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Old 08-27-2006, 12:50 AM
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new lights. PIAA 1100X
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...45/Image55.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...45/Image54.jpg

compared to
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/DSC00710.jpg



and new side emblems
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...45/Image58.jpg
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looks pretty good. One question though? are those PIAA 1100xx fog lights, driving lights???? IMO I think you'd be better off doing the conversion with a module meant to be a headlight such as Hellas 90mm headlight modules..
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That looks pretty cool. Definately the only one that I have seen like that.
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Originally Posted by buffman
looks pretty good. One question though? are those PIAA 1100xx fog lights, driving lights???? IMO I think you'd be better off doing the conversion with a module meant to be a headlight such as Hellas 90mm headlight modules..

yea PIAA 1100X driving lights. I dont drive the car that much anyway espciallly at night. The only night driving I do is leaving the track (rarely that I go) But surprisingly they are really bright. The low beams are bighter than my old high beams. plus its "white" light really white. Im one of those people that pisses you off at night b/c there lights are so bright/white. Well those always pissed me off when I saw them coming at me.


about 9 years ago a company "Raytech" something like that. Offered a kit just like this. But is used PIAA 1000X and they just plugged in to factory harness. Only thing is they charged around $550. I bought all the lights for $300. 150/pair
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that's cool
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Sweet.
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Where'd you get it from and how much did it cost you?
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any pics of them lit up at night?
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Why didnt you use this complete kit instead http://www.ledgauges.com/
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Originally Posted by hyperzone
any pics of them lit up at night?
2nd that! i might ditch my fogs for some of these.
you've def got a unique look there
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nice! it makes your car look totally unique.

i used to have that setup on my old z, i half assed it tho with the pep boys fog lights and just hacked up the front and they were mounted hanging from the headlight brackets and it still looked absolutely bas ***. car was black like yours and the headlights and foglights were blue. low beames had an extra ricey little blue light in there. i wish i had a picture.
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I've seen it on a bunch of camaro's before, not sure if I like it, borderline... ricey... But I look at it from the "if it doesn't make me go faster" standpoint.
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Ive seen this done before, but I wasnt to sure if anyone else was going to do it.
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I bet you like seeing more than 5ft down the road with the new lights ! Stock f-body lights (93-97) have to be one of the worst headlight systems on the market.
I converted my 96 WS6 to all HID's last summer (6000k H4 projectors (main lights) and 6000k H3 foglights). There is a world of difference between the HID setup and stock.

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how hard was it to do. ive seen write ups on that mod before but never tried it myself.
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I've seen the round head lights a few times before in pics. Never in person yet. I would love to do some sort of headlight mod with the intention of seeing further/better at night. I agree the stock setup sucks. I have heard and seen photos of the HID light but, I have to see a LT1 with the swap in person at night.
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Dont look bad at all.
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Originally Posted by 346Vette
I've seen it on a bunch of camaro's before, not sure if I like it, borderline... ricey... But I look at it from the "if it doesn't make me go faster" standpoint.
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Sorry to be the only person saying something negative in this post but have fun blinding all on coming traffic. Personally I think you should have done it right, rather that installing stupidly bright fog lights in place of your head lights.
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I rocked that look for the last 11 yrs. I had Rytek's original kit back in 96. Brent94Z and myself were probably the 1st to have that look back in 96-97. I was the 1st though to incorporate the DGM carbon fiberquad fogs though. I've only seen a handfull do it as there may be more out there but don't post. I just recently went back to the stk look for the HID's. Hella's would've been nice but were too big for my comfort. Nice work there building it yourself...





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