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Old Nov 17, 2008 | 08:41 PM
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Are there any good quality headlights that are not just piece of junk on the market? All I can find is the ebay ones and I dont know if that is reliable. Anyone have any that they can give good feedback on?
Old Nov 17, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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anzos ive heard are so far the "best" aftermarket lights

usually the problems with any after market lights is either the halos die out. leds die out or the MAIN problem is the offcut on the projectors blow. so really is it worth taking the risk and being 200/300 dollars down nah its not

ur best bet would be saving up ur money watever u were willing to spend on headlights and jus do a retrofit. projectors will be better cutoff will be better and u can also throw sum halos on the lights as well
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how much would a retrofit cost
Old Nov 17, 2008 | 09:57 PM
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as much as you wanna spend.
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Or you can get the 08+ headlights and do some custom halos....thats what im going to be doing
Old Nov 17, 2008 | 11:00 PM
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your best bet is to get the 2008 headlights.
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retro ftw!
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Originally Posted by Yanki01
retro ftw!
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 03:07 AM
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Anzo's can be made to work, you can replace the halo's with some designed for computers, put in an eyebrow from the stock headlights, and fix the cutoff...

Oh, and don't forget to reseal them, the fogging/moisture issue is pretty bad on some of them as well.
Old Nov 18, 2008 | 03:08 AM
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my anzos NEVER fogged.

but hey, go figure that the set that didnt fog gets to have teh blown halos
Old Nov 18, 2008 | 03:34 AM
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I had the first gen Anzos. Never gave me any problems. The one headlight bulb went out, but I replaced it for like $5 from Wal-Mart, lol.
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08+ FTW
Old Nov 20, 2008 | 07:06 PM
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keep the factory head lights and use slyvania superstars

worked great for me
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pff sylvania superstars lmfao jus go wit HID's instead
Old Nov 20, 2008 | 07:20 PM
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they are called silverstars...

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retrofit, ftmfw.
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Originally Posted by Rys07tC
retrofit, ftmfw.
amen!
Old Nov 21, 2008 | 03:30 PM
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Whats some of the companys that do the retrofiting? I dont think I could do it myself. I seen that there were a couple of companies that retrofit but I cant remember what the name of them was.
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lightwerkz.net does really great work and has great communication
Old Nov 28, 2008 | 10:04 PM
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what is better.. i have an 08 tc, and have been thinking about retro fitting.... since i already have the projector... wil an hid conversion kit just do the trick for me instead?



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