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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 09:10 PM
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Next stop paint.

Any color suggestions? Has to be a darker color because I've smoked out the lights and blacked out the grille
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 09:11 PM
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fix your front bumper
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 09:12 PM
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It's a work in progress...
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 09:15 PM
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ha im just giving you a hard time. whered you find those lights? ive heard their a bit** to put in. but they look great with that grill. and were the HIDs worth it?
and to answer the paint question your red looks good now but if you have to change it I'd suggest two tone black and grey like Jonah52's truck
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 09:16 PM
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Is it legal to have the white "bumper lights" but have white bulbs not orange? thats what im running.
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 09:32 PM
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ha im just giving you a hard time. whered you find those lights? ive heard their a bit** to put in. but they look great with that grill. and were the HIDs worth it?
and to answer the paint question your red looks good now but if you have to change it I'd suggest two tone black and grey like Jonah52's truck
Bro those lights were a PAINNNNNNNN!!!!! There's a clip at the bottom corner of the light but I broke mine so I had to go get one. And the HID's are soooooooo worth it man. It sets the truck apart, plus visibility is great!
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 09:33 PM
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Is it legal to have the white "bumper lights" but have white bulbs not orange? thats what im running.
Honestly I haven't had a problem, I assume its illegal, as are my HID'S lol
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 09:40 PM
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Is it legal to have the white "bumper lights" but have white bulbs not orange? thats what im running.
No it's illegal. They dont look like blinkers in that case. Just be careful? haha
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Bro those lights were a PAINNNNNNNN!!!!! There's a clip at the bottom corner of the light but I broke mine so I had to go get one. And the HID's are soooooooo worth it man. It sets the truck apart, plus visibility is great!
thats why im afraid to try anything besides the clip on headlight covers lol. and they look good. we have fog out here so thick i cant even go to my mailbox without tieing a rope to my front door. so i may buy some
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thats why im afraid to try anything besides the clip on headlight covers lol. and they look good. we have fog out here so thick i cant even go to my mailbox without tieing a rope to my front door. so i may buy some
HID's are useless in fog, unless they're yellowish. The white doesn't light up anything through fog because it's pretty much the same color. Yellow cuts through it way easier (which is why lots of aftermarket fog lights have yellow lenses)

I was caught in thick fog leaving school once. I couldn't see anything and my HID's didn't help much at all in that case. Looked at my front bumper and hey! I'll just tilt these halogens down at the ground. Viola! fog lights.

I've heard the vice-versa is true with colors too. In dust apparently blue lighting is better, as the dirt particles dont reflect blue as easily because there isn't much blue pigment in them, and in result you can see the surroundings better.
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