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Old Nov 22, 2013 | 05:53 PM
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you like the idea?

my upper grille evo mod, fender stripes that im bout to put on, ss badges and spoiler cap inserts are all flat black

dude post more pics of yours they look awesome. like from a 3/4 angle, on/off. i just love colored shrouds, they stick out so good!
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Old Nov 22, 2013 | 06:08 PM
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Dunno if I ever shared mine, but here they be. Flat black housing and bowl. Mini H1 morimotos. Metalcast red orbit shrouds, 5000k bulbs and hidwerks switchbacks (pass one no longer switches back?)
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Old Nov 22, 2013 | 06:14 PM
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Not the best pics, but here ya go

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Old Nov 22, 2013 | 07:08 PM
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good looking retros
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Old Nov 22, 2013 | 07:47 PM
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Out of curiousity, where does everyone ground off each side of the headlight harness? also where do you mount the ballasts? Just curious what some of you have done
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Old Nov 22, 2013 | 08:03 PM
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good looking retros
Thanks if you were referring to mine.

Originally Posted by ThexGovenor
Out of curiousity, where does everyone ground off each side of the headlight harness? also where do you mount the ballasts? Just curious what some of you have done
Bolt on fender and I put my ballasts under the headlight brackets.
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Old Nov 22, 2013 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by bmartz1991
Thanks if you were referring to mine.



Bolt on fender and I put my ballasts under the headlight brackets.
Thanks man. I should be doing it tomorrow. pretty excited.
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Old Nov 22, 2013 | 08:31 PM
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yeah both of yours look pretty sweet. brad the only thing that kind of ruins yours for me is the halo; not that the halo doesnt look good when on but when its off :/
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Old Nov 22, 2013 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ThexGovenor
Thanks man. I should be doing it tomorrow. pretty excited.
No problem, good luck.

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yeah both of yours look pretty sweet. brad the only thing that kind of ruins yours for me is the halo; not that the halo doesnt look good when on but when its off :/
Thanks boss. I really wanted a demon eye, but Mike wouldn't do it so I just went with the halos.
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Old Nov 23, 2013 | 02:35 AM
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I can see why a past vendor wouldn't do something that's illegal. I could see people complaining about it after the fact and it causing problems.
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Old Nov 23, 2013 | 05:35 PM
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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 05:03 PM
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So they went in today! They look cool. Couldnt get a good pic with my phone. However one of them is pointing like 30 degrees up. How would I go about bringing it down?
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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 05:15 PM
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use the stock adjustment screw and aim it down
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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 05:19 PM
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Have a pic of said screws? and thank you.
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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 05:32 PM
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they are just the single adjustment screw you see when you look down at them. its between the 2 10mm bolts that hold the headlight on. it has a hex head which you can see in this image I found really quick

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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 05:38 PM
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Got it! Will do it tomorrow. Also got some zip ties so I can find some more permanent mount points for my ballasts and zip ties the harness out of sight. Really appreciate the help guys.
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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 05:44 PM
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Industrial strength Velcro works really nice for attaching the ballasts to the car. I've had mine attached with Velcro for about 5 years now.
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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 05:46 PM
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Also how much travel will those screws allow? because mine is pointed up pretty high
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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 06:52 PM
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As long as your shrouds arent hitting (or binding) on the housing anywhere vertically they will be fine. Its pretty much just reliant upon shroud choice and how they are fit in
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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 08:09 PM
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Finished these up today for someone else. I wanted to finish them much earlier but my work decided to be busy and I worked 83h this week, and 60h the week before.

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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 08:15 PM
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3m tape also works for the ballasts.
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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 08:57 PM
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anyone ever use the stocker style black headlights from ebay? the ones that are like 100 - 120 bucks? think i wanna use a set of those for my new ones
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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 09:11 PM
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Pretty sure that's what Mike uses.
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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 09:16 PM
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The regular style ones from ebay that are round 100 a set aren't to bad, just have to be careful with the heat when opening them up
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Old Nov 26, 2013 | 10:28 AM
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Anyone want these?

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