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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 01:02 PM
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or you could just slow down and let them pass?
too rational for me.

edit, someone beat me to it
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 01:03 PM
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wouldn't they just give a fix it ticket which everyones gonna get signed off by a friend and pay 25 bucks? waste of their time if u ask me when they have other people they actually want to catch ie speeders etc
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by seckSti
wouldn't they just give a fix it ticket which everyones gonna get signed off by a friend and pay 25 bucks? waste of their time if u ask me when they have other people they actually want to catch ie speeders etc
Hopefully the number of fix it tickets will cost more than a professional retrofit, and they'll get the message?
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Brfatal
'04 WRX on the top, '04 STI on the bottom.




Not the same.

Other cars with HID reflector optics: Escalades, IS300s, Nissan Maximas and Acura TLs.
actually, can you point out what the obvious difference is? Other than the WRX being dirtier/less reflective and the STI missing the small center bulb hood (which they also had) they look basically identical
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by w0ng3r

Hopefully the number of fix it tickets will cost more than a professional retrofit, and they'll get the message?
highly doubt that considering they can barely catch all the law breakers out there lol i am pretty sure they wont pull over everyone with HID and they might not even know if theirs is legal or illegal until after they pull over. If that happens where they are wrong they would probably have complaints from the community so maybe they try to avoid it. So many ppl have hid these days that i dont think they can really stop it. And you get ppl with no cat ruining the enviornment even more which they dont always catch too. my gf always getting on my case when i ran catless on my rsx, about me messing up the environment. I just responded "think of all the other people who do it, my one car wont stop everyone else or help save the planet" lolol
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by seckSti
And you get ppl with no cat ruining the enviornment even more which they dont always catch too. my gf always getting on my case when i ran catless on my rsx, about me messing up the environment. I just responded "think of all the other people who do it, my one car wont stop everyone else or help save the planet" lolol
That's the wrong way to look at it. It is OK for you because others do it too? Besides, unless it was FI, catless on an N/A car is pointless anyway.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 04GG

That's the wrong way to look at it. It is OK for you because others do it too? Besides, unless it was FI, catless on an N/A car is pointless anyway.
yea i was workin my way to getting it s/c'ed( car ended up having tranny problems etc so ended selling and picked up the sti) and it is the wrong way to look at it but it's also the truth of how people are. And it was something i wanted to do and it got her to shut up so it worked for me
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by pho_shizzle
04/05 Impreza WRX Tuned by STI's came with HID's from factory with proper reflector shrouds rather than projector optic lens.
Originally Posted by Max Xevious
the 05 STi had HIDs but without projectors

HIDs not always need projectors to work correctly, but they DO need the proper cutoff as not to blind everyone.

don't just jump to a conclusion that someone with HIDs and no projectors are an *******.
Hell yea we know our ****!

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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Krinkov
actually, can you point out what the obvious difference is? Other than the WRX being dirtier/less reflective and the STI missing the small center bulb hood (which they also had) they look basically identical
'04 WRX on the left, '04 STI on the right
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Krinkov
actually, can you point out what the obvious difference is? Other than the WRX being dirtier/less reflective and the STI missing the small center bulb hood (which they also had) they look basically identical
Look at the size and shape of the reflective panels. Light is reflected at slightly different angles on the HID one compared to the halogen.

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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by seckSti
yea i was workin my way to getting it s/c'ed( car ended up having tranny problems etc so ended selling and picked up the sti) and it is the wrong way to look at it but it's also the truth of how people are. And it was something i wanted to do and it got her to shut up so it worked for me
There is no question it is the way people are unfortunately.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 01:58 PM
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Brfatal
Look at the size and shape of the reflective panels. Light is reflected at slightly different angles on the HID one compared to the halogen.

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thanks, also looking again the STi has more reflectors than the WRX (14 vs 11)
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 02:07 PM
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 09:13 PM
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