QuismO
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man i've been waiting for snow season ever since i've got my new tires...only used my new snowboard setup once last season (end of the season sale). i'm DYING to get up on the slopes! tahoe...here we come!!!!!!!
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StriPerdad, FLA... not StriPPerdad
I thought the same when I first saw it...
lol...maybe he goes fishing for stripers...i know i do...love it
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i gotta see this!
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On a 5 liter V8, I could see the potential, but on a underpowered 3 liter V6 in an overweight vehicle, the gains for a $60-$120 throttlebody spacer are going to be 0-1 HP max. I've seen dyno sheets and read multiple reviews, all you have to do is Google it.
you're killing my joy!!!! =P
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Clock
in The Garage
at least you have a clock!!! mine's on the radio lol
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38 f, 36 r works for me.
mine's reversed
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Happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -bounce-
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whether it works or not....that's just pure genius and out-of-the-box thinking at its best.
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i use a bottle of restore and valvoline max life.. i have used it for YEARS..... :bow:
just put red line MT-90 from summit in the manual tranny too
i'm actually gonna give this "restore" thing a shot. after 152k+ miles, i might as well.
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actually hold on....scratch the thought about my cousin's 98. i think i just opened the hatch door, rather than just the window when i got something from his truck the other weekend.
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I don't know bud. mine doesn't, nor does my cousin's 98. that's pretty weird.
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Uh, I'm sorta confused. What's the point of having manual hubs if you have to keep them locked all the time?
yea poor michie has this error light that goes off whenever the hubs are unlocked. Possibly something different on the Q's? I'm gonna get 'em soon regardless of the error. my flanges are starting to have a tad of rust, so i might as well replace 'em with warns.
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Wow! Those pics sure are better than the stock lights on a 96. I need to get me some of those.
yea...we should have the same headlights, so you should see the same results
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hey michie...do you still have that error light? if not, what did you find out?
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So are you happy with them? Was it worth it? (What was the total cost by the time you got it installed?)
And would you do it again?
oh most definitely, i kinda wish i did it earlier on my 6th generation celica. my gf bought 'em for my birthday from ebay for $205. pretty simple install as it's plug & play, so i just did it myself.
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here are the night time pics...sorry for the driver's view pics...kinda hard to hold it steady while driving =P
Head on view at night:
From the driver's seat...sorry so blurry
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hehe thanks to the pics, i just realized that my front passenger parking light is out =P
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we have an 04 fronty, i don't think that there are any major differences between the '04 and '01, but my bro says he swapped out the stocks with 6.5" speakers no problem.
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OK, here's a few pics...sorry it's only noon, so no night view pictures yet.
Mounting location for passenger-side ballast:
Mounting location for driver-side ballast:
Bulb comparison, the arc location is within the egg-shaped "bulb"
Left: HID and Right: Extra white 9004's
water-tight connections:
Here's a head on picture at headlight level...doesn't look too bright, but i'll show pictures of driver's view during the evening...so much easier to see at night.
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haha she's a good lady =) i'll take pics in a bit, going to permanently mount the ballasts today anyways, so i'll stop for a bit and take a few snapshots. unfortunately i couldn't take any pictures with my cousin's and my pathy side by side as he ended up bringing his scion TC...bah!
ian
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And I would be negligent if I didn't point out that not all vehicles can be converted to HID. The element of the HID is extremely bright - much brighter than incandescents. It's a true electrical arc - like looking into a welding arc.
Since "normal" DOT approved headlight reflectors in the US are required to focus some amount of light upward to illuminate road signs, plugging an HID element into an average DOT reflector will result in EXTREME and dangerous glare for oncoming traffic. It's generally not a good idea to blind those folks when you actually want them to see where they're going so they don't run into you.
It is generally (and strongly) recommended to convert to an e-spec reflector when converting to HID elements. They reduce the amount of light focused upward.
But some DOT reflectors will be OK with HID, if really precisely focused AND focused to shine the absolute minimum amount upwards as required by the DOT (like production HID's on Audi's and BMW's).
I recommend folks to plug in only one HID and then compare the HID to the halogen light. If the HID is noticeably brighter, then you are endangering your own life to use them. Head on collisions suck.
at 3+ times brighter than the halogen bulb, i can understand how the "dimmer" beams that are projected upwards at road and freeway signs will be much brighter than intended. i compensated by aiming my headlights lower. i sure as hell hope that they're projected downward enough...being in a higher vehicle doesn't help =P i drove in the fog last night and glare seems to be minimal, the beam was defined, and no oncoming traffic signaled me with their high beams, which i got a lot of in my ex's rav4 with stock halogens.
if it does indeed prove to be dangerous, i'm definitely swapping them out.
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here's the thread where someone else had the problem
http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=270
i believe the rig with this prob was an older pathy, but maybe the remedy would be similar if not the same.
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welcome!!! best intro i've seen in a while!!!