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David Grab
Goo Roo
SA
T78

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Reg: 01-2008

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Monday, March 16, 2009 - 11:15 pm, by:  David Grab (Blastedbyasoarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey all i was wondering what you guys use for your T10 parkers to get bright white light with a small tinge of blue. Im running 6000K Hids and the parkers im running currently are crap with light light and also amber/yellow. What do you guys recommend for the parkers and where from to be the same colour as the HIDs

Also does anyone know the specs needed for the indicators in the headlight, i wanna get rid of the amber ones and get chrome plated ones to make the headlight look nicer.

Cheers

-Dave-
Jose-Antonio Castillo
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer VVTi

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 10:05 am, by:  Jose-Antonio Castillo (Ahh_soarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

For the parkers I'm using some white LED bulbs, match pretty nicely with the 4800K Philips HID's I have in at the moment.

For the blinkers it's actually a cap that is inside the housing. To get at it and remove it completely requires the headlight to be pulled apart.
David Grab
Goo Roo
SA
T78

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 01:10 am, by:  David Grab (Blastedbyasoarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah i know about the condom but now need amber indicators without them actually appearing amber through the lense so they need to be chrome coated. Did you get your LEDs from ebay? Can you actually see them physically from outside as they look cheap from the pics on ebay. Plus i dont light having 4 seperate lightsid rather just one large LED is that possible?
Peter Nitschke
Junk Filterer
South Australia
UZZ30 UZZ31

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 04:17 am, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

David, there are a couple of brands available, basically they are an orange globe with a thin reflective coating sprayed on top. Our have an offset on the bayonet side pins, the silver ones I have found all have the pins at 180 degrees, so I just ground one of the pins down.
Jose-Antonio Castillo
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer VVTi

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 05:42 pm, by:  Jose-Antonio Castillo (Ahh_soarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Last series Soarers actually have an H3 type bulb for the front blinkers... strange.

Anyway, my LEDs are from my mechanic and have been in there for over 3 or so years now. Because of the way the bulbs are made (and how the lenses are fluted) you can't really tell see what they look like even when they're turned on (unless you come up super close to them).
Mike Dobkin
TryHard
Essex
Soarer TT

Posts: 113
Reg: 10-2008

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 06:21 pm, by:  Mike Dobkin (Razman) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The best LED sidelights are made by PIAA - really bright and look very nice - not cheap and tacky. For the indicators I prefer the Osram PY21W or 'Diadem' bulbs. These have an almost invisible coating which only turns orange when lit - they look blueish when turned off.

It is quite easy to remove the orange 'condom' from the headlight - just break it out with a pair of long nose pliers and shake out the fragments.
Michael Crimp
TryHard
QUEENSLAND
V8 UZZ32

Posts: 149
Reg: 06-2008

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 06:59 pm, by:  Michael Crimp (Zen1953) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hi,
Having just removed cleaned and polished the inside and outside of my lights I can say reliably say that the orange "condom" is screwed (no pun intended)to the housing with a tiny phillips head screw (Hmmmm) and I promise it will pull out without creating any further difficulties later on. I prefer things to be natural (stock) However read the tutorial my first one took about 20 minutes and the second one about 5 minutes.
David Grab
Goo Roo
SA
T78

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Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 12:57 am, by:  David Grab (Blastedbyasoarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah ive removed the condom but i have amber bulbs in there from ages back as i didnt know chrome plates globes would still turn amber.

Also what LEDs would best suit the cornering lights so they look the same colour as the 6000K HIDs?
Mike Dobkin
TryHard
Essex
Soarer TT

Posts: 115
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Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 01:18 am, by:  Mike Dobkin (Razman) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I found that the 'white' LEDs were exactly matched to my 6000K HIDs
Nathan Hlad
TryHard
NT
soarer jzz30 tt

Posts: 162
Reg: 09-2008

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Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 03:45 am, by:  Nathan Hlad (Jackpot) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

best globes to get are phillips blue vision.
get through rego,
looks sick on the road,
twice as much light
they are perfect for me.
David Grab
Goo Roo
SA
T78

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Friday, March 20, 2009 - 12:34 am, by:  David Grab (Blastedbyasoarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What blue vision for parkers on for low beams. ive gone through the whole Philips range and upgraded to some beefy 55w 6000K HIDs

Mike- which white LEDs jsut anyones that claim to be white?
Mike Dobkin
TryHard
Essex
Soarer TT

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Friday, March 20, 2009 - 02:10 am, by:  Mike Dobkin (Razman) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

David, Pretty much all coloured and white LEDs will have the same colour temperature - it is a characteristic of the materials used to produce the light. Blue, purple, green, yellow, red etc etc. In my experience the white LED is closest to 6000K

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