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maroman88 10-08-2008 04:23 PM

New Parking Lights
 
i got a new set of "euro" parking lights... and performed the TSB to cut the holes in the bumper cover under the parking lights so the moisture wont build up... heheh

http://inlinethumb15.webshots.com/25...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/38...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/41...600x600Q85.jpg

Fast92RS 10-08-2008 04:48 PM

Nice I got the same set for my car with the clear side markers.

SamhainZ28 10-08-2008 06:37 PM

Looks clean

sweetbmxrider 10-08-2008 10:15 PM

really finishes that 88 off! looks nice!! grill?

camaroracer1992 10-08-2008 10:36 PM

u need a billet grille next...... im just so happening selling one :)

88IrocVert 10-14-2008 10:12 PM

I just got those same ones. How do they look with the LEDs in 'em?

maroman88 10-15-2008 01:27 AM

thye look ok wit the LEDS's. would look better with the LED's that go around the sides so it would actually reflect off the inside of the lense lol

Teds89IROC 10-28-2008 07:00 PM

looks good, got any pics with the LED's turned on?

maroman88 10-28-2008 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Teds89IROC (Post 504376)
looks good, got any pics with the LED's turned on?

grrr car is in storage... and i didnt take any

Jersyboyy 10-28-2008 09:09 PM

Where did ya get them, they look great ill be looking for parking lights and hid headlights once I finish my drivetrain.

Tru2Chevy 10-28-2008 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Jersyboyy (Post 504431)
Where did ya get them, they look great ill be looking for parking lights and hid headlights once I finish my drivetrain.

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...s/Hid/HID.html

Read this first, please.....

- Justin

Jersyboyy 10-29-2008 07:50 AM

Too much reading im getting the ebay hid kits they look nice end of conversation. ;)

Tru2Chevy 10-29-2008 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Jersyboyy (Post 504546)
Too much reading im getting the ebay hid kits they look nice end of conversation. ;)

Ugh....awful. Have fun blinding everyone else on the road and getting worse light output than you would with a good H4 conversion... :roll:

- Justin

Teds89IROC 11-02-2008 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy (Post 504783)
Ugh....awful. Have fun blinding everyone else on the road and getting worse light output than you would with a good H4 conversion... :roll:

- Justin

QFT H4 conversion FTW

Tru2Chevy 11-02-2008 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Teds89IROC (Post 506007)
QFT H4 conversion FTW

Yes....I really dislike people who put the looks of their car when it's parked somewhere with the lights on over the safety of other people driving on the road with them and themselves.

- Justin

sweetbmxrider 11-02-2008 09:35 PM

i just use standard halogen sealed beams and make sure they are aimed correctly.

Tru2Chevy 11-02-2008 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider (Post 506023)
i just use standard halogen sealed beams and make sure they are aimed correctly.

Well, unfortunately for you LT1 guys, there are very few options out there. There are so few cars that use that size bulb that their are no aftermarket housings available that I have ever seen.

I have seen people buy new, good quality bulbs, and then take them apart and mod them to run a higher quality halogen bulb.

- Justin

sweetbmxrider 11-02-2008 09:40 PM

yeah i have seen that too. it really doesn't bother me too much. could always swap to an ls1 front end haha

maroman88 11-02-2008 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy (Post 506025)
Well, unfortunately for you LT1 guys, there are very few options out there. There are so few cars that use that size bulb that their are no aftermarket housings available that I have ever seen.

I have seen people buy new, good quality bulbs, and then take them apart and mod them to run a higher quality halogen bulb.

- Justin

i did that... very easy actually, upgraded to some nice silverstars, i forget wat bulb number it was but it fit perfect and i used a little clear silicon to seal it in

TurboDiverArt 11-03-2008 05:03 AM

I did a HID conversion on my truck and it worked out perfectly. My truck came with composite lights to start. I think that that's trick to having a good HID conversion. I originally tried an aftermarket eBay replacement housing with terrible results. If the housing that you are using is not a quality piece it'll scatter light all over the place. If you are replacing a sealed beam setup you need to make sure that the replacement housings you are using are optically correct. In general if you are taking stock sealed beams and converting them you will have poor results and will blind most motorists. Otherwise you'll end up having to align them so low so not to blind oncoming traffic that you won't get any benefit from them.

Art.

Tru2Chevy 11-03-2008 08:18 PM

http://dsl.torque.net/images/techdoc..._Crackdown.jpg

And JersyBoyy, this is the general idea of the entire article I posted:

Quote:

What about the law, what does it have to say on the matter? In virtually every first-world country, HID "retrofits" into halogen headlamps are illegal. They're illegal clear across Europe and in all of the many countries that use European ECE headlight regulations. They're illegal in the US and Canada. Some people dismiss this because North American regulations, in particular, are written in such a manner as to reject a great many genuinely good headlamps. Nevertheless, on the particular count of HID "retrofits" into halogen headlamps, the world's regulators and engineers all say DON'T!

The only safe and legitimate HID retrofit is one that replaces the entire headlamp—that is lens, reflector, bulb...the whole system—with optics designed for HID usage. In the aftermarket, it is possible to get clever with the growing number of available products, such as Hella's modular projectors available in HID or halogen, and fabricate your own brackets and bezels, or to modify an original-equipment halogen headlamp housing to contain optical "guts" designed for HID usage (though it should be noted that "cooking" the lens off a composite headlamp, installing HID optics and re-sealing the lens creates major problems of its own, and does not result in a legal headlamp).
- Justin

FIcamaroRE92 11-05-2008 10:35 PM

If you dont mind, where did you get thoes?, I think they would look nice on my car.

maroman88 11-06-2008 02:31 PM

ebayyyyyyy

IROCZman15 11-12-2008 02:24 PM

what do u mean drilled holes so moisture doesnt build up?? where? how? any quick pics?

maroman88 11-13-2008 02:39 PM

if u pull out the lenses u need to cut away a little tab under each lense on the bumper.... do a search for it, it was a TSB to be performd by dealers


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