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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 09:07 AM
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passenger side is easier than the drivers side.. the covers for the lights unscrews, pull out the light (its held on by little finger like tabs) unplug wire on bottom of light and repeat the process on other side. than just reverse the process on the lights.. Simple 15 mins mod!
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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 11:09 AM
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U shouldn't run anymore than 35W if your trying to achieve the factory look... 4500k is still more blue than factory HIDs, look at my fogs when I was testing the 1st HID 4500k bulb... If u can find a 4300k, it could match the factory bulb a bit more
Thanks, but what i'm trying to do is fugure out the color temp for the OEM GT LED foglights so I can get a set of replacement HID bulbs for the HEADLIGHTS that are as similar in color as possible (Right now on a stock 13' the headlights look more yellow than the fogs).

Funny how the V6 and CS people need to change their foglight bulbs to match the OEM headlights and those of us with 13' GT's need to change the HID headlight bulbs out if we want them to matcht the much whiter foglamps
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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by MADSCOTSMAN

Thanks, but what i'm trying to do is fugure out the color temp for the OEM GT LED foglights so I can get a set of replacement HID bulbs for the HEADLIGHTS that are as similar in color as possible (Right now on a stock 13' the headlights look more yellow than the fogs).

Funny how the V6 and CS people need to change their foglight bulbs to match the OEM headlights and those of us with 13' GT's need to change the HID headlight bulbs out if we want them to matcht the much whiter foglamps
I'm not 100% sure for the 13-14 LEDs but I think I read somewhere they're 5k?? I could be wrong tho
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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 11:43 AM
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If the stock bulbs are 35W anyone thrown on 55w watt ballast ? I used to run a retrofit on another car using D2S bulbs on. 55 w ballast in tsx clear projectors and they were way brighter with an oem look.
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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by MADSCOTSMAN
Thanks, but what i'm trying to do is fugure out the color temp for the OEM GT LED foglights so I can get a set of replacement HID bulbs for the HEADLIGHTS that are as similar in color as possible (Right now on a stock 13' the headlights look more yellow than the fogs).

Funny how the V6 and CS people need to change their foglight bulbs to match the OEM headlights and those of us with 13' GT's need to change the HID headlight bulbs out if we want them to matcht the much whiter foglamps
a 5000k bulb will match
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Old Jun 13, 2013 | 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by stang8psi
passenger side is easier than the drivers side.. the covers for the lights unscrews, pull out the light (its held on by little finger like tabs) unplug wire on bottom of light and repeat the process on other side. than just reverse the process on the lights.. Simple 15 mins mod!
Don't you mean driver side is easier? All you do is remove the airbox then easy access? On passenger side not as easy since there's a fuse box in the way?
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Old Jun 15, 2013 | 06:14 AM
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Just received my ddm tuning 5000k bulbs for Father's Day early! Going to install them today!!!
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Old Jun 15, 2013 | 08:33 AM
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Install complete. What a royal pain in the you know what. Wow. My biggest heartaches were removing that stupid connector.... Then putting it back in those metal fingers so that you can lock the rotating tab clockwise again. Wow, just a royal pain. What should have been a 15 minute job took an hour. The concept of it is easy, but wiggling in that tight space is a pain. My wife oils have sworn there was a drunken sailor in our garage. Plus my fingers and hands are all raw from scraping and prying at all those connectors there

I love the new lights tho... They are a perfect white.
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Old Jun 15, 2013 | 06:23 PM
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From Zto5: do you have a link to the exact bulbs you ordered!?
They are just replacement bulbs for us stock HID guys right!?

Thanks, looks good!
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Old Jun 15, 2013 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by StangLife'12
From Zto5: do you have a link to the exact bulbs you ordered!?
They are just replacement bulbs for us stock HID guys right!?

Thanks, looks good!
Yep... I posted it on page 2 of this thread....

http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/HI...lacements-Pair

And yes, just the bulbs. Already hid stock.

Was hoping to drive it tonight to test it out, but storming...
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Old Jun 15, 2013 | 09:19 PM
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Some night shots... Loving these new bulbs. Hopefully they last a long time. I don't drive that frequently at night, so hopefully that should help make them last longer lol
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Old Jun 15, 2013 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by FromZto5
Some night shots... Loving these new bulbs. Hopefully they last a long time. I don't drive that frequently at night, so hopefully that should help make them last longer lol
Sweet, my bulbs just got here today and my fog kit should be here this week. Glad to hear you like them. I went with 4500 but your 5K looks good too.
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Old Jun 16, 2013 | 09:29 PM
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I can't tell they still look like stock color from your pictures.
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Old Jun 17, 2013 | 04:29 AM
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Originally Posted by stang8psi
I can't tell they still look like stock color from your pictures.
Yeah hard to capture in pics... Put it this way, the stock color looks yellower than my 5000k switchback LEDs. In the pics above, since the new HIDs are whiter, they make the switchback LEDs look yellow lol.
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Old Jun 19, 2013 | 04:31 AM
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Drove it short yesterday... But got to enjoy my new 5000k HID bulb upgrades. I just love that mean look in someone's rear view
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Old Jun 19, 2013 | 04:45 AM
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Originally Posted by FromZto5
Drove it short yesterday... But got to enjoy my new 5000k HID bulb upgrades. I just love that mean look in someone's rear view
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Old Jun 20, 2013 | 10:11 AM
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looks good, riceboy. :-)
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Old Jun 20, 2013 | 12:12 PM
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^ lol... riceboy? should I call you ricelady since you have the same lights? lol... Notice I had the decency to call you "lady" and not "girl"... hehe

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Old Jun 20, 2013 | 12:15 PM
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4500k for me!
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Old Jun 20, 2013 | 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by TheDivaDanielle
4500k for me!
ahhh... ok... Yep, 5000k is limit for me for headlights.

Btw, thank you again for your recommendation. Lights arrived with no issues. Some swearing involved in installation, but overall, I'd recommend. Easy enough swap.
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