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This beast is so manly I'd just find some chick driving a VW and have her haul them for me.

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LOL!

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Major issues today, the car had its first serious breakdown. Luckily, I found the solution at the local parts depot!

http://www.scheides.com/albums/passa...6306.sized.jpg

I was thinking about getting some of these anyways but this way it doesn't count as a mod--counts as maintenance! :)

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PHEW!! Glad you got it all sorted out.

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wooot! Ive never tried the silverstars, but I seem to burn out a regular bulb every 6 months. How do you like them compared to regulars?

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I ran Silverstars in the old Green Dragon. The plug on the harness that plugs into the bulb couldn't handle the additional heat and ended up melting. Had to buy a new harness plug and go back to normal bulbs. Probably just shitty mitsu design, but maybe just a heads up to keep an eye on yours.

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We installed Silverstars in customer's cars at the shop if they requested them. They aren't white, they don't have a tint of blue. They are just a lighter shade of yellow than standard bulbs. And they seem to burn out faster since they burn a little hotter.

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Hmm might as well just get an HID kit. I think my old kit on the m3 was around that price haha.

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+1 , That has been my experience as well.

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I ran Silverstars in my 1G and Evo IX for years with no issues, they were the best halogen bulb I could find. I was happy with them.

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Yup, it says right on the box that they are not designed to last as long as 'normal' bulbs as they burn brighter and hotter. The light output is a noticeable difference.

Hah, the install looks like 1000x more work than I'm interested in for this car!

This is why I was willing to give them a chance. Yours seemed to last forever! I certainly didn't want to pay the extra-premium price at o'reily's but I did anyways just to avoid being caught with a light out & traffic stop.

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Looks like you already have projectors. Do they have a decent cutoff? If so, could prolly just rock a PNP kit, pretty simple to install.

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Yea thats what i was thinking too, shouldnt be a big install, just have to get the bulbs inside the housing, wire them up and mount the ballasts.

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I've done a handful of the cheap Kensun HID 4300k kits from Amazon. 15 minute install and been good so far. A couple of the kits I did are running around in India(nephews cars) in their severe conditions also doing fine.

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Went garage hunting today and found not two but THREE tires up in the attic! One has a nail in it but is otherwise fine. Two are from beaterX, the alignment was borked the second summer I owned it and the fronts wore uneavenly to the point of being wrecked. The rears however, still tons of meat left on them!

The third is from when I rolled my evo8. The Rota P45F was unsalvagable and I decided to get a new rim and tire just to be sure. SO much meat on this tire, it's practically new except for the fact that it still has gravel/mud on it from the ditch :P

http://www.scheides.com/albums/passa...6344.sized.jpg

Anyone have a spare Sumitomi HTR-ZIII 245/40-18 they'd be willing to sell me?

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Goddamn ebay still surprises me!

This showed up today, $30. Works perfectly for vag-com action!

http://www.scheides.com/albums/passa...6350.sized.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/passa...6351.sized.jpg

Also found this set of 'used' sumi htrz3's in the size I need...the damn things look new! $144 shipped. Unreal, hell yes!
http://www.scheides.com/albums/passa...6357.sized.jpg

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That was super fast.

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That is some fast shipping!

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Need a most stylish truckster yet? :P http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hn...366108473.html

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