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Old 11-10-17, 07:20 AM
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Where'd you buy the bulbs? Link? Any pics of the light output?
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Originally Posted by IanB2
Where'd you buy the bulbs? Link? Any pics of the light output?
Not really easy to get quality pic of light output on the reverse lights, I’ll try this evening. The light is amazing. Best light mod I have done to the GX so far. I bought them off of V-leds.com
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Originally Posted by IanB2
Where'd you buy the bulbs? Link? Any pics of the light output?
I got the bulbs from V-Leds, very expensive, but totally worth it for me.
http://www.vleds.com/shop-products/l...40-6-ho-c.html
Old 11-10-17, 08:03 PM
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Performed 150k mile service today

Oil/Filter 6.5 qt
Air filter
Cabin filter
Brake Flush
Coolant -i skipped this since it was replaced with timing belt at 90k with Super Long Life coolant
Front diff fluid 1.5 qt
Transfer case fluid 1.5 qt
Rear diff fluid 3.3 qt
Tire rotation
Grease all zerks fittings
Top off fluids
Old 11-17-17, 06:57 PM
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Updated my HID low beam to LEDs. Happy with the result.
HID on left, LED on right
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Old 11-19-17, 07:25 AM
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Oil + Filter change, and replaced not one but TWO TPMS sensors that had died. Hopefully that's the last of them.

Word of advice - if you're putting new tires on a 10 year old vehicle, go ahead and change all the sensors. That way you'll only pay for demounting/mounting/balancing the tires once. This has been a total PITA to wait for each one to die and change it out individually.

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Originally Posted by chiph9
Oil + Filter change, and replaced not one but TWO TPMS sensors that had died. Hopefully that's the last of them.
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How did you determine which TPMS had died?
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Most of the tire shops have OBD software that will show the pressure that the sensor is reporting. If it's saying 0 psi and the tire obviously isn't flat, then the sensor is bad. Or if it's reporting any pressure that is wildly different from what actually measuring it through the valve stem says.

The dealer's OBD software (and any of the "high-end" software programs) has the ability to read the actual battery voltage of the sensor. So if it's below 3v then you know it's on the way out.

In my case, the spare was reporting 1.9v (on it's way out) and the front right was 0v (totally dead).

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Originally Posted by tz693
Updated my HID low beam to LEDs. Happy with the result.
The colors off the garage door are different. Is the driver side LED?
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HID on left, LED on right.
(original post updated)
Old 11-20-17, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by tz693
HID on left, LED on right.
(original post updated)
What color temp was your HID kit?
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Originally Posted by tz693
HID on left, LED on right.
(original post updated)
It looks like your LED are brighter than your HID? Can you confirm? What HID kit are you comparing the LED to?
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Originally Posted by cphang
It looks like your LED are brighter than your HID? Can you confirm? What HID kit are you comparing the LED to?
Yes, the LED is much brighter. They are both eBay kits. The LED light spreads out (no brighter spot) more than the HID and stock halogen. But overall it is greater.

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Got to throw the new tails on and replace the fog light bulbs this weekend!






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