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11-29-2007, 05:23 PM
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Location: Poconos, PA
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headlights
i want to replace/upgrade them... maybe the fog lights as well. Im not sure which way to go on this as ive never done anything but get oem replacers at pep boys or w/e.... its '96 , so if any of yall have suggestions .. lemme hear em!
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Soon to come... New paint , and glass .
Last edited by nj96z28; 11-29-2007 at 05:23 PM.
Reason: silliness
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11-29-2007, 05:47 PM
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Mr Fantastic
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Milford NJ
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you can either get stock replacement halogen sealed beams...or convert it to HIDs by buying housings/ignitors/bulbs/etc...and even then it wont be that great cause they wont be projectors
stock halogen sealed beams FTW
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11-29-2007, 07:48 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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I can make your stockers take 9006 bulbs
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11-29-2007, 08:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bubba428
I can make your stockers take 9006 bulbs
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who/what/when/where/how?
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'96 Z28 Vert M6 - UMI LCA's,UMI SFC's,BMR Panhard rod(soon to be UMI),UMI Short Shifter,Custom clutch, SLP CAI, SLP Strut Brace, Skip Shift Elim, MagnaFlow Catback,160 stat, Tb bypass, Air Foil ,prothane motor mounts & tranny mount, Stainless Radiator Shroud, Hooker headers with magnaflow hiflo cats, brand spanking new tranny, Umi torque arm , C5 brakes all 4 corners .
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11-29-2007, 08:58 PM
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give me the housings and the bulbs you want and I'll show you
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11-29-2007, 10:25 PM
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u gotta take the stock bulb apart from the housing, then u glue a 9006 in its place. its real simple i just did one the other day. the stock ones come apart easy
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11-30-2007, 08:49 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Poconos, PA
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HID or Halogen
after soem drunken googling, i am more confused do i want HId's or halgen... I want to replace High beams/low beams and the frog/driving lights. im gonna buy new housings or w/e caus ethe one son my car are factory ... believe it or not. 88k miles later still going strong. Do I want luminics, PIAA? I found PIAA amber halogen 9006's for like $40 i may get for fog lights... i dunno need more info
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'96 Z28 Vert M6 - UMI LCA's,UMI SFC's,BMR Panhard rod(soon to be UMI),UMI Short Shifter,Custom clutch, SLP CAI, SLP Strut Brace, Skip Shift Elim, MagnaFlow Catback,160 stat, Tb bypass, Air Foil ,prothane motor mounts & tranny mount, Stainless Radiator Shroud, Hooker headers with magnaflow hiflo cats, brand spanking new tranny, Umi torque arm , C5 brakes all 4 corners .
Soon to come... New paint , and glass .
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11-30-2007, 08:58 PM
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uhh changed my first one at 118k... they were all stock
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11-30-2007, 09:07 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by maroman88
uhh changed my first one at 118k... they were all stock
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This is the highest mileage vehicle ive ever owned let alone f body... my last 2 maro's were 50k and 25k
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'96 Z28 Vert M6 - UMI LCA's,UMI SFC's,BMR Panhard rod(soon to be UMI),UMI Short Shifter,Custom clutch, SLP CAI, SLP Strut Brace, Skip Shift Elim, MagnaFlow Catback,160 stat, Tb bypass, Air Foil ,prothane motor mounts & tranny mount, Stainless Radiator Shroud, Hooker headers with magnaflow hiflo cats, brand spanking new tranny, Umi torque arm , C5 brakes all 4 corners .
Soon to come... New paint , and glass .
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12-01-2007, 08:15 PM
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The best thing you can do is to try to polish the current lights to remove any scratches/discoloration that might be on them, and then remove the original bulbs (carefully), and replace them with halogens.
If you try to do an HID retrofit you'll need all the stuff in an HID kit, plus a projector housing for each light. Otherwise the light won't have the proper cutoff, and you will be wasting light output, and blinding oncoming drivers.
- Justin
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12-07-2007, 07:59 AM
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as for polishing like Justin said, try some rubbing compound on a rag, or buffer if you have one..works like magic.
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