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Old Jul 8, 2006 | 04:20 AM
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I knew it was coming....But tonight I finally get stopped about my crappy eBay dual halo headlights. The cop tells me I need to get some brighter lights.... Somehow he ignores the fact that I have the damd cover on my headlights. So I need to get my lights brighter, so that I don't get a fix it ticket for my damd cover. Going back to OEM isn't an option now since they won't work with the damd cover.....

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1. Buy HIDs for the halos I got, but I am somewhat worried about how the light output will looks with these. Plus it is basically one more illegal head light part.

2. Buying a new set of headlights....but after looking at more and more aftermarket lights, they all seem to suck. Anyone know which ones work better?

3. Buy a set of JDM headlights........cost and time being the fall back on these.

Any help would be great..........
Old Jul 8, 2006 | 04:56 AM
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3. works best for me :D
Old Jul 8, 2006 | 05:34 AM
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what cover do you speak of can pics plz.
Old Jul 8, 2006 | 07:45 AM
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I would get the jdm lights. I got mine off ebay for a steal and had them in 1 week... I run HID's in the,. I would be worried as you are about the HID's in the projectors
Old Jul 8, 2006 | 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by metal112524
what cover do you speak of can pics plz.
wow.. didn't know you had the damd cover..
it's what dave mouton (toy xBox) has on his vehicle too. this is dave's car all damd'd out

then i found this of spider's


i say go jdm if you can.
Old Jul 8, 2006 | 09:30 AM
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trade ya for some smoked oem headlights w/ hids plus a FFF for the cover..... pretty please!!
Old Jul 8, 2006 | 02:23 PM
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Yep thats mine. I don't have many good pics of the current setup. Since its going to the body shop monday. Also I can't trade it, I just got it and I've wanted one since I saw the Bbx concept. So I got to keep it for a little bit.

So why doesn't it surprise me everyone is voting for JDM lights....
Old Jul 8, 2006 | 02:26 PM
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prolly cause everybody on this board is JDM crazy.
I think a good 70% would have bought the Bb if it was offered, instead of the XB... somebody should make a poll about that.
Old Jul 8, 2006 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Spider13
Yep thats mine. I don't have many good pics of the current setup. Since its going to the body shop monday. Also I can't trade it, I just got it and I've wanted one since I saw the Bbx concept. So I got to keep it for a little bit.

So why doesn't it surprise me everyone is voting for JDM lights....
Are those JDM Headlights? I wanna get those black headlights. Where can I find it?

EDIT: I was surfing around e bay, are these the same ones?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/02-05...06020236QQrdZ1

Are the lights emitted kinda "blue"? What tail lights to match it? The best I found find is...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-04...spagenameZWDVW
Old Jul 10, 2006 | 03:12 PM
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could try some brighter bulbs. Silverstars maybe?
Old Jul 10, 2006 | 03:17 PM
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I was about to say, throw some Silverstars in there. i get complaints that they are too bright, so they should balance everything out nicely with the cover.
Old Jul 10, 2006 | 04:15 PM
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jdm
Old Jul 10, 2006 | 05:49 PM
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Hid..JDM's cutoff goes the opposite way..love the cover BTW!
Old Jul 10, 2006 | 06:14 PM
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Well, I had to do some other stuff to the car today. So I decided to look at the lights some. See if I could help them out. One of the harnesses is burned up and broken. So I guess I need to get new lights. I am off to shop new lights I guess.
Old Jul 12, 2006 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by DiStUrBeD_AzN
Are those JDM Headlights? I wanna get those black headlights. Where can I find it?

EDIT: I was surfing around e bay, are these the same ones?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/02-05...06020236QQrdZ1

Are the lights emitted kinda "blue"? What tail lights to match it? The best I found find is...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-04...spagenameZWDVW
These are JDM aftermarket-- I got mine in last saturday, and they were drop shipped complete with Japanese instructions and warranty card (good thing I can read it!)

I think everyone here wants you to roll with the JDM OEM lights which have a dual element instead of the one H4 bulb like the USIM xB. I can vouch for these angel eyes though-- the light beam is nice and focused and even with the stock bulbs it comes with, its very bright. just pop in some silverstars and its all good!
Old Jul 19, 2006 | 07:46 AM
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i wish someone would throw up some pics ofthe projection spread, shoot a photo of the lighting hitting a wall or something? thx
Old Jul 19, 2006 | 07:49 AM
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I can do that tomorrow... I just got the stock bulbs it came with in for now-- Ill get some silverstars over the weekend
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