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    LIGHTS LIGHTS LIGHTS Who likes and who doesnt?

    just curious.. i see alot of guys on here who do LEDs in their gauges, and a few who like HIDs. im a fan of both and have LEDs everywhere. who likes what on their cars? Share what you like and post pics!
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    Gauges and Instrument Panel LEDs
    0%
    8
    Floorboards & Domelight LEDs
    0%
    9
    Underbody LEDs
    0%
    1
    HID Headlights
    0%
    7
    Underhood and Trunk LEDs
    0%
    6
    All Factory Lighting
    0%
    12
    Charlette - Brown 1977 Ford LTD - 351 Windsor 155K, Full Custom Pioneer system, green HID, interior & underbody
    Alesha - Black 1982 Mercury Marquis - 255ci 178K, full custom Kenwood and Infinity system, lowered, dual exhaust, LED all the things
    Tangerine Dream - Orange 1988 F-150 Custom - 300 i6 82k, Ghetto sound system, 5spd, 2WD, #farmtruck

    #2
    ive never even conidered it, although now i might! i tend to get obsessed wit things (daytons, old school) in case u didnt know. actually i might put some police blues and strobes on that would be the shit! then i would actually get people to move from my slow, heavy, heavy car!

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      #3
      LED's are gross, nothing beats the warm loving glow of an incandescent.

      HID's, well, let's just say there's a reason they are illegal.
      2020 F250 - 7.3 4x4 CCSB STX 3.55's - BAKFlip MX4
      2005 Grand Marquis GS - Marauder sway bars, Marauder exhaust, KYB's
      2003 Marauder - Trilogy # 8, JLT, kooks, 2.5" exhaust, 4.10's/31 spline, widened rear's, metco's, addco's, ridetech's 415hp/381tq
      1987 Colony Park - 03+ frame swap, blown Gen II Coyote, 6R80, ridetechs, stainless works, absolute money pit. WIP

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        #4
        I wanna get some of those halos for 4-eyes for the box. I would love some hids in the vic, but poverty beams are more likely for me (the cheapo "hid" that's not a real hid that doesn't require modifying the housings). LED setup in the vic is happening... blues in the doors, whites in the foot wells... may eventually do more as I get time and want-to (though with a newborn, the want-to for this stuff has gone to zero).

        Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
        rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)

        Originally posted by gadget73
        ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.

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        Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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          #5
          like i give a fuck my whole car is illegal!

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            #6
            ^ THIS GUY!!!



            Originally posted by slymer View Post
            I wanna get some of those halos for 4-eyes for the box. I would love some hids in the vic, but poverty beams are more likely for me (the cheapo "hid" that's not a real hid that doesn't require modifying the housings). LED setup in the vic is happening... blues in the doors, whites in the foot wells... may eventually do more as I get time and want-to (though with a newborn, the want-to for this stuff has gone to zero).
            a friend of mine has a 4-eyed volvo that i did an HID retro fit on and hes got the square halos. ill post up a link of my custom lighting Facebook page



            and if you cant get to the page heres the vid of my buddys Volvo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk2GIUgG3GM
            Last edited by marquis_82_withneons; 05-27-2013, 10:52 PM.
            Charlette - Brown 1977 Ford LTD - 351 Windsor 155K, Full Custom Pioneer system, green HID, interior & underbody
            Alesha - Black 1982 Mercury Marquis - 255ci 178K, full custom Kenwood and Infinity system, lowered, dual exhaust, LED all the things
            Tangerine Dream - Orange 1988 F-150 Custom - 300 i6 82k, Ghetto sound system, 5spd, 2WD, #farmtruck

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              #7
              Working toward all LEDs on the interior, blue LEDs in the cluster, EATC, doors, and dome light so far. Exterior lighting is all stock and likely to stay that way, but at least I did make my own relay harness for the headlights.
              Vic

              ~ 1989 MGM LS Colony Park - Large Marge
              ~ 1998 MGM LS - new DD
              ~ 1991 MGM LS "The Scab"
              ~ 1991 MGM GS "The Ice Car"

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                #8
                Running 6k LEDs in the Tank. Eventually, the whole car will be done. This contributes towards the ecomod project; less draw on the charging system.
                And they're bright as fuck.
                Not sure on headlights yet.

                -ryan s.
                08 Lincoln Navigator L - 233k
                03 Mercury Marauder- 63k
                97 Ford Crown Victoria HPP "Tank of Justice III" (TOJ3) - 194k -->578.9 miles on ONE tank of gas<--
                94 BMW 325i Convertible - 135k
                73 VW Super Beetle "Bunky" <----- Wifey's
                12 Mini Cooper S - 90k <---- Wifey's
                Originally posted by pantera77
                Well my buddy tells him he knows exactly who loves buying shitboxes.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by slymer View Post
                  I would love some hids in the vic, but poverty beams are more likely for me (the cheapo "hid" that's not a real hid that doesn't require modifying the housings).
                  If you do a proper projector retro fit, sure, that's fine by me. Cheap PnP poverty beams, nothing is worse then those.
                  2020 F250 - 7.3 4x4 CCSB STX 3.55's - BAKFlip MX4
                  2005 Grand Marquis GS - Marauder sway bars, Marauder exhaust, KYB's
                  2003 Marauder - Trilogy # 8, JLT, kooks, 2.5" exhaust, 4.10's/31 spline, widened rear's, metco's, addco's, ridetech's 415hp/381tq
                  1987 Colony Park - 03+ frame swap, blown Gen II Coyote, 6R80, ridetechs, stainless works, absolute money pit. WIP

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                    #10
                    youd be suprised at how well the PnP ones turn out. if you adjust them after install you wont bother people. i had the same thing with mine then i adjusted them and i dont have a problem now and can still see fine.
                    Charlette - Brown 1977 Ford LTD - 351 Windsor 155K, Full Custom Pioneer system, green HID, interior & underbody
                    Alesha - Black 1982 Mercury Marquis - 255ci 178K, full custom Kenwood and Infinity system, lowered, dual exhaust, LED all the things
                    Tangerine Dream - Orange 1988 F-150 Custom - 300 i6 82k, Ghetto sound system, 5spd, 2WD, #farmtruck

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                      #11
                      I dont care much for the super bright head lights. Even the factory ones. Many donot have them adjusted correctly even those that are can be dangerous to other drivers and pededrians. Twicw I have been so blinded by oncoming traffic causing me to almost run ovefr a guy another time a mom her son and the baby she was carrying. Mabey they are good for the car there in but not for others. Here were nothing is flat and lots of curvy narrow roads its also bad. Most roads also have at least a foot drodp off at the shoulder or a gorge. Trucks with them can be an issue as they might be loaded down causing the head lights to be aimed improperly.
                      In my boxes I run std lights for low beams and silver stars for high beams figure it works best that way
                      Scars are tatoos of the fearless

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                        #12
                        that makes sense... considering indianas countryside is nothing but a checkerboard of straight roads and cornfields, thats probably why i dont have any issues.
                        Charlette - Brown 1977 Ford LTD - 351 Windsor 155K, Full Custom Pioneer system, green HID, interior & underbody
                        Alesha - Black 1982 Mercury Marquis - 255ci 178K, full custom Kenwood and Infinity system, lowered, dual exhaust, LED all the things
                        Tangerine Dream - Orange 1988 F-150 Custom - 300 i6 82k, Ghetto sound system, 5spd, 2WD, #farmtruck

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                          #13
                          The two times with almost running someone over were out side Detroit. One might think they have no issues but your not in the car were the driver was blinded. I have on occasion when blinded from the rear turned my rear view mirror to reflect back at them there own lights. They dont seem to like that much more than I did. There are reasons for SAE lighting standards. Blinding someone at just the right second and a persons recovery time from it can cause a accedent you never see and you and possibly no one else can figure out. How do you react when someone comes at you or up behind you with brights on?
                          Scars are tatoos of the fearless

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                            #14
                            All stock lighting on my cars only. "Cause that's the way I like it.....


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                              #15
                              Just did a set of 4656 low beam HID's on ours this past November, while the car was off the road for the winter. The wife was complaining the headlights sucked. Could never get the aim quite right. The HID's solved that problem. She's been "hi-beamed" a couple times, but that's it. These are high quality ones - they weren't cheap, I can tell you that much. Manufacturer stated these are the exact same units by the same manufacturer used in high end BMW / Mercedes. No way to really prove that, but so far they've been great. Car has been back on the road since mid April.

                              Can really see the color temperature difference when on high beam - makes the stock high look yellow. Improved her night time visibility BIG time. Best thing I've ever done for this car. We've owned it 10 years this January -204k miles, driven daily in the warm months. Only saw one winter.

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