DaytonaPrelude

I have gone through pages of FAQ's. I have used the search multiple times. A few easy questions.

I want to put brighter lights in my jdm fogs, or change the color.. someone said something about a capsule mod(the only thing I have NOT searched yet) and Convert to H3. Of course in the thread where it suggests to convert to H3, if gives this link HOW TO: Convert H3C to H3 Bulbs - Toronto Prelude Club which has to be the worst instructions ever.. it doesn't tell you what to do with the wires and crap.

Easier question to ask, but harder to find because of the sheer number of results.. clearing out the front turn signals and the rear turn signals... getting out the orange. I have yet to find a search result that says anything but "use a soldering iron" or "take a hammer and.." for each it says break them out. I tried breaking the yellow lenses out of my old JDM headlights(Integra) based on advice like that, and never could get the crap out. I am not willing to mess up my pretty prelude.

For anyone who is thinking about telling me about the search function.. I have read about 50 different posts going back before 2002 that all had people telling other people to search. If all you have to offer is the same crap as 6 years ago, keep your opinion to yourself.

Why do people ask in the first place? To avoid spending hours and hours SEARCHING for an answer that someone else could give in about.. 10 minutes. If it was better organized, it may be easier to find stuff..


I can tell you WHY people should NOT reply with "USE SEARCH".. because then you have one more post that will come up IN a search that keeps you from finding what you NEED. In forums THIS old, it is pretty hard to find anything OTHER than people saying "Click search, type in your search words.."

Seriously.. think about it. Every single time someone says GO SEARCH, you have one more crappy thread that keeps you from FINDING anything!

I am also interested in finding pictures of people with blacked out 5th gen headlights, and I have only found a few tiny pics that show little detail, and no pics of what the light pattern looks like after, is it brighter, not as bright..

Or different methods of smoking out taillights. Or front turn signals. I think this would all look good on a white car.

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Solid

If you want different color or brightness get different bulbs. H3Cs are available all over the web.

Not sure why your complaining about searching. It works great for people that have been here a while.

Hit up member's rides and click "search this forum" for blacked out lights, smoked tails, and other things like that.

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DaytonaPrelude

I have found one single thread that said something other than "use the search button". There are over 6 years of people telling other people to search, so what are you going to find the most of? The original post from 7 years ago, or the 100 posts since where people said to use the search.

You say "It works great for people that have been here a while," but I have about 6 years worth of people asking very simple questions to show otherwise. Most of those threads offered absolutely nothing and should have been deleted or something, which would make searching more effective.

I will take your advice on searching through member rides.. I just didn't think people would take pictures of what the lights(the actual light at night) look like unless the thread was specifically about the lights being modified.

I would go out there right now and break the orange **** out of my tail and turn lights if I knew those were actually GOOD instructions.. but I will be damned if I want to screw something up because a few people just gave what sounded like crappy advice. I just think there has to be a better way of doing it.

And as far as getting different H3C bulbs.. I am not sure what the big differences are, what to look for? Like this website has them, but it says 55W=85W.. says nothing about color or are they 5300k, or 7000k... nothing. And, I don't know what I am looking for really, I do NOT want yellow, I want something that is going to shine bright blue..

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Solid

I promise everything you are looking for has been beaten to death already. Like I said, go buy some new bulbs for different color. Remember the JDM fogs are actually running lights, not for illumination.

There is a detailed how to on "clearing turn signals".

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DaytonaPrelude

I searched "clearing turn signals", "Clearing signals" and just searched clearing and signals and still didn't find jack except "break them out" one way or the other. I just want to verify that isn't BAD advice before I go and do it!

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Solid

I think it is pointless, but some people want to have ugly halogen colored signals. You'll want some PIAA amber bulbs or amber LEDS + resistors.

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Storm_Rider

Ugly orange piece in tail lights and blinkers? Best way to get rid of it?

i'm guessing you saw and refer to that thread thanks to your hours of searching (took others about 2 mins but that's ok)

if you don't like their method, all i can suggest personally is to either buy clear turn signals (or black) off of ebay and the fronts will be solved.

as for the rear, you can bake the assembly open and beautifully remove the amber for perfect results at the risk of not sealing it back up fully.

i'd rather brake the amber than open up the assembly, but i'll be doing that anyways when do led field in my tails.

if you wanna take a shot at it with soldering iron, or hammer, like dozens of others have done, then here's a guide with some not so helpful pics

NTPOG 5th Gen Clearing the Rear Signals

i can only conclude that since no other sure fire ways have been documented in the past 6 years of "go search" attitude, that there is no real better way. i personally appreciate the effort you put in this time

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Storm_Rider

i got curious and looked on the 2nd and 3rd page of results and found this other helpful thread.. turns out i did not originate the idea of baking to remove the amber

Clearing OEM Tails Using the Oven Method

and in that thread you will see this link

II_shprelude_II's 1997 Honda Prelude on CarDomain - Page 4

which i really like that method. all in all, 15 mins of time it took to find an answer for me. though i get the feeling you aren't happy with any of the methods described that's why you took hours?

oh just a tip, you may want to customize your search a bit or screen results, i only came up on one or two threads that only contained "go search". try not looking at a thread with only 1 or 2 replies, as that obviously should not have a good answer. threads with numerous replies should logically tell you that a lot of people found it helpful and commented in it or gave suggestions

as for the jdm fogs, if you want it ubber bright, get a hid kit and put them in there. the yellow condom mod is unnecessary to me as you can just use a yellow bulb... unless you want the specific yellow that condom gives you

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ThatPreludeGuy

^^^ I'll add something about the yellow condoms for the JDM's, they allow you to use the OEM H3c bulbs which for me lasted far longer then the PIAA Ion Yellow H3c bulbs. Also the OEM bulbs are cheaper and easier to find then the PIAA's in case one fails.

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