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07-03-2014, 09:38 AM
#851
I've always been curious, are tinted/smoked headlight lenses aftermarket? They look darker and flow nicely with a black balt. I have Gen 2 headlights, and the lenses are the stock looking type, white basically the way it looks on the car, and every time I see a black car with the darker/smoked headlights it made me want to inquire. Can I buy them somewhere, or is it something you do yourself? Not really looking for headlight covers, and I know VHT nightshade on headlights is illegal, any help would be appreciated!
02-01-2015, 03:09 PM
#853
Just a little help for those who nightshade their taillights and want to redo them after they get a little worn out, to strip the nightshade off harmlessly I just sprayed goof off on them and wiped and it came off cleanly and didn't kill the plastic. Repainted and clean looking as it gets.
02-12-2015, 04:18 PM
#856
recommended halo projectors
I have an 09 SS and these halo projectors are starting to catch my attention. They make the cobalt look sick but which ones would you say are the best? If i'm about to drop $300+ I want to make sure im buying the best, thanks
03-07-2015, 10:48 PM
#858
Finished my customized OEM taillights. LED tubing for running lights, 2007 Passat LED inserts for brake and blinkers. I like how these turned out. They are much brighter than the camera can capture, and no part of them is amber, they are bright red through and through.
03-16-2015, 06:02 PM
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The Retrofit Source sometimes sells the E-55 projectors, but their EvoX-Rs are even better. I have the EvoX-Rs on my Cobalt and they definitely have very good light output.
04-26-2015, 01:23 PM
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Is there a How-to on here how to reinstall stock headlights back on from Gen 2 Projectors equipped with HID's? Ive searched around and came up short. Basically I want to take out my Gen 2 projector assemblies out so I can take them apart and clean the inside cause theyre pretty hazed from the inside, but I want my car to still be driveable in the meantime so Im putting in my second set of headlights in.
07-23-2015, 10:58 AM
#870
Question about headlights.
I currently have stock headlights. I got the cree gen 5 9007 led "bulbs". The light spread is fine, but I don't want to be blinding on comers so I still need to tweak and align. My question is, if I go with depo gen 4's with projectors, they say their bulbs are H7's. But they are plug n play? I haven't seen how they plug in , but how are they doing that? If I get the gen 4's then I'll have to get another set of cree led lights, I assume....H7's.
I currently have stock headlights. I got the cree gen 5 9007 led "bulbs". The light spread is fine, but I don't want to be blinding on comers so I still need to tweak and align. My question is, if I go with depo gen 4's with projectors, they say their bulbs are H7's. But they are plug n play? I haven't seen how they plug in , but how are they doing that? If I get the gen 4's then I'll have to get another set of cree led lights, I assume....H7's.
08-11-2015, 10:28 AM
#871
Question about headlights.
I currently have stock headlights. I got the cree gen 5 9007 led "bulbs". The light spread is fine, but I don't want to be blinding on comers so I still need to tweak and align. My question is, if I go with depo gen 4's with projectors, they say their bulbs are H7's. But they are plug n play? I haven't seen how they plug in , but how are they doing that? If I get the gen 4's then I'll have to get another set of cree led lights, I assume....H7's.
I currently have stock headlights. I got the cree gen 5 9007 led "bulbs". The light spread is fine, but I don't want to be blinding on comers so I still need to tweak and align. My question is, if I go with depo gen 4's with projectors, they say their bulbs are H7's. But they are plug n play? I haven't seen how they plug in , but how are they doing that? If I get the gen 4's then I'll have to get another set of cree led lights, I assume....H7's.
unplug ur headlight harness from the car's main socket.
plug in the gen 4. piece of cake
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09-18-2015, 04:01 PM
#874
Although I like the tube LED tails I made this spring a lot, one thing I didn't like about them was that only the outers light up as brake lights. The nice thing about the "GTR" style double LED tails I had before these, was that all four of them lit up.
So I got to thinking why not combine the two? I happened to have a spare set of K2 Motor smoked red tails so I used those instead of the clear smoked ones. I also blacked out the insides to give them even more of a "smoked" look.
Here's what they looked like without the lenses:
Here they are with the lenses:
Here they are in the car. They don't seem as dark here because of the bright sunlight.
And this is them lit up in the car (outer rings are running lights, inner rings are brake lights):
I have a promotional video of how they work that I can't show on here but if you PM me I'll send you the link.
They also have the sequential blinkers & brakes.
My next project is going to be to make these fully switchable so they can function completely like the "old" GTR tails with just the K2 rings, or, at the flick of a switch, they could be switchbacks with the K2 rings functioning ONLY as brakes. What can I say, it keeps me off the street
So I got to thinking why not combine the two? I happened to have a spare set of K2 Motor smoked red tails so I used those instead of the clear smoked ones. I also blacked out the insides to give them even more of a "smoked" look.
Here's what they looked like without the lenses:
Here they are with the lenses:
Here they are in the car. They don't seem as dark here because of the bright sunlight.
And this is them lit up in the car (outer rings are running lights, inner rings are brake lights):
I have a promotional video of how they work that I can't show on here but if you PM me I'll send you the link.
They also have the sequential blinkers & brakes.
My next project is going to be to make these fully switchable so they can function completely like the "old" GTR tails with just the K2 rings, or, at the flick of a switch, they could be switchbacks with the K2 rings functioning ONLY as brakes. What can I say, it keeps me off the street
can't even speak that's all I have to say and of course that I would a set