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(New Goodies)Need Your Opinion on Headlight Color!(Lots of Pics)

Reply #15
Black or gun metal grey might look good. I would have to see it. The silver looks great for sure. NO BLUE!

(New Goodies)Need Your Opinion on Headlight Color!(Lots of Pics)

Reply #16
It looks pretty cool! Looks like the eye of a bird!

 

(New Goodies)Need Your Opinion on Headlight Color!(Lots of Pics)

Reply #17
 that is bright. Is that thing running 5000K's or just Silverstar halogens?

...as for color, I don't really know myself. I think the same color as the round light would be best, to take attention away from how out of place it looks. If the whole thing was chrome, it might look kind of natural.
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

(New Goodies)Need Your Opinion on Headlight Color!(Lots of Pics)

Reply #18
They are 4300k HID projectors.

I don't know if anyone local chrome plates or not, could be interesting. I think it will blend in nicely once the marker lights are redone.
...and there was light!

(New Goodies)Need Your Opinion on Headlight Color!(Lots of Pics)

Reply #19
You're gonna have to get LED's for the parking lights now so they're up to date :cool:
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L


(New Goodies)Need Your Opinion on Headlight Color!(Lots of Pics)

Reply #21
Get with Chrometech USA. They can chrome plastic for you. I had them do some model car parts (they also specialize in automotive plastic parts) Great results.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

(New Goodies)Need Your Opinion on Headlight Color!(Lots of Pics)

Reply #22
Quote from: TheFoeYouKnow;381537
I used Hella E55 halogen projectors with Panamera shrouds and clear lenses. I left the shrouds chrome and painted the buckets black.

Nice! Did you vacuum form your lenses? Did you do the install or have someone else, did you make any threads about it, if so a link would be awesome!?  :D How do like using projectors, it is suppose to take some getting use to, especially the sharp cut off. I'm slightly surprised, I figured this was going to be the first install of projectors into the aero birds, but apparently not!
 
Quote from: vinnietbird;381539
Get with Chrometech USA. They can chrome plastic for you. I had them do some model car parts (they also specialize in automotive plastic parts) Great results.

Thanks, they look promising!
...and there was light!

(New Goodies)Need Your Opinion on Headlight Color!(Lots of Pics)

Reply #23
XXXXXXI meant clear projector lenses, sourced from TRS, E55 projectors from a wrecked 2010 taurus, and shrouds, ground the diffusions out of the inside of the lenses and polished them til the were clear.  I'm not real happy with the lenses because they seem to have lots of little micro crack in them you can see with the lights on.  In any case the cutoff brings something of a learning curve, both with aiming and driving, but almost anything is better than 9004's inside diffused housings with tarnished chrome buckets. My light pattern is good, but I think my left one is rotated about 2 degrees from flat.  And as you can see from the pics, I have many other issues with the car to address before I get back to the lights.  I have a few more pics though.

(New Goodies)Need Your Opinion on Headlight Color!(Lots of Pics)

Reply #24
Pictures!

So have both lights are working and bolted in, took it for a test drive! [Big Grin] Decided to snap some pictures of my retrofited TC lights next to the TC with OEM lights.

OEM lights low beam.


OEM lights high beam.


Retrofitted low beam TC right beside the above car.


Retrofitted high beam.


Some other low beam shots.






High beam head on.


High beam from the side.
...and there was light!

(New Goodies)Need Your Opinion on Headlight Color!(Lots of Pics)

Reply #25
wow.. HUGE difference.. love it! hope my 4 eyed swap with hi/low HID's turns out half as good!
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(New Goodies)Need Your Opinion on Headlight Color!(Lots of Pics)

Reply #26
dude, nice!  I gotta copy that idea.

(New Goodies)Need Your Opinion on Headlight Color!(Lots of Pics)

Reply #27
BooYAaaa!!! Pictures!!

Sealed painted shroud without lense.




Complete sealed light, ready to be installed!

...and there was light!

(New Goodies)Need Your Opinion on Headlight Color!(Lots of Pics)

Reply #28
I was looking to find a set of these cheap at the junkyard.lol  As far as electrics go, do you need to up the circuit breaker or add a breaker?  Do you cut the plug off the donor car or how did you do that part?

http://www.americanmuscle.com/mustang-angel-eye-headlights.html

(New Goodies)Need Your Opinion on Headlight Color!(Lots of Pics)

Reply #29
I ordered this kit.

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=227&osCsid=lkprgr51f33t3fm5bv79cmtuu6j97dne

And made my own vacuum formed clear lenses.

The kit comes with everything needed including wiring, fuses, relays, ballasts, projectors, and bulbs! It is top quality stuff, I would say every bit as good as any OEM projectors. It plugs right into the factory harness so there is absolutely no cutting on the factory harness!
...and there was light!