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changed the head lights
« on: 16 February 2009, 10:35:12 »

thats the old head lights


the new projector head lights

don't know what i'm going to do with the old head lights
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Re: changed the head lights
« Reply #1 on: 16 February 2009, 10:53:54 »
Makes a seriously noticeable difference. Did you get the new lights new?
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Re: changed the head lights
« Reply #2 on: 16 February 2009, 10:55:12 »
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Makes a seriously noticeable difference. Did you get the new lights new?

no second hand but after a good clean they look better than new :y
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Re: changed the head lights
« Reply #3 on: 16 February 2009, 18:06:47 »
Looks good mate :y
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Re: changed the head lights
« Reply #4 on: 16 February 2009, 18:08:15 »
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Looks good mate :y
thanks cant wait to try them tonight when i get ann from work
ill dig the decent camera out and take some good photo's
the mig needs a good clean first
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Re: changed the head lights
« Reply #5 on: 16 February 2009, 18:27:51 »
Are these the HID or just the Halogen ones?
There are a few mods you can do to these... Clear lenses and curved shields does the trick!
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Re: changed the head lights
« Reply #6 on: 16 February 2009, 18:29:32 »
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Are these the HID or just the Halogen ones?
There are a few mods you can do to these... Clear lenses and curved shields does the trick!

no not the hids
how do you go about doing the tricks to the lenses and shields
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Re: changed the head lights
« Reply #7 on: 16 February 2009, 20:41:11 »
I've just fitted Osram Nightbreaker bulbs into my projector headlights, make a massive difference, well worth it,  :y
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Re: changed the head lights
« Reply #8 on: 17 February 2009, 15:53:40 »
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Are these the HID or just the Halogen ones?
There are a few mods you can do to these... Clear lenses and curved shields does the trick!

no not the hids
how do you go about doing the tricks to the lenses and shields


Ahhh well I have been studying those things for a few months now and I have found this...

OEM stuff is more fuzzy harder to tell where the cutoff is, and they try to make it so there is no color at the cutoff line...

NOW ME>.... I like color and sharpness so here is what I did....

LEXUS RX Projectors which are  just as good if not better then the KING S2000 projectors...

CHeaper and superiror light quality and distribution...

CLEAR LENSE  Sharpens the lines and adds more color at teh cutoff so your lights appear blue/purple when you are near that light bad...

Then CURVED SHIELD actually sharpens and also widens the beam itself so now you have extra wide and extra sharp beam...

If I had to describe or compare my headlights before I'd say I had about 90degree (45deg/ from cetner) lighting so it barely coverd my lane and half of the one next to me... my fog lights shined wider then the main low beam...

WIth the RX projectors I get more like 130-150deg beam width... and just driving down the road the other night I was on a intersection where the highway was 5 lanes wide with shoulders on each end and cement walls...

So me being right in the middle lane I can see my headlights shingin bright and even across all 5 lanes and clearlign displaying a wide bright thick beam on the cement walls... and thast all with just 35W HID kit...

Wait untill I get the 55W HID kit, as that will add another 30% output and will probably be the brightest HID set up out there...



Here are comparison shots of the Projectors and the Output of each...



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Re: changed the head lights
« Reply #9 on: 17 February 2009, 16:35:10 »
what a difference mate
looks great
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Re: changed the head lights
« Reply #10 on: 17 February 2009, 17:00:42 »
Yep not a bad improvement, it was probably the best 150$ i have ever spent on the car... the difference is stunning.


I was just tired of waiting for a good cheap set on ebay so I just found a good quality newer set and bought it... 115$ for the Projectors  and 40$ for the lenses.  
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Re: changed the head lights
« Reply #11 on: 10 June 2009, 15:13:03 »
do you still have the old head lights
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Re: changed the head lights
« Reply #12 on: 10 June 2009, 17:34:10 »
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do you still have the old head lights
no mate got rid of them a while ago

send a pm to miggy24
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Re: changed the head lights
« Reply #13 on: 10 June 2009, 18:07:20 »
100% better mate :y
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Re: changed the head lights
« Reply #14 on: 10 June 2009, 20:49:58 »
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100% better mate :y

been done ages now

this is an old thread ;D ;D
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