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Old 10-01-2010, 07:22 PM
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are garbage! stress cracks everywhere, never fit right, EVERRRRR! their junk.their not made right, they stick out in randome spots, big gaps.. this leads me to believe that all aftermarket headlights are junk, pain in the ass to aim. save your money for retros. **** pisses me the f off. now i know why i took them out a while back. DONT BUY THEM
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Where did you buy them from because I was looking into buying these.
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Old 10-01-2010, 07:30 PM
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i would just save up and get retros. got them off ebay brand new idk if you want them just know its a hassle for the fitment and you need to run hids other wise they will be stress cracked to ****. and they most likly wont fit right.
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How long did you have them on before they started messing up
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Why do the only halfway decent looking HID's have to be crap...
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Could you send a link of what head lights you got? I just order some off ebay and they come in tuesday
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Originally Posted by MyBalt10
Could you send a link of what head lights you got? I just order some off ebay and they come in tuesday

http://www.bizrate.com/automotive-pa...736653738.html

just make sure you put hid's in them thats all, and they wont stress crack
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I gotcha. I ordered these. Hope they don't crack any time soon...
05 06 07 08 09 CHEVY COBALT HEADLAMPS HEADLIGHTS BLACK: eBay Motors (item 290476569945 end time Oct-16-10 19:35:19 PDT)
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yea those are just stock but black, you will be good, i wld still get hid's for em tho
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Yea hids will be bought asap. Probably 8k
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Yea hids will be bought asap. Probably 8k
yea 8k looks fresh, good choice
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Originally Posted by O9cobaltSS
are garbage! stress cracks everywhere, never fit right, EVERRRRR! their junk.their not made right, they stick out in randome spots, big gaps.. this leads me to believe that all aftermarket headlights are junk, pain in the ass to aim. save your money for retros. **** pisses me the f off. now i know why i took them out a while back. DONT BUY THEM
I got them recently on my ss/tc. No problems after 2 months. No cracks at all and lenses are clear as a bell. There is a small gap under one light, but the bumper was a little off to begin with. You can easily adjust the aim.
Again..no problems. Got them from Modern Performance for around $190.00 as I recall. Well worth the price.

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Originally Posted by ronn
I got them recently on my ss/tc. No problems after 2 months. No cracks at all and lenses are clear as a bell. There is a small gap under one light, but the bumper was a little off to begin with. You can easily adjust the aim.
Again..no problems. Got them from Modern Performance for around $190.00 as I recall. Well worth the price.
with hid's?
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Originally Posted by O9cobaltSS
with hid's?
NO..standard halos. You can easily convert though. Mine are perfect for me..damn bright. I don't need to *announce* my presence when I drive..just my take..not bashin' hids.

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Originally Posted by ronn
I got them recently on my ss/tc. No problems after 2 months. No cracks at all and lenses are clear as a bell. There is a small gap under one light, but the bumper was a little off to begin with. You can easily adjust the aim.
Again..no problems. Got them from Modern Performance for around $190.00 as I recall. Well worth the price.

do want these...but imma take em apart and paint them to match my car, then throw in some 5K hids and chrome/amber turn signals and call it good
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do want these...but imma take em apart and paint them to match my car, then throw in some 5K hids and chrome/amber turn signals and call it good

Sounds good.
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it'll like sexy! when there off you wont hardly see them! lol
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Originally Posted by O9cobaltSS
are garbage! stress cracks everywhere, never fit right, EVERRRRR! their junk.their not made right, they stick out in randome spots, big gaps.. this leads me to believe that all aftermarket headlights are junk, pain in the ass to aim. save your money for retros. **** pisses me the f off. now i know why i took them out a while back. DONT BUY THEM
My bumper was NOT installed correctly and my factory headlights don't fit right. One side has had a larger gap in between the headlight and the bumper since day 1 of ownership. I had to spend a damn hour getting my factory lights aimed right...

What type of bulbs do these lights come with and what type of bulbs?
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Mine fit better than stock though one of mine is lightly stressed cracked from the standard halogen bulb. But they havent gotten any worse and my passenger side one still looks practically new after 6+ months. And depo will replace the stress cracked one under warranty.
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Old 11-23-2010, 10:11 PM
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Who did you contact about your headlights? Do you have a website for them?
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i have those same ones and yea they dont fit that great got a big gap above my bumper on rh side they dont leak tho which is good!
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i have those same ones and yea they dont fit that great got a big gap above my bumper on rh side they dont leak tho which is good!
I have a gap on my driver's side headlamp and I'm still stock...the fitment of the factory headlights is sub-par to say the least.

I think I might get these tho...
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Who did you contact about your headlights? Do you have a website for them?
I ordered them off of ebay. Which sucks as i need to get ahold of them for another invoice so I can send my lights out for replacement
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