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I switched out the daylight running lights with LEDs, looks a bit more bluish / white. I like it here are the comparison between OEM and the LED. OEM Driver

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Old 12-21-2009, 11:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I switched out the daylight running lights with LEDs, looks a bit more bluish / white. I like it here are the comparison between OEM and the LED.

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Sorry for the crappy iphone pics. It took about literally 10 min max to do this project. And I personally think the whole car flows well now since I also did the license plate LED
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Old 12-22-2009, 12:02 AM   #2 (permalink)
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looks good jake

what leds did you use (part numbers/brand)?
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Old 12-22-2009, 01:17 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 12-22-2009, 01:33 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Awesome, definitely gunna order these, +1.

To do the license plate also, you need to order two sets I'm guessing?
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Old 12-22-2009, 01:35 AM   #5 (permalink)
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^ I think for plate lights its a different type of bulbs. Check under DIY for AK's DIY for plate lights.
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Cool, thanks Jake
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Daylight running lights?
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no problem. be sure to pm me for a 10% coupon code too. It saves on shipping or tax if you get tax like stupid California here. btw I personally find this mod to be very economical. $14.99 for the front, I think the back is $10 bucks. so in total just around $30 USD to get rid of all the yellow looking lights around the car to match the front Xenon
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Old 12-22-2009, 01:42 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Daylight running lights?
I guess in other countries they have to run those lights during daylight, personally I leave my thingy on auto so it turns on by itself when it wants to. Which is at night of course or dark places. I wouldn't roll around with just daylight running lights. But the whole point was to get rid of all the yellow looking lights around the car. And if you look at the comparison picture with left and right. You'd say that's pretty damn yellow lol.
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I guess in other countries they have to run those lights during daylight, personally I leave my thingy on auto so it turns on by itself when it wants to. Which is at night of course or dark places. I wouldn't roll around with just daylight running lights. But the whole point was to get rid of all the yellow looking lights around the car. And if you look at the comparison picture with left and right. You'd say that's pretty damn yellow lol.
Agreed that it looks way better to match the Xenon's. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something on my car (besides splash gaurds )
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lol killerbee, your Z is too famous to be missing things. But yeah, I see a lot of audi / benz / porsches running around town during broad daylight with their hyper LED lights and I thought to myself "what the fxxk retard" which is funny because today when I gave a 350Z the thumbs up while driving by he flipped me off. Nice to know the 350Z community hates us.
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I've had pia LEDs last me almost 4 years. Sometimes cheap LEDs burn out when used in headlights.
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I've had the back plate LEDs now for about 2 months they're still running fine so I'll take my chances on those and if they go out, it's only 14 dollars to replace them lol
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lol killerbee, your Z is too famous to be missing things. But yeah, I see a lot of audi / benz / porsches running around town during broad daylight with their hyper LED lights and I thought to myself "what the fxxk retard" which is funny because today when I gave a 350Z the thumbs up while driving by he flipped me off. Nice to know the 350Z community hates us.
Oh brother. That's like having a fat, older, dungeons & dragons playing brother flip off his younger, star quarterback brother. Yeah they're both family but sometimes jelousy runs deep with insecure siblings.

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