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Replaced headlight bulb,LED and HID fogs

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Old 01-10-12, 07:11 AM
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Default Replaced headlight bulb,LED and HID fogs

Headlight and fogs should be 8K once the bulbs burn in. LED was replaced as well but does not match so has to be replaced to match. Took about an hour to do the whole job
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YOu should put putco bulbs to match the 8k.
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If you want good LED's that match your HID, then you should buy from v-leds.com. I had really hard time finding LED's that matched my 6K HID's. I bought tons of them on ebay and all were horrible. V-LEDs bulbs cost more, but the color and quality of their bulbs is superb
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Looks good!

The fogs will never match the factory HID, as many members have tried and failed including myself.
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Originally Posted by Infamous 1
Looks good!

The fogs will never match the factory HID, as many members have tried and failed including myself.
Interesting, as I have perfectly matched my OEM 4,300k low beams with my 4,300k hids fogs.
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I've had bad experiences with Putco 360 LED bulbs, 1 didn't lit up at full potential and some of the led's died out and got a replacement after 2 months of the exact same ones I ordered, I put both new pairs in and they dont even match, but whatever, I'll use it until it's dead and buying a different brand.
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Originally Posted by SNiiP3R
If you want good LED's that match your HID, then you should buy from v-leds.com. I had really hard time finding LED's that matched my 6K HID's. I bought tons of them on ebay and all were horrible. V-LEDs bulbs cost more, but the color and quality of their bulbs is superb
What brand are your 6k lowbeams?
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Originally Posted by SNiiP3R
If you want good LED's that match your HID, then you should buy from v-leds.com. I had really hard time finding LED's that matched my 6K HID's. I bought tons of them on ebay and all were horrible. V-LEDs bulbs cost more, but the color and quality of their bulbs is superb
Those LED's are from V-LED's 5k 2w Highpower leds
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Originally Posted by Mesca
What brand are your 6k lowbeams?
Lowbeams are 6K Garax and in fogs I have 6k bulbs from McCulloch HID kit

Originally Posted by NYCGS350
Those LED's are from V-LED's 5k 2w Highpower leds
Yeah, 5K's won't match your lowbeams. I have a set as well, they are crystal white in person.
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Hey guys,
so i switched up the LED's to 6K and still no match. Any clue where i can get 8K LED's to match the low beams or any suggestions on which LED's to use?
The LED's iv'e tried are from V-LED's, lowbeams are 8K
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