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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 12:14 AM
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i will also be making that super white turn signal into driiving lights and makingn the amber parking light the turn signal. very easy and will look bad ***.
Thats been on the top of my "To-Do" list for a month now, but I'm a little nervous about the wiring.

When you get it done, wanna post a little how-to for me?
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 06:28 AM
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bump on the nose

the car is very nice looking, but what happend to the nose dented headlights nose

but exelent post on the project u started, and finished
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 06:49 AM
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ummm also

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...threadid=49522

more photos
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 02:34 PM
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I am painting mine right now there are all apart as we speak. As for the headlight conversion making parking lights driving lights by swtiching the wireing I already have that done looks great cant wait til all is done will get pics soon.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 02:51 PM
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Originally posted by 2002OZ
I am painting mine right now there are all apart as we speak. As for the headlight conversion making parking lights driving lights by swtiching the wireing I already have that done looks great cant wait til all is done will get pics soon.
Ryan
Was it pretty easy???

I'd love to see some pics.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 04:32 PM
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okay, here are some pics of my driving light conversion completed. i would like to buy a brighter bulb for the turn signal, right now its some piece of crap apc 'super white' lol. stay away from apc, they are crap and fade in a week.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 04:35 PM
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here are the turn signals. gonna get some piaas to go all the way around and get rid of any amber color. overall, i am very satisfied with how easy it is to paint the headlights. it has been rains cats, dogs, squirrels, bears, and rats and i dont have any leakage or fogging in my headlights. good luck with your headlights Ryan, im me on how it goes
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 04:48 PM
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Re: bump on the nose

Originally posted by SE7EN
the car is very nice looking, but what happend to the nose dented headlights nose

but exelent post on the project u started, and finished
i was hit head on by a minivan who thought it would be fun to make a left turn into me instead of the otherside of the road. thanks to that mommy missle hitting me, i got my carbon fiber hood and a body kit on its way my baby is damaged for now, but when i get it all done and fixed, it will be worth it
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 06:00 PM
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Originally posted by pickleknock
okay, here are some pics of my driving light conversion completed. i would like to buy a brighter bulb for the turn signal, right now its some piece of crap apc 'super white' lol. stay away from apc, they are crap and fade in a week.
how hard was the wiring???

Did you use a regular bulb or an LED one for the driving light?
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 06:10 PM
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Im all done with teh painted they are back on my car and look great just put each headlight in at 260 for 8 mins and they came right apart. The only problem I had was getting the painted part mack into the lens seemed harder than it should have been probably another way to do it Im sure. As for the wireing it is really easy all you do is goto walmart or something liek that and pick up some blue conectors(holes on each side) cut the wires to the blinkers cut the wires to the parking lights and just switch them then I used electrical tape afterwords. I dont have LED's in mine I know pickleknock does on his but I havnt had any problems. I will second the stay away from APC, if you cant affor dpiaas or something good like that then wait cause you will waste your money.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 10:21 PM
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yeah, apc is latin for 'sucks ***' i put LEDs in mine because i was afraid that the housing would get too hot. but apperently it doesnt so far. i cant wait to see your headlights on saturday ryan... ill bet they look damn good on your yellow. i think they look good on any color. but yeah, the wiring is very easy, just a simple switch one with the other
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 10:35 PM
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what size of a LED did you use for the driving lights????
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 10:36 PM
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1156. the posts dont line up on one side, but they still slide in just fine.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 10:39 PM
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wicked awesome.

thanks guys. I'm going to switch the wires for the turnsignals but instead of hooking up the wiring from the driving lights, i think I'm going to run a switch for them instead for direct 12v power.

I went looking for some 1156 LED hyper whites tonight but had NO luck what so ever. I think I might just break down and buy some off ebay, as all the ones I was finding around here were APC anyway.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 10:42 PM
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yeah, ebay is where i got mine. i only paid 15 bucks for the pair shipped. with LEDs, you dont really have to worry about them breaking in the mail either.
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