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Old 01-07-2012, 03:27 PM   #12 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by brucepick View Post
I'm interested in LEDs for the tail lights and front corner lights. I looked into LED headlights but my take was they're not yet ready for prime time.
I looked for LEDs for our Civics [EDIT: I meant LED headlights, sorry, I found the others just fine and have been running them for months]. I did not find them (now watch someone post-up a quick link). I did find LEDs [headlamp] in the old-style round form, but those don't fit the car! I am running HID headlights. I paid extra to get the hi-beam ability. Total was $70. The regular beam wattage is 70w for the pair. It was 110w with the stock bulbs, IIRC. The HIDs work differently: they do not dim at lower voltage but they will cut-out entirely twice if you run the battery down under 11.2volts.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.




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