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[FuzzyYellow]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

I just buy halogens

I might be back to there too depending on how these turn out. As long as they work they weren't any more expensive than halogens anyway, so it was worth the risk.

[Real_PhillBert]

2 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

I just buy halogens

There's nothing wrong with Halogens, but my last focus completely wore me out on changing light bulbs. So now when the first one dies on my current focus, I'm going to go all LEDs on the front.

[TVwazhere]

58 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

There's nothing wrong with Halogens, but my last focus completely wore me out on changing light bulbs. So now when the first one dies on my current focus, I'm going to go all LEDs on the front.

I'll be watching to see how that goes. The stock lights in my ST2 are good (I think theyre halogens, cant remember) 

 

I've always loved the headlights on my mothers Expedition. It doesnt shoot the light straight ahead super far, but it lights up everything in a 180º area in front of the car really well. That mostly is because of the massive headlight design though, as it feel slike cars are trending towards super small slits for headlights.

[Bitter]

2 words, projector retrofit.

[FuzzyYellow]

2 hours ago, Bitter said:

2 words, projector retrofit.

one acronym, PITA.

[Bitter]

1 hour ago, FuzzyYellow said:

one acronym, PITA.

is it tho?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Aozoom-New-Arrival-Nondestructive-Metal-3-0-H4-HID-Bi-Xenon-Lens-Projector-For-D2S-or/32846543942.html

That threaded shaft pops right into a H4 head lamp housing hole, or 9004. Pair of those, some good bulbs, pair of Fastbright F3 ballasts, some shrouds, Around $200 in parts and you've got head lights that rival $90,000 Mercedes and BMWs. All you need is an oven to open the head lamp. Seriously, took me about 2-3 hours to do my Mazda from start to finish.

 

Other head lamps have adapter brackets available to let you swap in other projectors or HID projectors bolt right into the same bracket that the Halogen used to. Some GM vehicles don't even need the head lamp split open, you can swap through the back cover!

[LeapFrogMasterRace]

Has anyone here ever got an auto loan through penfed? 

[vetali]

[bcredeur97]

1 hour ago, vetali said:

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you're not driving fast enough

 

lol kidding aside, 420 miles. I see the joke here.

[mb67]

I just got my car vinyl wrapped in 3M's 'Gloss Wicked' purple, and I love it.

 

[FuzzyYellow]

10 hours ago, vetali said:

I sure hope your mpgs get a whole lot better than that.

nice car though, congrats on the purchase.

[iDeFecZx]

So this is currently sat at work, not sure what for mind you

[Real_PhillBert]

34 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

I sure hope your mpgs get a whole lot better than that.

nice car though, congrats on the purchase.

My ST was like a light switch, at 6k miles I went from ~26mpg to 32mpg average. I wouldn't be surprised if Honda has a similar break in map.

 

EDIT: Funny story on that, I have a buddy who just bought a Focus (non ST) and when he was looking he asked me what kind of mileage I got, at that particular moment I was driving from Fargo to Minneapolis and was averaging super great mileage, so to mess with him I just took a snap of my cluster showing 38mpg average haha.

 

 

Obviously I dont average anywhere near that, but this was a 65mph set the cruise and chill situation so the mileage was abnormally high. 

[vetali]

41 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

I sure hope your mpgs get a whole lot better than that.

nice car though, congrats on the purchase.

I fueled up at 375 when my range read 15 miles, and I am varying engine RPMs a lot still. Also when they did the delivery they put regular gas in. My car takes premium.

[TVwazhere]

16 hours ago, Bitter said:

2 words, projector retrofit.

My ST comes with projectors that swivel so it shoots really far forward, but it doesnt light up the sides of the road, which I miss (because Deer)

[Ross Siggers]

On 4/16/2019 at 10:02 PM, JokerProduction said:

I drive lots of things but those were for my Celica GT-4 WRC. 

holy momma  

Also... E46 M3 CSL discs. If you go for the 'cheap' discs, they're around £350 for the front pair, which is nearly twice as much as regular E46 M3 discs. The only discernible difference is they're 5mm diameter larger.

Thankfully 95% of the other parts are shared with the regular M3.

[Ross Siggers]

33 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

So this is currently sat at work, not sure what for mind you

They have one at my local Stealership, but the colour is a bit dubious. It's like a pearlescent blue...but somehow it's not metallic, just kinda gloss?

All I know is it's a wank colour. They have an i8 Spyder in copper/bronze too, definitely doesn't suit that car either 

[FuzzyYellow]

1 hour ago, Real_PhillBert said:

My ST was like a light switch, at 6k miles I went from ~26mpg to 32mpg average. I wouldn't be surprised if Honda has a similar break in map.

 

EDIT: Funny story on that, I have a buddy who just bought a Focus (non ST) and when he was looking he asked me what kind of mileage I got, at that particular moment I was driving from Fargo to Minneapolis and was averaging super great mileage, so to mess with him I just took a snap of my cluster showing 38mpg average haha.

 

 

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Obviously I dont average anywhere near that, but this was a 65mph set the cruise and chill situation so the mileage was abnormally high. 

So you get pretty decent mileage then. I average about 29mpg in the Accord, but it’s got a 3.0L v6.

[FuzzyYellow]

Fun fact, I’ve put almost exactly 25,000 miles in the Accord in the last 14 months since I’ve been logging mpg with Fuelly. That plus the couple thousand I put on the Tacoma before I sold it, and the couple thousand I’ve put in the Tundra means I’m still driving as much as ever.

[iDeFecZx]

1 hour ago, Ross Siggers said:

They have one at my local Stealership, but the colour is a bit dubious. It's like a pearlescent blue...but somehow it's not metallic, just kinda gloss?

All I know is it's a wank colour. They have an i8 Spyder in copper/bronze too, definitely doesn't suit that car

Yeah but this is a jaguar dealership not bmw lol

[dcgreen2k]

I really want to know what headlights and front bumper this is, they look amazing together.

 

[bcredeur97]

21 minutes ago, thegreengamers said:

I really want to know what headlights and front bumper this is, they look amazing together.

 

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the bumper idk, but the headlights if you look carefully just have a plastic cover at the top painted the body color and they are smoked.

[terrytek]

1 hour ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Fun fact, I’ve put almost exactly 25,000 miles in the Accord in the last 14 months since I’ve been logging mpg with Fuelly. That plus the couple thousand I put on the Tacoma before I sold it, and the couple thousand I’ve put in the Tundra means I’m still driving as much as ever.

god damn i average like 20 miles a day, or based on that estimate, like 7k a year. should help with insurance, but also damn i wish i got out more.

[FuzzyYellow]

6 minutes ago, terrytek said:

god damn i average like 20 miles a day, or based on that estimate, like 7k a year. should help with insurance, but also damn i wish i got out more.

yeah, well work is 25 miles each way (used to be 50), and school is about 35. that plus other miscellaneous trips means it adds up.

 

it also means I've spent over $3000 on fuel alone in the last 14 months too. 

[mb67]

Damn, I've had my car for just over 8 months now and I've only put 2,000 miles (3200km) on it.