My new Lights!
#1
My new Lights!
Well, ive been working and waiting for 2 weeks to share this. I got my new lights setup done finally. I installed Clear Turns, Led bulbs in the corners, upgraded to 97+ housings fitted with 8000k HID's, and Im adding some custom Eyelids tomorrow. Heres some pics. Theyre all phone quality...
(I photoshopped the eyelids on this one.)
(Before I angled them way down to eliminate glare)
(Sorry for poor quality. Blackberry's cant be good at everything lol)
(I photoshopped the eyelids on this one.)
(Before I angled them way down to eliminate glare)
(Sorry for poor quality. Blackberry's cant be good at everything lol)
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#6
Yea haha. The worst thing was, I drove to my HS football game last night not thinking. When I left the area was littered with cops directing traffic. No one said a word about the mis aimed lights tho lol
Thanks, I bought some 3M carbon fiber vinyl that im gonna clear coat to and cut out. Should be done tonight.
Thanks, I bought some 3M carbon fiber vinyl that im gonna clear coat to and cut out. Should be done tonight.
#7
It's good that you're not blinding the **** out of everyone lol. But please put the eyelid over the headlights and corners, not just the headlights.
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Edit: needs a bath... i know
#11
If I had the cash and means to change it out I'd Love to. Especially since the lower left of my current one is f*cked up b/c of my dad lol
Thanks
Thanks
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#15
I got my 97+ housings for 65 with shipping so it was cheap and easy.
If I could have retro's like yours for cheap haha, id be on board all the way, yours look amazing
#22
-Add eyelids over the corner lights.
-Change amber in the bumper lights to white.
-Get rid of the aftermarket fogs.
-Keep the '95-'96 front bumper.
-Get OEM fogs.
-Add a Stillen front lip.
My sig FTW.
#23
You know the 97-99 bumper looks 10 times nicer, its got more definition to it.
#24
Yes and no. I originally liked the 97+ better but there's just something about the 95-96 front end that I really like, especially when its a real clean Max. I love my front end and I wish it were in better shape. the FX35 retro sure makes the front end look a bit more aggressive. I like both the 95-96 and 97-99 hence why I have both
Last edited by ColombianMax; 09-23-2010 at 12:35 AM.
#25
Yes and no. I originally liked the 97+ better but there's just something about the 95-96 front end that I really like, especially when its a real clean Max. I love my front end and I wish it were in better shape. the FX35 retro sure makes the front end look a bit more aggressive. I like both the 95-96 and 97-99 hence why I have both
Last edited by NiteShadeX; 09-23-2010 at 02:24 AM.
#26
Yea, theyre illegal everywhere, even if you retrofit projectors. The way ive got mine, theres no glare to oncoming traffic and they dont light up the inside of the car in front of me, theyre aimed way down and the eyelids helped reduce any glare
#28
I'm not telling him to copy me lol I just like the '95-'96 front end better and it's more original for sure. I also think it looks extremely weird with eyelids only over the headlights. OP, definitely lower your car soon like we discussed.
#30
The eyelids don't reduce glare because the reflection comes from the bottom of the headlight. Aiming them waaaay down won't help because now you'll have a ton of foreground light reducing your distance vision.
#31
Camera's over exagerate glare when taking pictures of light...... My lights produce nearly zero glare to oncoming drivers.
My distance vision is fine, as shown in my pics. Eyelids DO help by covering the top of the headlight, where the most glare is seen...
#32
eyelids do virtually nothing as queenambeach said aiming them is not taking that much glare away from oncoming traffic. i have retro's and they're an aimed beam of focused light and not just bright azz bulbs.
#34
I originally wanted to do this myself but after I read somewhere that there is a space between the bumper and the grille, I knew it wouldn't look right. Unless someone has a pic of this and say what needed to be done to get rid of the spacing..
#35
The only reason your distance vision is fine is because you're glaring down the road. Hey bro, I'm not knocking you, just informing you that whether you accept it or not, your headlights are a glare factory. Don't believe me, post a beam patter picture and see for yourself.
#37
The only reason your distance vision is fine is because you're glaring down the road. Hey bro, I'm not knocking you, just informing you that whether you accept it or not, your headlights are a glare factory. Don't believe me, post a beam patter picture and see for yourself.
#38
OP, retro is still the way to go but if you have eliminated glare good for you.
Would like to see some pictures by a wall.
This is infowire's maxima on the left with the single piece lamps and 6000k vs mine on the right with FX35 retro / ebay 4300k hid kit. His lights are aimed all the way down and notice the transformers looking reflection on the wall above his max lol
Notice the big transformers light pattern over both of our cars all coming from HIS lights lol
#40
As mentioned by Trini, it won't work well, it will but it'll look bad with a gap. I have a friend who really wanted a 95-96 grill on his 97 and I source one for him 2 years ago from the JY and it looked bad so we didnt bother leaving it on.
This is infowire's maxima on the left with the single piece lamps and 6000k vs mine on the right with FX35 retro / ebay 4300k hid kit. His lights are aimed all the way down and notice the transformers looking reflection on the wall above his max lol
This is infowire's maxima on the left with the single piece lamps and 6000k vs mine on the right with FX35 retro / ebay 4300k hid kit. His lights are aimed all the way down and notice the transformers looking reflection on the wall above his max lol