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Old Jan 25, 2011 | 03:29 PM
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That's because I believe, I might be wrong here, I believe aipex8 removed his reflector in his corners. I was going to do the same when changing my lights but I didn't know how and didn't want to break anything so I left it in. No big deal

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Old Jan 25, 2011 | 04:04 PM
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its pretty easy to get them out...light is 10 times brighter...especially from the front
i wired mine separately as well (see display pic) they were too bright for the camera
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Old Jan 25, 2011 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Maui
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I changed my parking (geez, the passenger side, what a bioth!!) and corner lights last night. One thing I noticed is that the lights of my corners don't "fill up" the whole corner area like in your pics. Which LEDs did you use? the ones with 2 leds or the ones with 4 leds?

Edit: And to clarify, I did remove the reflectors, also, what a pain...

2 LEDS: http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED/D...02682-1-2.html

4 LEDS: http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED/D...-p5768086.html

And, just curious, in some of your pics, your corners are turned off even when all of your other lights are on, did you rewire them to perform differently?

Thanks for all your info, my next change will be the fogs using the hids.
The flanking bulbs don't really fill out the front of the side marker lens, that is just the nature of the bulb. It really works the same as if you had left the reflector in the side marker. I prefer it this way personally, I would rather have little or no light visible from the side markers from directly in front of the car.

My side markers are off in some of the pics because I rewired them to work as turn signals for a while, then I changed them back.
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Old Jan 25, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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I put the flank in my sidelights, and I also put Di-NOC over it...You can barily see the light through, but its better than nothing...
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 12:36 AM
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V-leds hid problem

So, I got the kit 2 weeks ago and I installed the hids for my foglight. They were working fine and 5 mins later they were not working............ Any ideas? I think the ballasts somehow restrict the igniters. From one of the threads here, I think I saw someone complaining about the same problem. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 09:44 AM
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Does anyone has comparison picture of stock xenon and v-led hid 6k diamond blue??? Also what should I do with fogs , 35W 3K HID or ION Yellow PIAA'S ??
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by kondypl
Does anyone has comparison picture of stock xenon and v-led hid 6k diamond blue??? Also what should I do with fogs , 35W 3K HID or ION Yellow PIAA'S ??
ION Yellow PIAA'S
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Chad D.
ION Yellow PIAA'S
Elaborate , light output or easier to put it on?
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 10:59 AM
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I put in amber vleds in my fogs and everyone told me I should have put PIAA's. I thought "now is my chance" to also blindly direct someone towards that product.
Plus HID's in fog lights are pretty ghey
+ I bought some ION Yellow PIAA'S for the wintertime (because led's aren't bright) and I like them, although my fogs have the metal part taken out of the housings(Makes the center of light brighter, not a good thing) so I only really use the fog lights on the highway in crappy weather.
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 07:02 PM
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Just an update. I realized that I did not change the fuse........ So, it was blown since it was 15A LOL I'm using 25A. What Amp fuse do you guys use?
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 08:35 PM
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Couple of pics of the new 7443 (bigger) compared to the previous version. Follow the link below for details. Hard to get a decent comparison pic when they are on but I will try again later.

http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/B...-p9422807.html





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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 09:46 PM
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HID's shouldn't need a fuse upgrade. My 3000k HID fogs are almost usable as solo fog lights without modifications... Almost. My ebay Hid's lasted weeks (both died). There's a lot that can go wrong with them.
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 09:57 PM
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hey aipex, your link to the brake lights on the first page works but the product is discontinued? i tried out makristal's red tail lights and they're way brighter than my rotaryfx ones so i wanted to order the "new version" of the ones he has. new linky please?
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 10:00 PM
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^did you see my post like 2 up from yours? it has the link!
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 10:02 PM
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oh that's red taillights?
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 10:06 PM
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Yep. Guess I should have made my post more clear. Sorry about that. It is there new brake lights and just installed them
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 11:18 PM
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Yep, use pdx's link. I'll update the first page when I get to a computer (on the iPad now).
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 12:32 AM
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pdx, you like?

aipex, can you point me in the right direction on the third brake light? i installed an aftermarket one and when i turn the lights on (not step on the brake) i get the abs and dsc lights. when i go back to stock no issues. how did you get yours to work without killing abs/dsc?
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 10:55 AM
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Looks good so far Next up is for me is to swap the amber LED turn signals with red.
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by pdxhak
Couple of pics of the new 7443 (bigger) compared to the previous version.
80 bucks plus shipping for a pair?
That's nuts.
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Tamas
80 bucks plus shipping for a pair?
That's nuts.
i heard they had sales often.. can you say what you got them for pdx?
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 02:27 PM
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Anyone got any word on there new line of headlights?

http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-HID-H...51841-1-2.html
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 06:23 AM
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did anybody else miss the 25% off deal yesterday?
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 08:31 AM
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Fml when i ordered i put in the code and eveyrthing and never got my discount. This was when i ordered during christmas lol.
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 09:03 AM
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add them on FB for the most current discount codes
yesterday they had 25% off for 4 hrs and of course i didnt get on FB yesterday
just my luck
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