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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 10:06 AM
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Default Projector Head lamp for xA.

Anyone doing customise headlamp? Really love to have em on my IST....i've edited a customise headlamp in the below picture. Photo courtesy from Auto import.

Old Feb 26, 2004 | 02:57 PM
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cant see the pic
Old Feb 26, 2004 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by TeamScion04
cant see the pic
It shows fine on my screen. Is it visible now?
Old Feb 26, 2004 | 04:33 PM
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i can see the pic, but i don't like it.. just my opinion thou.
Old Feb 26, 2004 | 09:04 PM
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blacked out is clean.

Old Feb 27, 2004 | 05:34 AM
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Originally Posted by jdm eg6
blacked out is clean.

how'd you do that?
Old Feb 27, 2004 | 05:38 AM
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damn...the smoked out headlight looks f'n tight....so how did you do that?? :D
Old Feb 27, 2004 | 04:57 PM
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that black look good!!!!!
Old Feb 27, 2004 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by jdm eg6
blacked out is clean.

very nice...i likes
Old Feb 27, 2004 | 05:07 PM
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Do the oven trick when you get them apart scuff the chrome and paint... we were doing that to Focus headlights before they came out with the svt's
Old Feb 28, 2004 | 03:38 PM
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can you get another angle, I can't tell but it looks like you left the light cones chromed, but pained the "exterior" non-reflective part of the light?
Old Mar 4, 2004 | 11:08 PM
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Speaking of headlamps...does anybody know if somebody is making the headlamps that are brighter and better quality than the stock ones? Pardon my ignorance, I don't know the name of these but a friend suggested I look into these since I HATE driving at night! Help?
Old Mar 6, 2004 | 02:51 PM
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I think you mean HID (High Intensity Discharge) lamps, but you can also just go with much less expensive (than the HID) brighter bulbs, I've not been too happy with mine...
Old Mar 6, 2004 | 07:33 PM
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Thanks....do you recommend anything in particular?
Old Mar 7, 2004 | 04:36 AM
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Piaa!! go PIAA! w00t! or Razo bulbs! just watch the wattage...
Old Mar 7, 2004 | 05:23 AM
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Default Re: Projector Head lamp for xA.

Originally Posted by bl_ist
Anyone doing customise headlamp? Really love to have em on my IST....i've edited a customise headlamp in the below picture. Photo courtesy from Auto import.

Those look like the ones I did for the Celica :lol:

Bat™

Old Mar 13, 2004 | 01:19 PM
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Blue Batmobile, how are those color matched? painted or just lucky with a vinyl color? I wouldn't mind something like that for my xA...

care to sell a set? for the front I mean... I should have read your signature first. damn newbs
Old Mar 13, 2004 | 05:42 PM
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Default Re: Projector Head lamp for xA.

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Originally Posted by bl_ist
Anyone doing customise headlamp? Really love to have em on my IST....i've edited a customise headlamp in the below picture. Photo courtesy from Auto import.

Those look like the ones I did for the Celica

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Wow thats exactly what i m looking for.....can you do something like that for IST?....would love to own a pair...
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