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**p fandango** · Thursday 31st December 2009, 19:01

Originally Posted by uzyg

I guess its because the LEDs are white light and the light is less noticable during daylight than the standard 'yellow' bulbs.

good point, never thought of that

So are you keeping your fog lights standard? Just thought matching the white light would look nice but you are right, they wont be serving their purpose if changed to LED.

i would like to HID them as well as the full beam bulbs, but there not as important yet

Still not sure about the 5 LED or 9 LED...I guess the best way would be to order both and see which ones work best.

i'd probably be tempted to go for the 9's, having them too bright has got to be a bit better than too dull

**uzyg** · Monday 4th January 2010, 17:28

Hey fandango, any chance of posting some pics of how the LED sidelights look in daylight? Just want to see how noticable they are compare to stock.
Thanks mate.

**p fandango** · Monday 4th January 2010, 17:30

Originally Posted by uzyg

Hey fandango, any chance of posting some pics of how the LED sidelights look in daylight? Just want to see how noticable they are compare to stock.

no problem, you'll have to wait till tomorrow now tho mate lol

**p fandango** · Tuesday 5th January 2010, 20:21

Originally Posted by uzyg

Hey fandango, any chance of posting some pics of how the LED sidelights look in daylight? Just want to see how noticable they are compare to stock.
Thanks mate.

here you go mate, the sidelights only light up the inner edge of the reflector (they are on, honest lol)

**uzyg** · Tuesday 5th January 2010, 20:42

Ahh..I see what you mean. Not too sure about getting LED sidelights now, as I prefer the stock sidelights during the day but at night LED looks far better.

I've like the fact the Volvo has DRLs as I am a firm believer in that lights are not only to help you see but are also there for you to BE seen.

....hmm perhaps standard sidelights (yellow) with HID kit for main. That way its best of both worlds.

Either way, thanks for taking the pics.

The HIDs still not brought up a warning message in the dash?

**p fandango** · Tuesday 5th January 2010, 21:22

Originally Posted by uzyg

Ahh..I see what you mean. Not too sure about getting LED sidelights now, as I prefer the stock sidelights during the day but at night LED looks far better.

tbh the only reason i brought LED sidelights is because with the HID's on you can see a very slight yellow twing from the original sidelight bulb

I've like the fact the Volvo has DRLs as I am a firm believer in that lights are not only to help you see but are also there for you to BE seen.

the only reason i was going to get the DRL's turned off was because i thought the lower voltage would play havoc with the HID's module, but its quite happy just to activate them so i've got HID's as DRL's

....hmm perhaps standard sidelights (yellow) with HID kit for main. That way its best of both worlds.

Either way, thanks for taking the pics.

does sound like a good compromise, & its no problem mate

The HIDs still not brought up a warning message in the dash?

no nothing

**p fandango** · Friday 15th January 2010, 16:14

i didn't even realise it was coming up but Bonny clocked the 160k this morning, not bad for a tractor lol

**p fandango** · Saturday 24th April 2010, 18:43

don't you love locking wheel nuts when some iddiot does them up too tight

the only way we could get the wheel off (& still got 2 more wheels stuck on lol)

**Vikingxl** · Saturday 24th April 2010, 18:45

Lmfao

**Storm-Troll** · Saturday 24th April 2010, 19:09

Originally Posted by Vikingxc

Lmfao

**Storm-Troll** · Saturday 24th April 2010, 19:10

Originally Posted by p fandango

here you go mate, the sidelights only light up the inner edge of the reflector (they are on, honest lol)

you wanna take that back and get a refund mate.. bloody things only got one door...

**thebadger** · Saturday 24th April 2010, 19:54

Christ on a push bike!

Who decided to do that? Was it you Pedro? I know you have Grinder issues, but come on!

Get the tyre off it too!

**p fandango** · Saturday 24th April 2010, 20:11

Originally Posted by Storm-Troll

you wanna take that back and get a refund mate.. bloody things only got one door...

i only need a drivers door anyway mate lol

**p fandango** · Saturday 24th April 2010, 20:13

Originally Posted by thebadger

Christ on a push bike!

Who decided to do that? Was it you Pedro? I know you have Grinder issues, but come on!

Get the tyre off it too!

lol it was fun mate, the tyre blew out on me while on the M42 & just couldn't get the locking wheel nut off. Even the local tyre shop with the air gun couldn't shift it, & the key was perfect & gripping it fine just the iddiot before had done them up a bit too tight.

PS a recirc saw cuts thru alloys alot quicker than the angle grinder

**PaulZX** · Saturday 24th April 2010, 21:23

holy crap.... all you had to do was ring Boldy... you know him, he'd have that off in a jiffy.... those Canley lads get beat by nowt mate...

**p fandango** · Sunday 25th April 2010, 00:10

Originally Posted by TheFlyingFridgeMover

holy crap.... all you had to do was ring Boldy... you know him, he'd have that off in a jiffy.... those Canley lads get beat by nowt mate...

i'd of had to replace the radio as well if i called Baldy in lol. We tried everything ourselves with no luck anyway mate

**Tomcat** · Sunday 25th April 2010, 00:18

Crap!, that's a bit drastic aint it?, I presume you had a spare alloy lying around.

**p fandango** · Sunday 25th April 2010, 00:27

Originally Posted by Tomcat

Crap!, that's a bit drastic aint it?, I presume you had a spare alloy lying around.

tried everything mate, even welded a nut onto the locking one to try & get better grip but it just broke the weld. BT's now got 2 x 18" Fox R4's, 1 x 16" Perfo & 1 X 17" Tethy lol

**p fandango** · Monday 26th April 2010, 16:55

Bonny thinks its christmas, with the sun out yesterday i gave her a quick wash over (old timers will know how rare such a thing is) & after a quick chat with Oliver at TMS i switched radios. Even tho the Kenwood unit is a temporary freebie off my bro the sound is WAY better than the original unit. I've still got to put the 18's on the front & going to fit a thicker profile tyre, might even get her lowered a bit

**thebadger** · Monday 26th April 2010, 18:30

Did you consider trying to grind a slot into the head of the locking bolt & then get an impact driver on it?

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