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Jan 21, 2009 | 12:17 PM

mike25

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3rd gen headlights

anyone have any night pictures of the third generation headlights installed on their car?

Jan 21, 2009 | 12:18 PM

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watching

Jan 21, 2009 | 12:24 PM

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actually i found some after searching a bit more..pretty nice actually

Jan 21, 2009 | 02:42 PM

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try youtube maybe?

Jan 21, 2009 | 08:46 PM

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Jan 21, 2009 | 08:48 PM

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my pics

Jan 27, 2009 | 02:36 PM

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bump i wanna see a yellow one with the 3rd gen

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Jan 27, 2009 | 02:39 PM

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thanks for posting is that the bulbs that come with those or are they hids? they look really nice

Jan 27, 2009 | 05:14 PM

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They're 6000K HIDs both in the lowbeams and the foglights. Cameras never seem to pick up the colors right. My turn signals are also LEDs instead of regular bulbs.

Jan 27, 2009 | 05:24 PM

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They're 6000K HIDs both in the lowbeams and the foglights. Cameras never seem to pick up the colors right. My turn signals are also LEDs instead of regular bulbs.

hhmm well i definately like the look of that, very clean. i think that will probably be what i go with. are hids hard or challenging to hook up?

Jan 27, 2009 | 05:40 PM

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No, they're basically plug and play. The only major thing you have to do is mount the ballasts, the rest should just plug right up to your factory plugs.

Jan 27, 2009 | 07:30 PM

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Jan 27, 2009 | 07:37 PM

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are the halos CCFL!?
they look bright like CCfls

Jan 28, 2009 | 08:16 AM

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The 3rd Gens use LEDs.

Jan 28, 2009 | 12:34 PM

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Jan 28, 2009 | 12:44 PM

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wow i like them

Jan 28, 2009 | 02:06 PM

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LED halos?!?!

Jan 28, 2009 | 06:11 PM

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Jan 28, 2009 | 06:17 PM

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Mount the ballast?* Explain please.* I'm a newb to aftermarket headlights.

Jan 28, 2009 | 06:40 PM

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Mount the ballast?* Explain please.* I'm a newb to aftermarket headlights.

The ballasts are like square/rectangle ignitors to the bulb itself. You have to double side tape them or screw them somewhere to the car.

These are ballasts: