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Old 06-09-2011, 12:31 PM
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ok so when we went to little rock from memphis last saturday night i found out real quick that hid'* arent enough down south lol. basically the gps said it was faster to take a really twisty unlighted state highway with a 65mph speedlimit, and i found myself using my brights and constantly looking for eyeballs reflecting down the road. so i think i need some fogs or something more long distance than standard lights (not the brights) just a nice middle ground.

i want to mount them in the grille but im afraid of them melting the plastic grille or affecting cooling. my other thought is in the air opening on the bottom half of the bumper but its hilly as all hell here so the lower they are the more useless they are. any ideas for something that wont make my car look like a pickup truck with big kc floods on it? lol
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This is what i did on my SSEi


They worked well..The stock ones were nice to run with the heads but if i flipped the lowers on it REALLY made a deiffrence and helped quite a bit.if you want them a little higher you could mount them upside down on the top of that opening
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This is what i did on my SSEi


They worked well..The stock ones were nice to run with the heads but if i flipped the lowers on it REALLY made a deiffrence and helped quite a bit.if you want them a little higher you could mount them upside down on the top of that opening

i like the rectangle look. any idea where id get them and how much?
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I picked those up cheap at meijer or walmart with the lights brackets to mount them wiring and a switch for like 25 bucks those specific ones put off kind of a blue glow..I might still have em around here somewhere
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I picked those up cheap at meijer or walmart with the lights brackets to mount them wiring and a switch for like 25 bucks those specific ones put off kind of a blue glow..I might still have em around here somewhere
hmm...... i was also looking at these. i like the idea of projectors and everyone ive talked to says those h3 bulbs are bright as hell

not so much a fan of the blue tint anymore. i replaced those 8000k blue lights in my avatar with 6000k white ones a little while back

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=618333_0_0_
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let me refrase that they look blueish when you look at them but they put out a whiter glow than they look

And i have two of the ones you just linked i run them on my quad and they are great lights
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You could mount them on top of the bumper Jeep Cherokee style, but that is not for the faint of heart.
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I have 5000k lows and fog lights, and still use high beams when I'm out in the backwoods. Nothing is better than a good, bright high beam.
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I have 5000k lows and fog lights, and still use high beams when I'm out in the backwoods. Nothing is better than a good, bright high beam.
amen, but like i said with all the hills and it being a highway its hard not to blind people. so on the straighter higher traffic parts, fogs would be ideal. ill have to post a pic of my bumper after that drive. my car has been parked since then so all the bugs are still glued on lol
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oh and btw mouse depending on what part of Missouri youre in we should meet up the next time im heading home or coming down to memphis. id love to see a bonnie in person thats that clean..... makes my car look like sheeit lol.


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