POLL: What do you think about my clear cornered front end?

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Just got everything with PIAA 'super white' bulbs, except the high beams/foglightsI'll take a night picture of it, show you guys how it looks- later on tonight.Feel free to post comments


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??? looks stock? i guess you mean the bumper signal lights on the side?

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Hard to take a pic with the light blinking, this is w/o foglights on, or the PIAA headlight bulbs installed.

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I think it gives it a cleaner look, maybe thats just me .....

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Its ok. Seems a little plain but an improvment over stock.

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Mmm.. plain is the look I'm going for. All my Navan accessories are/will be molded to the body. Nothing fancy. Except for the 225 and 245 Buddy club's

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97ka-t wrote:Mmm.. plain is the look I'm going for. All my Navan accessories are/will be molded to the body. Nothing fancy. Except for the 225 and 245 Buddy club's
Plain is still clean

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Cleeean WHERE'D THE T3/T04E GO??? I SWEAR IT WAS IN THERE..

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Not to hijack a thread or anything, but could i get some info about you tail lights

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that looks nice, but you should change the turn sig bulbs to the clear ones that light up yellow or just dont use them, i hateeee white signal lenses, ghetto.

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Who's tail lights? Mine? I have stock Kouki lights..

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Those little white PIAA bulbs were freaking expensive. haha $10 for two 194's.. what a ripoff! Yeah, they probably are a little rice-tastic.. What you guys think?

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no.... the ones on 574-240sx ride

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chmercer wrote:that looks nice, but you should change the turn sig bulbs to the clear ones that light up yellow or just dont use them, i hateeee white signal lenses, ghetto.
I'd have to agree, I'm trying to decide what bulb to get for my parking lamp next to the headlight (if anything) since I'm not a fan of the ricey "my turn signals are brighter/ than my headlights"

I'm keeping the turn signal and amber bumper sidemarker alone though, those are pimp.

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looks good

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SyndromeVII wrote:no.... the ones on 574-240sx ride
email sent, sorry for the thread jack 97ka-t

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KA-T, just got my clear corners (sidemarkers) in and both the bulbs in 'em are burnt out or the fuse is.... In any case, I was wondering if you knew where to get some good stock replacement bulbs before I put the new markers on (YELLOW or ORANGE, pref. orange to match the front turn signal) Any suggestions? Also, how long did it take you to replace yours? Did you take the wheels all the way off or just turn 'em out? Run into any problems? thanks

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Damn, are the front signals supposed be partially lit all the time (with headlights on)? If so, I definitely have a fuse problem
Modified by OneBitchin240 at 5:54 PM 9/8/2005

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I just turned the wheels and took off some screws. No big deal. It is a pain to get at those screws that hold the signals on. 8mm socket. I'd give yourself 30min, it was probably a little more for me, because I'm slow like that. Go to autozone for stock replacements- they're cheap as hell. 168 or 194 will work. I have the clear PIAA bulbs, but apparently it's cheap/rice-tastic, so I will go back to stock bulbs- eventually

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did you take the bottom panel off (the ones underneath the air filter and fuse box respectively) to get to your markers or did you take the ones off in the wheel well that are molded to the contour of the well?

Also, someone please answer my question about the blinkers on the front of the bumper (see my last post) cuz i would really like to know before i go to the autoparts store so i don't have to make another trip for a freakin' fuse - thanks

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The lights that are on when my headlights are on are:headlightscorner lights (directly next to headlights)corner signals (the one's i replaced with clear corners)and the optional foglights.I just took of the black thing that molds to the wheel well. I just pushed it out of the way, didn't even take it off. It was really cramped and probably not the best way, but I only took out a couple screws and I did fine!

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dammit... still not working and i don't think it's a fuse ... starting to piss me off... know what the fuse is labeled that's associated with those sidemarkers? maybe i'm just too damned stupid today to figure it out

nevermind, it is working... i expected them to work as blinkers instead of just corner lights... and lookin mighty fine if i do say so myself... white lenses with orange bulbs baby!

those little plastic looking screw thingies that hold the panels in: did you manage to take any of them off without breaking them and if not did your local auto parts store have factory replacements?
Modified by OneBitchin240 at 12:28 PM 9/9/2005

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I just took out the screws and yanked it out, then put it back in its place. No big deal. Maybe that's why one of my foglights is falling out because Itook out a screw and put it back in its place...

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Clear turn signals look good. I really like your ride.

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i'm not talking about the metal screws... i'm talking about the plastic rivet-type things that hold those thin panels in place... all of them broke when i took 'em out cuz they were so old ... anybody know where to get factory replacements?

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sexy!

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Go to your Nissan dealership. I'm sure they could order some for you


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