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Old 05-23-07, 06:15 AM
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Here's a thread where scawacs smoked his headlights and fogs...

http://sr1.clublexus.com/forums/show...+running+light
Old 05-23-07, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by nine9898
What do you think
That actually looks kinda cool. I was thinking about doing the fogs blue like that a while back but couldnt find a pic of it on a black car. This is the first Ive seen.
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that wa struely a nice car. Im now actually thinking about doing the headlight tint since im convinced now. But that guy had purple ones right, looked cool but the pics werent that good quality.
Old 05-23-07, 12:22 PM
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I wouldnt go any further than a light smoke tint. Any darker will decrease the light output significantly.. even if it's HID.
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Originally Posted by illawgical
I wouldnt go any further than a light smoke tint. Any darker will decrease the light output significantly.. even if it's HID.
Check out the shades on here. Which one would you choose??? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lexus...spagenameZWDVW
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I agree with illawgical, even with HIDs you'll probably get the light output of halogen or even worse. I would go with the light smoke IMO.
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Originally Posted by AzNLeX250
I agree with illawgical, even with HIDs you'll probably get the light output of halogen or even worse. I would go with the light smoke IMO.
well do you think it will make a difference it i upgrade my bulbs to hiher like 6500K or maybe even higher.
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Nope, higher Ks = less light output but more color. So it would be worse, stock 4300k has the highest ouput but anyone correct me if I'm wrong though. So it would be a little bit dimmer if you upgrade to 6500k with the dark smoked.
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Originally Posted by AzNLeX250
Nope, higher Ks = less light output but more color. So it would be worse, stock 4300k has the highest ouput but anyone correct me if I'm wrong though. So it would be a little bit dimmer if you upgrade to 6500k with the dark smoked.
That is how I understood it.
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Originally Posted by Bigrahizzl
here check this BMW out. i think it looks real nice http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-3...6125QQtcZphoto
Please tell me that this is a joke. I thought headlight coloring went out of style back in 1995.

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Originally Posted by Bigrahizzl
Check out the shades on here. Which one would you choose??? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lexus...spagenameZWDVW
Honestly, none of the above. Why would you lower the quality of HIDs that you paid dearly for on your IS with cheap smoke tint?

I must admit that I did see your pics of the tailights that you smoked, and I liked the way it looked, but messing with the headlights is another animal.
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Originally Posted by IS250 4 Me
Honestly, none of the above. Why would you lower the quality of HIDs that you paid dearly for on your IS with cheap smoke tint?

I must admit that I did see your pics of the tailights that you smoked, and I liked the way it looked, but messing with the headlights is another animal.
i havent done em yet man im looking into it. Thats why im finding out things on the website before i take the dive.
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