handiness but since you have to remove; cams, head, timing belt etc theres alot that can go wrong when you put it back together. If you take your time then its certainly doable in a weekend (if you take your time). Its certainly one of the bigger jobs to do. And while your in there, if you have a good amt of miles, change the waterpump and and timing belt while your in there. Might as well do it once.
Im not sure why your replacing it, but if it failed and you dont know why, might want to have a pro look at it so you can make sure everythings on the level so it doesnt happen again.
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i have 133000 miles, at 115 i changed the timing belt new water pump already as well and new valve cover gasket.. it was just last week that i looked into the over flow coolant tank and noticed oil was mixed in and was told my head gaskets are shot.... plus about a month ago i did mess with the boost setting and accidently spiked up to 15lbs then down to 12 lol... ops.
that 3m stuff? :/
Spiced MSP
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yeah, I thought about painting it but it would be about $250 for Sam to get the spicy paint and paint it and I don't want to spend that much and risk messing it up with the crappy roads and all the steep entrances to parking lots around here. So, I figured just wrap it, if it scrapes, I can always rewrap it.
ahh, im sure youll be fine to just replace it then. If you did the timing belt and water pump then your like 80% there. I have confidence you can do it. Just be VERY careful when you take the cams out, the journals are veddy delicate, one lil piece of sand will destroy things.
Spiced MSP
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according to tracking info, my HIDs finally made from Cali to Fort Worth, TX. They will be here tomorrow!!
I have the bi xenon ones, id never go back to stock. I love em. I love that their plug n play too so i can pass inspection lol.
what color temp you get?
03.5BlueMSP
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waited to see if my DG grill shipped, it didnt again..
Spiced MSP
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I got 8000K for now just because I love the blue that they give off. That is what got me attracted to HIDs to begin with is the blue light. But, if they are not what I expect out of them, I'll switch to a brighter light, maybe 6000K. If I like them, I may get them for my fogs too, but Im debating because I don't what to blind oncoming traffic too much with fogs..lol
The fogs shouldn't blind people any worse than your lo-beams. If you have them aimed properly.
Spiced MSP
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good point
I've always heard that putting HIDs in our stock headlights are blinding to oncoming traffic no matter what because we don't have projectors to aim them efficiently. I want a set but I don't want to blind people and risk being pulled over by the fuzz for having lights that are too bright.
Wagonbacker9
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this is why the vast majority of H4 HID kits have what are called casper shields, which block light from exiting the bottom of the reflector. directing the light only through the top reduces glare significantly as that light is then not reflected up at other drivers.
^What he said.
And 35w kits aren't bad, as long as you aim them properly. 55w kits blind everything.
SpeedAdiction20
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ya I had pulled my reflector shields out of mine because there was were blind spots and it didn't reflect anything on the ground in front of me, little did I know that was mainly because my HIDs weren't aimed correctly, and were blinding people anyways, so I aimed them down, and got eyelids to compensate for the removal of the shields, the 8000k are still really bright and have a hint of blue that you can see, the 6000ks I have in my fogs and they are much brighter and don't really show any blue, but are not completely white, you should be more than happy/fine with the 8000ks the 10000ks are the ones that actually look straight blue but also don't have as much light power, overall they are all pretty bright but just make sure you adjust your lights after you install the HIDs, I just went to a flat road or parking lot and adjusted them on the wall so they were straight but not blinding people's faces, no matter what they are a million times better than bad stocks, if I had the money to throw around I'd buy them for parents cars lol and my winter beater
also prob. one of my favorite parts of having 8000k hids headlights is being able to see the slightly blue reflection off of every reflector and sign on the highway and roads from a good distance lol, it just turns everything that has reflectors on them slightly blue and lights them up hah, it's great
also prob. one of my favorite parts of having 8000k hids headlights is being able to see the slightly blue reflection off of every reflector and sign on the highway and roads from a good distance lol, it just turns everything that has reflectors on them slightly blue and lights them up hah, it's great
