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pics of black headlights/corners on 98-00

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    plu Well-Known Member

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    pics of black headlights/corners on 98-00

    These are the black headlight/corner lights found selling on eBay. Not homemade.
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    My opinion is that these are only worth buying if your OEM headlights are in need of repair. They are not worth it if your OEM headlights are fine. The lens are of better quality than OEM because when I applied paint thinner to the OEM they blurred up and started to disintergrate. These had no such problem.
    plu, Dec 22, 2005
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    DeebsTundra Big Tires :)

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    Pics aren't working. Try Photobucket.com.

    Also, this may be a newbie style question....but why were you putting paint thinner on your headlights? Paint thinner will eat through plastic.
    DeebsTundra, Dec 22, 2005
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    i want to avoid signing up for more spam (photobucket). I haven't used HTML in a LONG time obviously hehe what am I doing wrong with the <img> tag?

    I used paint thinner a while back when I sprayed my headlights with that smoked lens spray to give them a blacked out look and I didn't like it cuz it dimmed the light output too much to be safe.

    wELL, I'll be damned! I had to use instead of <img> </img> tags. LOL
    plu, Dec 22, 2005
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    from side it looks sweet...
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    that shit is tite ....n nice
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    yeah, side profile is cool. front is ruined by that USC plate but hey, thats just my opinion (i might be a little bias though)
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    Looks nice!
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    Yeah looks to about be on par with the JDM headlights for the 93-97 available on Ebay. I don't know whether its the housing design, the bulbs I'm using, or both, but light output isn't that great.
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    The light output is comparable to that of OEM. These are in everyway a OEM knockoff except that the corner and some of the reflector in the headlamp housing is painted.
    When I got them, at first, the output was really bad cuz I had not adjusted the beam. If you don't adjust the beam on the headlight when you install them, they will point to the floor and all you will see is a bright beam 4 ft in front of your car and poor lighting everywhere else. Aiming the beam is a pain in the ass cuz you will need a specific size mini wench to turn the knob that adjusts the headlight up or down. I suggest that you adjust the beam up a couple of turns before you install them. It will save you a lot of time in the end.

    ha ha. Different USC dude. We're the real USC est. 1801.
    plu, Dec 25, 2005
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