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    What have you done to your car today?

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    9 hours ago, Dairusire said:

    Today is the day I got to eat some of my own humble pie. I have as such come here to repent for my sins.

    Turns out I was totally off the mark and am a complete oaf when it comes to wiring. Yep you heard it, got it about as wrong as you can get. Simply put I didn't terminate the positive OR negative well enough and that was all. Had nothing to do with the patch loom I bought.

    As such, the wideband is working now but the battery is stuffed... Onto the charger it is!

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    Haha bugger. We've all made silly mistakes like that before.

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    Wheel Cleaning

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    When I cleaned my OZ wheels I used a waterblaster first and then scrubbed them with a stiff wheel brush and a product like Dragons Breath or similar.

    Chemical Guys also make some great products which are now available in NZ from companies like United Car Care.

     

    What have you done to your car today?

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    37 minutes ago, Individualities said:

    Haltech is a reasonably local company, being based out of Australia. The support is there, and easy to access, and parts too.

    I'm not afraid of cost, due to me taking my time with this, and probably gonna build the car up over the next 3-5 years.

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    But Link Engine Management is an NZ company? Haltech is great and all but for a Subaru, you can't really beat a Link in NZ.

    What have you done to your car today?

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    On 1/12/2019 at 10:27 AM, Individualities said:

    That is incredibly vague. The LEDs I have bought are designed to diffuse light in a similar, or even better manner compared to a incandescent.

    Asked my old boss, from when I was mechanic. Turns out that retrofitted LEDs aren't allowed at all anymore. All I could find myself about them is that retrofitted LEDs don't meet the "performance" of manufacturer specified bulbs (incandescent). I think it's BS personally, as all the LEDs I have bought are either Osram or Philips branded, which diffuse light better than incandescent bulbs. Plus they're all like $50 a pair, and I have 6 pairs in my car.

    So for a WoF, I'll need to swap them all back to incandescent - get the WoF, and put all the LEDs back in. My old boss prefers them as they respond faster, and don't appear to have a warm up time (to the naked eye).

    Gonna tag @1randomkiwi here, as I know he's nuts on his LEDs too.

    Edit: interior retrofitted LEDs are OK. It's just the exterior ones.

     

    On 1/12/2019 at 2:43 PM, sobanoodle said:

    Do not really understand what you really gain by swapping standard bulbs with LED in case of brake lights.

    Brighter overall (especially in daylight) - questionable.

    Improve/modernise appearance - how? Still a single source of light in the same housing.

    I totally get it when people want to LED their parking lights as those look massively outdated with incandescent bulbs.

     

    On 1/12/2019 at 3:08 PM, Nachoooo said:

    Despite that, ultimately it's at the inspectors discretion... The practical concern I see is a flooded market of cheaper LED's that don't have a discernible brightness difference between tail light and brake light functions. Whilst OSRAM and Philips are quality brands and make these claims, it's all how the bulb performs in the lamp itself in the real word day and night
    Save yourself the hassle, if the bulbs are safe take it for an inspection an see if they fail before doing all that work
    One argument is no 'warm-up' time compared to traditional filament bulbs where LED are instant on. We're talking miliseconds here but...

     

    I've had LEDs throughout both my BE and BM Legacy, not a single issue with WoF or Police.

    I find the LEDs are much brighter and have a nicer, modern colour. The indicators flash in sync with the stock LED side repeaters, the brake lights come on instantly, and your can leave your car parked with the parklights on for hours without worrying about battery drain. Oh and my reverse lights actually light up dark driveways :D

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    In terms of exterior lights I have the following as LED: Brake/tail, indicators (all four corners), reverse, number plate and park lights. I will not be changing the main beam (HID), high beam (halogen) and fog lights (halogen) as using LEDs in those situations may dazzle other drivers and create an inefficient beam shape due to the way the lenses are designed.

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    What have you done to your car today?

    in General Vehicle Discussion

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    37 minutes ago, iludez said:
    41 minutes ago, Andy_Mac said:
     
    some would say the hogzaust mod is a pretty good representation of how it’ll sound with muffler deletes, worth a try

    Any side effects doing the hogzaust?

     

    Sounded like total ass on my car lol. Reverted back to stock pretty quickly.
    Might hit up @Subirex Automotive to see if he can make me an axle back setup. I was considering importing a set from overseas but it ends up being quite pricey.

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