++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[MotF Bane]

I've been doing more consideration regarding the headlights, including an itemized list of setting them up.

 

[MotF Bane]

I know I have 35 W xenons right now. I would be changing to 35 W xenons. This makes me sometimes wonder if it is worth the cost. However...

1) My current bulbs are probably factory, meaning five years, so probably about 1500 hours, meaning they are fading.
2) Not all of that 35 W is light, as the bulbs fade, more becomes heat (which is also singing the capsule facing).
3) D2R emits slightly less light than D2S (85-95%?).
4) I do recall the G37x loaner lights were significantly superior.

 

[MotF Bane]

I would like to test drive another G37x and an Acura TL, to test their lights at night.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Can't decide if I want to go to the Final Four in New Orleans next year.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Just got an email about the position I applied for and they'll be making an interview schedule by the end of the week. I am not very confident.

 

[MotF Bane]

Anyways, lighting is about $300.

 

[MotF Bane]

Can't decide if I want to go to the Final Four in New Orleans next year.

I would say no, but then again, I have no use for basketball.

If you were asking about the Frozen Four, the answer might be different.

 

[MotF Bane]

Oh, and it turns out, if I push my left stalk to high beam switch, but the headlights are off, nothing happens. If I pull the left stalk to flash to pass spring switch, with headlights off, the H4 halogens flare.

If the headlights are ON, then high beam and F2P have essentially the same operation, either lock the H4's on, or flare them.

What this MEANS, is I probably need another wire in parallel... no, no, I do not. 35W is 35W. Oh boy. So I already should have all the wiring I need to control this stuff, which is fantastic. I'd need one additional wire to bridge the high beam switch to the bixenon solenoid.

 

[MotF Bane]

I also intend to try to reuse my ballasts, although they are remarkably slow for OEM equipment, with 2-3 second heat time. But free is a good price.

 

[MotF Bane]

So, let's be fair on the cost.

$45 for the shrouds.
$135 for the projectors/lenses.
That's $180.

Then the bulbs are another $80, but those are a fixed cost; which is to say, the D2S bulbs are the same price as the D2R bulbs.

 

[MotF Bane]

I might be able to get the D2R bulbs under warranty. They are under warranty, but I don't know if the warranty will provide replacements for 1500 hour worn blue bulbs, or only for totally dead bulbs. I suspect the latter.

 

[alfa147x]

Katrina Bowden is hot

 

[MotF Bane]

Oh yeah, and I'm thinking of selling about $600 worth of stocks to pay for winter tires, so my parents stop debating the issue. They'll just come home from work one day and find my car on new snow tires.

My Chase Freedom has been approved, and per the paperwork they sent me with the application process, it SHOULD give me $300 bonus cashback with first purchase (yeah, I'm skeptical, but mom couldn't see a trick in it either).

 

[MotF Bane]

Katrina Bowden is hot

I'd hit it, but there are much better women out there. Starting the list with any woman with an equivalent body/face but dark hair. :awe:

 

[MotF Bane]

So... choosing the stocks to sell!

 

[MotF Bane]

ShareBuilder is down again.

Really, that place spends more time offline than up.

 

[MotF Bane]

Apple peaked over $420, now at $387. Not selling those.

 

[shortylickens]

Katrina Bowden is hot

Oh dear god yes!

 

[MotF Bane]

C has plummeted from purchase price, down 35%.

 

[alfa147x]

I wonder how one proposes marriage to one like that

 

[MotF Bane]

CAT dipped. Never should've bought that when I did, it was better months before.

 

[MotF Bane]

I wonder how one proposes marriage to one like that

With a gigantic rock.

 

[alfa147x]

With a gigantic rock.

Nope. By starting as friends

 

[alfa147x]

Tanqueray

Jin and Tonic = My fav.

Was Locut0s drinking last night?

 

[MotF Bane]

Yeah, everything is down. Fuck.