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Old Oct 11, 2015 | 04:11 PM
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Painted Headlights & Switchbacks

So i took the plunge this weekend and got a **** ton of LEDs to swap out all the regular bulbs on the whole car. It also inspired me to paint the lights. Here is the pictures of my progression

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Old Oct 11, 2015 | 04:14 PM
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Looks good man what switchbacks did you buy?
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Old Oct 11, 2015 | 09:13 PM
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Standard eBay units. These are exactly what i got and i also bought a ton of other LEDs so i could trade out all the parking, license plate, headlight and interior lighting to LED

http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?nav=item.view&id=251914574902&alt=web
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Old Oct 11, 2015 | 09:45 PM
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Ohh nice, I've been waiting on diode dynamics but the switchbacks are out of stock
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Old Oct 11, 2015 | 11:47 PM
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Any more pics of the switchbacks. Maybe from the front ? Looks good !
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Old Oct 13, 2015 | 10:39 AM
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Ohh nice, I've been waiting on diode dynamics but the switchbacks are out of stock
Holy ****... Why would you pay those prices. eBay homie... Same ****.. Less cash!

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Any more pics of the switchbacks. Maybe from the front ? Looks good !

Ill get a video or a picture soon. They look good. I have been driving around with the parking lights on because they are like bad ass DRLs for all intensive purposes.
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Old Oct 13, 2015 | 10:42 AM
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Haha they where recommended to me from bass and they look more subtle than the ebay ones but I might just get some and give them a try what's the bulb number again? If you have a link to the ones you got I would appreciated

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Old Oct 13, 2015 | 12:04 PM
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Haha they where recommended to me from bass and they look more subtle than the ebay ones but I might just get some and give them a try what's the bulb number again? If you have a link to the ones you got I would appreciated
These are exactly what I got. The bulb is a 3157

http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?n...574902&alt=web

LEDs pull almost no amperage so you will have to wire in the resistor. You can pay an arm and a leg to get the leds with the resister inside... not worth it.
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Old Oct 25, 2015 | 01:46 AM
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Looks good. Any important prep you did for the headlights?
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Old Oct 29, 2015 | 05:52 PM
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That newspaper headline is racist
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Old Oct 30, 2015 | 05:54 PM
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Do switchbacks stay on the entire time the car is running, or will they turn off with the headlights? Ive wanted some but I think they would look weird during the day with red halo's.

basically I'm wondering if its possible to only have the white part of the switchbacks on at night.
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Old Nov 10, 2015 | 06:41 AM
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Looks great, I need to take the plunge and paint the backs of my headlights. Been scrolling the retrofit thread hard.
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