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Flip me the preface 4g lights are pants!

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Flip me the preface 4g lights are pants!

Post by nickyboy » Sun Aug 26, 2012 2:05 am

Scary stuff! Any recommendations for bulbs?

My headlamps are cloudy, is this on the inside?

Oh and what are the reverse bulbs? Need some much brighter ones!
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Post by paul bristol uk » Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:13 am

Nightbreakers for bulbs and try T-Cut on the outside of the headlamps. Sorry no idea on the reversing lamps.
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Post by Rich » Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:48 am

Even the post-facelift lights are bum droppings really for lighting up the road. Projectors are better but in the interim, as Paul said - try t-cut on the headlights to polish them up and use some decent bulbs like night breakers (+90%).

There's a write up in the how-to section on refurbing headlights: Link

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Post by W1ggz » Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:48 am

renovo is a brilliant product for sorting headlights out we are gettin some at work soon

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Post by Supermarine Blues » Sun Aug 26, 2012 2:48 pm

If you can get some projectors with a decent RHD beam, you'll be onto a good start. Did that with the Civ, which is even worse!

An HID kit (4300K - stay away from blue nonsense) will give you a decent light.

I only wish the manual levelling worked on the rice lights - mine are adjusted fine and do not cause nuisance - unless I've a load on board. Actually, it's the flip up on the N/S on dual carriageways that's the issue, not oncoming.

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Re: Flip me the preface 4g lights are pants!

Post by nickyboy » Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:24 pm

No level adjustment on my JDM, which sucks as the lights point down more than they should
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Post by Pushki » Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:34 pm

You can adjust them manually. There are screws on the rear. :geek:
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Post by Supermarine Blues » Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:25 pm

Indeed; they ALL need doing as the front springs settle with age.

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Post by NafemanNathan » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:33 am

Checkout one of my recent updates on my daily lude thread. There's a bit of a how-to on how-to reserect your headlights.

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