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Nice or Rice?

If you have to ask if it's rice, it's probably rice. I'm a fan of original, unmodified though. $3450 seems a bit ridiculous for a set of lights.
 
mmntech said:
If you have to ask if it's rice, it's probably rice. I'm a fan of original, unmodified though. $3450 seems a bit ridiculous for a set of lights.
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I thought he was saying these were for the new MY? As in, OE Nissan parts?

The tails look fine with the 'halos,' but those inner bulbs (brakes?) seem ungodly bright. I don't know why we don't have more strict DOT regs on that stuff. I've gotten migraines from sitting behind unmodified cars in line at the pharmacy or some other horribly inefficient operation that requires me to sit there for 10+ minutes and stare at someone's brake lights.

I liked LED's when the execution was 'use a small number of lights to illuminate a large panel.' The newer trend of 'mount ten mid-range Streamlights in a circle' is both ugly and painful.

The headlights, I like for the exact opposite reason; instead of yet another row of Audi-esque separate LED's, they made that lovely little Tron-esque thing. Seems well-executed (evenly lit) and not blinding. Not that the Audi lights are blinding, but some of their imitators have gotten kinda bad.

The bulk of my LED hate remains reserved for tail/brake lights, though.
 
phucheneh said:
I thought he was saying these were for the new MY? As in, OE Nissan parts?

The tails look fine with the 'halos,' but those inner bulbs (brakes?) seem ungodly bright. I don't know why we don't have more strict DOT regs on that stuff. I've gotten migraines from sitting behind unmodified cars in line at the pharmacy or some other horribly inefficient operation that requires me to sit there for 10+ minutes and stare at someone's brake lights.

I liked LED's when the execution was 'use a small number of lights to illuminate a large panel.' The newer trend of 'mount ten mid-range Streamlights in a circle' is both ugly and painful.

The headlights, I like for the exact opposite reason; instead of yet another row of Audi-esque separate LED's, they made that lovely little Tron-esque thing. Seems well-executed (evenly lit) and not blinding. Not that the Audi lights are blinding, but some of their imitators have gotten kinda bad.

The bulk of my LED hate remains reserved for tail/brake lights, though.
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Agreed. I hate sitting behind a car with super bright brake lights at night. Some of them are just blinding...

Of course, lifted trucks are a far worse menace.
 
JulesMaximus said:
Agreed. I hate sitting behind a car with super bright brake lights at night. Some of them are just blinding...

Of course, lifted trucks are a far worse menace.
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I put an led brake light on my bike that will burn your eyes out. Better to annoy the fellow behind me than to have him run over me.
 
Are 24/7 white led strips and cfls the next "blue headlight" fad or something?

Looks like it would go well with rims with LCDs in them.
 
Midwayman said:
Unlikely. At least the HID fronts. AFAIK there are no DOT approved retrofits and most states require DOT approved to be legal.
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they are stock 2015 GTR headlights and tailights

iirc, the front's are LED lights now (instead of HID like the previous years)
 
It still blows my mind that companies managed to get people to by $1000-2000 headlights and 100-200 bulbs.

But hey, more power to them!!!

I want NONE of that crap on my car, thx
 
Vdubchaos said:
It still blows my mind that companies managed to get people to by $1000-2000 headlights and 100-200 bulbs.

But hey, more power to them!!!

I want NONE of that crap on my car, thx
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in the gtrs case, a lot of it is artificial to help certain models keep their uniqueness

e.g. black edition spoiler is over 10k, in reality it probably cost 1-2k... but it cost so much, to deter premium owners from buying it, and help owners of black edition cars keep their exclusivity
 
If it's stock on the current model year and retro-fittable to your car then I don't think it's rice. Particularly not if it adds functionality, but still OK IMO if it's just cosmetic preference. This is of course assuming drop in replacement on a vehicle of the same basic generation.

I'd probably do it if it were mine.

Viper GTS
 
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It's your car, who cares what anyone else thinks of the lights? If you want them and have that sort of disposable cash then go ahead.

If it was my car, I'd be spending that money making it stop quicker/handle better/go faster than have pretty lights...
 
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