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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 01:11 AM
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Clearence strip matching

Im tryin to match my clearence strip with my OEM HID's. Anybody have any clue on what I should get to make this work. Thanks
 
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 02:23 AM
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Just to give you a heads up, most leds will be more white/blue compared to OEM HID's. They will match up better with 6000K HID's.
 
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 01:24 PM
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So should I change my stock HID's to match them with the clearence strip??
 
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 02:24 PM
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Well... changing your stock HID's to a higher temperature bulb will look nicer, but you will loose some light output. V-LEDS would match up pretty well with 6000K bulbs. You will probably never have a 100% match, but it will be pretty close.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 01:05 AM
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Well... changing your stock HID's to a higher temperature bulb will look nicer, but you will loose some light output. V-LEDS would match up pretty well with 6000K bulbs. You will probably never have a 100% match, but it will be pretty close.
Close enough that u cant really tell? Sorry im askin so much. Its that I have the stock HID lights, yellow fog lights ( love em ) and the ugly stock clearence strip color. Alltogether I have about 4 diff colors in one headlight. I just wanna have a clean look in the end.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 01:19 AM
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Goodluck! Ive been trying to find an LED that matches a 4500k HID bulb... no dice. I've bought so many pairs of different bulbs that claim to be "WHITE," "Hyper white," "HID WHITE," etc... everything seems to have a bluish hue.
So I gave up and bought some 7500k halogen fogs to match the clearance strip lights.
Please, let me know if you find an LED with sucess.. I want to get rid of the blue 7500k fogs. Ive considered getting yellow clearance lights but i dont know how it'll look. Has anyone even done it before?
I hate my headlights having all kinds of colors in them, looks terrible.
 

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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 01:42 AM
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Goodluck! Ive been trying to find an LED that matches a 4500k HID bulb... no dice. I've bought so many pairs of different bulbs that claim to be "WHITE," "Hyper white," "HID WHITE," etc... everything seems to have a bluish hue.
So I gave up and bought some 7500k halogen fogs to match the clearance strip lights.
Please, let me know if you find an LED with sucess.. I want to get rid of the blue 7500k fogs. Ive considered getting yellow clearance lights but i dont know how it'll look. Has anyone even done it before?
I hate my headlights having all kinds of colors in them, looks terrible.
Man that just shot my gleam of hope. I actually installed my yellow H4 fog lights yesterday and have been complimented by 6 people this night. I love em. Gives it a unique look. I'd take pictures but I lost my camera and only have a 1.3 camera phone. Dont know if you'd mind the low quality?
 
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 02:47 AM
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aww, i know! I want to put my 2500k yellow fogs back in!!
sure, lets see a pic!

my cam is a piece too, i just snapped a few
 

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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 03:16 AM
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and yet, the 7500k fogs dont match
im going to put my yellow 2500k's back in anyways

This is the description of the LED I have installed:
High Power - Pure White 194/168 wedge base bulb
This bulb has 1 High Power LED which is about as bright as the 6-LED bulb seen above
At 4500K, the Color Temperature is closer to that of standard filament bulbs than any of the other bulbs (8500K)
Pure white?? Not even close... 4500k? Definitely not HID 4500k!
 

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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 01:02 PM
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I used to have the 4 color look going on in my lights until I upgraded to 06's. What I saw someone do was put an amber led in there so it matches the turn signal and clear corner. You will still have 3 colors, but at least it would match much better.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 01:08 PM
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hmm id like to see what an amber bulb would look like... interesting.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 02:29 PM
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I got amber side marker bulbs. Looks great with the clear black housing. It has that metallic finish so u cant see the orange until its night
 
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Red_G35
hmm id like to see what an amber bulb would look like... interesting.
Found that thread:



 
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 04:09 PM
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^^ That's me.. it looks bad a$$ at night, I just painted my insides black as well. I plan to do the ccfl strip with the ambers, i think it'll look sick. I'm also planning on throwing on a pair of amber sidemarkers from the older skylines and going with the yellow fogs.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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that looks good but will it still look good with yellow fogs? sounds like it'd clash... lol, who would ever think id be concerned so much over lights?
i do love the look. amber ccfl would look killer. are those leds?
 
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