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I saw LED tails on caddies before the R8 even came out.
LED tails and indicators are just better. They last longer, they're brighter, they light up instantly, and did I mention they last forever?
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Car styling has been going downhill for fifteen years now. Everything's all bubbly and hideous.
Right, because a car capable of 200MPH+ isn't worthy of headlights that have a longer range than the current technology while weighing considerably less and being far less likely to randomly burn out. I mean, there's no performance application for such a light, right?"Let's make a 700 (or so) horsepower Lamborghini with a huge gasguzzling V12. Let's also make some power efficient headlights. That's nice."
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That car looks pretty sexy to me, The lights add to it and the interior i loveYeah, put it on your air powered horse wagons and fart powered trains then. Keep it off petrol cars. Car styling from 2010 and afterwards has just been going downhill.
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"Let's make a 700 (or so) horsepower Lamborghini with a huge gasguzzling V12. Let's also make some power efficient headlights. That's nice."
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"Let's also make it ugly"
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Our new track-project, Mk1 1990 Mx5 S-Special
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@ferosso
I have to disagree. I like it on that car, and other top end cars.
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Ugh, I always hated those cheap ebay LED tails. Aside from that, looks very clean!Our new track-project, Mk1 1990 Mx5 S-Special
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Thanks! and yea I'm not a fan of 'Lexus lights' either, we have the originals in a box though to be put back on
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leds are cool ok
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Lightbar =/= $20 ebay tails. That lightbar looks sick. I went through the entire interior of my car and swapped every bulb with LED's. So much brighter + less power draw. Even wired in some footwell lights as well.leds are cool ok
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That's a really cool picture.
I liked LEDs when they were almost exclusively on high-end cars- that way if I saw LEDs coming my way, I knew to pay attention in case I saw something cool. Now everything has them. Granted, they're bright, energy efficient, and look neat, but I kinda liked the exclusivity.
Not as bad as HID/xenon lights though. I like my retinas intact, thank you very much. However, I went to the auto show here in Cleveland on Sunday, and on the new Mustangs they have a spherical lens so that you only get the full brightness if you're looking directly into it from the front. Very cool, and they don't blind the driver coming the other way.
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Oh god I know I live at the ass end of illinois right in the middle of banjo country. Everybody and there brother has jacked up trucks and they usually can't figure out how to turn there lights off the "searing eyeball" setting.
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Or, you know, just aim your headlights correctly and don't use HID/Xenon bulbs without projectors and everything's dandy. The issue comes from people using HID's in standard halogen housings that weren't designed for them, and they scatter light everywhere. Properly aimed projectors won't blind anyone.
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"this car has a 700hp V12 BUT ITS BAD BECAUSE OF ITS HEADLIGHTs LOL"Yeah, put it on your air powered horse wagons and fart powered trains then. Keep it off petrol cars. Car styling from 2010 and afterwards has just been going downhill.
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"Let's make a 700 (or so) horsepower Lamborghini with a huge gasguzzling V12. Let's also make some power efficient headlights. That's nice."
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"Let's also make it ugly"
And also, why does everyone complain about not enough boxy cars on the market, Lambo releases one, and "OMG IT LUKS TERRRIBEL"
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What colour are your rear indicators?
This is what happens when you drive the mountain highways in the winter here in Oregon. This was last year though, but it was dirty lol.
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I don't have HID/xenon lights, so I can't do anything about it. I wish people could get pulled over for incorrectly aligned headlights- that might help fix the problem by making sure they're aware that "hey, I'm blinding other drivers, maybe I should fix my lights!"
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I wish people would turn their fucking lights off when they're park, I can't tell you how many times someones parked across from me and blinded me with their lights and didn't bother turning them off for whatever reason
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But yeah, HIDs are awesome when used properly. I plan on getting projector headlights and getting 5000k or 6000k hids in them
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People most certainly get pulled over for it. If your headlights are misaimed or improperly configured (HID's in plastic housings), and you zip past a cop and blind his ass he's going to give you a ticket. In california, HID's are illegal unless equipped from factory, but they're so prevalent aftermarket now that cops don't care as much.
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Was a perfect day for a car wash
So shiny, you can see me in the last one
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aww ye
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I've never understood that, personally.
then again California likes to stick their dick into everything related to modding a car. Some locales don't even allow engine swaps for some odd reason.
You'd think they'd be clued in that something's not right when they can't see any better than before.
I believe his car just flashes the tail light on that side. It's pretty commonplace over here, and is how the majority of trucks and SUVs are set up. A seperate blinker light on the back is a rarity on anything that has a tow rating of note.
Oooh, nice. Good shape too. Looks to be a fun little car.
Steering wheel is on the wrong side though. :3
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They are red. Some came with red and some came with orange, it's the light dead corner between the two tail lights.
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HID's really only belong in projector headlights, using halogens in projectors doesn't work anywhere near as well. Although the halogens which are in my highbeams are really fucking bright. 6k HID's look amazing, IMO.
I'll have to take some pictures one of these days at dusk, 6k's look really good with the clover/cypress green.
The USDM 98-01 fronts are my personal favorite, the JDM fronts are cool and all but it's really only cool if it's an actual RHD import and not just a different front end welded on.
Red, 98-01 in the US were all red. 94-97 had amber indicators.
In the UK(maybe EU also) the indicators were white but probably with amber bulbs though.
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They have to be amber in the UK, IIRC. I know they have to be amber in Japan.
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Mah nigga.
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WHERE DO I GET THESEleds are cool ok
JEEP WANTS LED's RIGHT NOW
with the added fun of letting the fuck tailgating me with his highbeams on pass me
maximum overtroll
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This whole Manual transmission thing is really confusing at first, I stalled at almost every stop light and sometimes just for no apparent reason at all
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after you keep driving it for a couple weeks/ a month, you'll wonder how you ever stalled it before itll be so easy
it becomes second nature just keep practicing
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HIDs are the shit, man. But only if you have projectors. I see too many Civics and other cheaper cars with HIDs and it's an eyesore to everyone. They're designed with projector housings in mind and inside projectors are way better than standard halogen, let alone yellow-fied piss-color halogen. There's a reason a lot of manufacturers use Bi-Xenon nowadays. Yes, it's blue and looks cool and high-end, but it also lasts longer, uses less energy, and is way brighter all at the same time. I would have put money into aftermarket projectors, not urine-flavored bulbs.
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I'm on my 4th day of driving a manual, no more burnt clutch, still getting used to traffic and hillstarts.
Just be kind to your gas and clutch balance dude, if your car feels like it's going to stall, floor the clutch, bingo.
Just don't drive normal speed with your foot halfway down on the clutch, don't shift into neutral when parking, and shift back into 1st when you're at a light (unless it's a long ass light, then you can sit in neutral until green)
You'll get it, I promise. Just listen to Kavinsky
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Just keep driving it, and remember clutch goes down when you see a red light. It literally programs into your leg muscles after a while.
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Hey I use HID in my OEM Reflector housing, and I am fairly sure that they're aimed low enough that they aren't much of a big deal to other drivers, even asked to a few of my friends how it was. The overall thing costed me 200 dorra with the Bi-xenon 6000k kit and the brand new OEM headlights.
Hate on me *points at his avatar*
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When i see a civic coming at me with its gayass blind you lights i flash my high beams rapidly because fuck them.
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That's not a boxy car at all. That's like comparing a box to a banana.
And I know it's all a matter of opinion. And that's why I'm glad that I have my own car I can do whatever the fuck I want to it. To show those Audi's and Lambo's how it's done when they leave me in a cloud of tiresmoke!
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No, thats entirely wrong
clutch goes in when the car stops (or a moment before or you'll stall) but you should never roll in to light with the clutch in
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Why not?
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My friend filmed my car today, and here's some stills from the movie. My huge head inside the small Civic.
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Safety reasons, and I guess you'll potentially save some clutch in the long run.
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you also save fuel and brakes
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Seems odd that Honda would go to all that trouble of making specific US issue lights just for something as little as red indicators. The lights seem pretty universal in terms of legislation for any country (bar the thin reflector stripes added on for the EU but they're little more than a pair of stickers over the tail lights).
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Uh, what? That doesn't make any sense. Depressing the clutch might put a little wear on the throwout bearing and transmission when idling, but it's so minimal that you won't notice any negative effects from it. If you want to drop it in neutral strictly for the sake of saving your throwout bearing, that's fine, but you're putting more wear and tear on the brakes. It's honestly a matter of circumstance, if you're coming up to a light to turn right, there's nothing wrong with holding in your clutch since you're about to move in a couple of seconds anyways.
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How does it save brakes being in neutral? You're putting more stress on the brakes since the transmission isn't slowing you down.
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There is no clutch wear while the clutch is engaged or disengaged, only in that middle ground/gray area so it makes no difference when you push the clutch in while rolling up to a light. It might be more efficient to let the engine slow down the car while rolling up to a light, but it's hardly a case of "No, that's entirely wrong" or "you should never roll in to a light with the clutch in".
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you roll in to the lights with clutch up, car in gear
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