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1999 Mitsubishi Galant ESPics look great man!
Originally Posted by IVORY_G
What ever happened to his G?
Yeah I know right? 2 many fallen G's, SMH. Thx man, I fell in love with the grille a while back and knew I had to have it!
Thx man, yeah it does look alot alike. But your car still looks dope and much more aggressive. Being that mine is a DD, I couldnt ride around like that without catching flack from Police and Ricers all day.
I remember when you were prepping your car for paint, and you did the license plate delete. I was like "Oh shit he's gonna have it painted before I have mine done!" LOL!
I bought my bumper from RAZ_76 back in June/July of '08 with the license plate delete done and bumper primed, and thought I'd be the first with it, then you came along and squashed that dream! LOL! Then when I saw how good the grille we have looked on your, Qnz, & njjfudge's car, I had to have it!
Yeah, I followed all the instructions correctly I thought. All wire colors are coordinated with each other...
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Pics look great man!
What ever happened to his G?
Lancer/EvolutionX Rotor Glow Paint
6g74 Forged Engine w/ hx40 turbo
Eclipse GT 5 spd swapped
Rotor Glow Galant
Daily Galant
OZ Edition Eclipse
Thx Man!
The insurance company totaled the car and payed him a suprisingly sizeable amount, so he took it and let the car go :(
Sad to see such a beautiful car go to waste...
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If it works for you and your ok with it then by all means.
But to me it looks like when in park mode the inner red portion is lit up too bright. The way they should be is all the red should be dim and all the red should light up for brakes.
Oh I see what u mean... No its even brighter when the brakes are on, along with outer portion of the lights turning on. I'll take a photo of both...
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Running lights:
Brake lights:
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Dude, mine don't do that. They all are lit for running lights, and brake lights. You sure the second filaments aren't blown in the stop/tail bulbs?
Check them, see if they're 7443, or 7440.
7443 are dual filament bulbs, 7440 are single. I have the feeling that's your issue.
-Chris-
2003 Mitsubishi Galant ES 2.4L SOHC: "Octavia"
2005 Honda Accord EX-L Coupe 2.4L DOHC
IDK, but I dont think any of the filaments are blown bcz all my bulbs are brand new. I had to buy all of them when I bought the tails bcz the ones that came with them were all blown. All of these fit in the sockets also.
I think having all four lights on lit for running would be more confusing for other drivers IMO. It doesnt bother me much the way its setup right now, you can def tell the difference between my running lights and brake lights so Im content for now...
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Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. (Proverbs 10:4 NIV)
Lets not start a riot about this. But in the most respectful manner, your current setup is more confusing. They look like rear fogs. If you look at your first picture the outer reds are dimmly lit or at least it looks that way. Thats is how the entire red portion should look and your second picture should be the way it is with the exception of the inner lights dimming also as you let off your brakes. Good thing you're here in cali and inspections are lenient otherwise you might fail an inspection.
lmao!!! your kidding right?
The outer portions look dimmly lit due to the lights reflecting from the middle portions. If they were actually dimmly lit, I think there would be more of an eletrical issue, and the out portions would be more noticably lit up.
I dunno why, but I just have the feeling 7440 bulbs are in the outer sockets, you can put 7440 bulbs in a dual filament 7443 socket.
-Chris-
2003 Mitsubishi Galant ES 2.4L SOHC: "Octavia"
2005 Honda Accord EX-L Coupe 2.4L DOHC
Vic, his pics are misleading, you gotta look at the glare to see this, but his running lights actually are dimmer than his brake lights. His camera looks like it had a high sensitivity to compensate for the low light, so when you photograph a light source in low light, it looks deceptively bright. The only way to tell the difference between the dim and the brights is to look at the glare around the lights.
Glare is small, and there's no glare at all from his outer brake lights.
Glare is much larger, indicating more light, and both lights have the same amount of glare. The camera did a bad job of showing the difference. I like having both my lights dim on my JDM's, and I like having both my lights bright when I hit the brakes.
Dim running lights:
Bright brakes:
Just thought I'd help clear the situation up.
-Greg
"I smashed up the grey one, bought me a red;
Every time we hit the parking lot we turn heads!"
-Pimp C, "International Players Anthem"
Haha, thanks for the visualization here. Backs up my post better now. lol
-Chris-
2003 Mitsubishi Galant ES 2.4L SOHC: "Octavia"
2005 Honda Accord EX-L Coupe 2.4L DOHC
Yeah, I'm with you Chris, single filaments are in the outer sockets, duals in the inner ones.
-Greg
"I smashed up the grey one, bought me a red;
Every time we hit the parking lot we turn heads!"
-Pimp C, "International Players Anthem"
I have never heard of anyone fail an inspection here in cali, in fact me my friends or family have never went for inspection. Only inspection I got was before a driving test for the basics. Don't mistake vehicle saftey inspection for smog check. I know we are the biggest pain in the ass for that.
Ezackly what I was trying to say myself.Vic, his pics are misleading, you gotta look at the glare to see this, but his running lights actually are dimmer than his brake lights. His camera looks like it had a high sensitivity to compensate for the low light, so when you photograph a light source in low light, it looks deceptively bright. The only way to tell the difference between the dim and the brights is to look at the glare around the lights.
Glare is small, and there's no glare at all from his outer brake lights.
Glare is much larger, indicating more light, and both lights have the same amount of glare. The camera did a bad job of showing the difference. I like having both my lights dim on my JDM's, and I like having both my lights bright when I hit the brakes.
Dim running lights:
Bright brakes:
Just thought I'd help clear the situation up.
Thx for clearing that up Greg. Well @ any rate, the outers are prob single filament while the inners are dual. To me what's important is that it works and you know when I'm applying the brakes. I know I searched the info here on TGC before my install, but I don't remember where. It was a pain in the ass trying to find the all bulbs, and I had to end up going to different parts stores, because one had these while the other didn't. So at the end of the day I don't feel like messing with it anymore. Whenever the bulbs blow out, then I will go in and check everything and replace the necessary bulbs. Until then it's done, it works, end of story.
Last edited by IVORY_G; 10-23-2011 at 11:13 AM
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No prob, for the record I don't think your lights are unsafe or nothing, car is actually rather vicious homie!
-Greg
"I smashed up the grey one, bought me a red;
Every time we hit the parking lot we turn heads!"
-Pimp C, "International Players Anthem"
LOL! Thx man
JDM Zenki Conversion
Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. (Proverbs 10:4 NIV)
This, just a tad odd. This ride is def in my top 10 TGC.
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