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06-01-2020, 04:56 PM | #1 |
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Aftermarket headlights?
Anyone know where I could find some aftermarket headlights that are reliable. Im looking for 5500k-6000k (alpine/bright white). Just not to familiar when it comes to aftermarket headlights. Also are they places that sell the unit with the led light that goes across the top of the headlight.
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06-01-2020, 05:00 PM | #2 |
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99% of aftermarket headlights are trash. The only way to get a good headlight is to go OEM, or modify an aftermarket housing with a quality lens from another OEM.
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06-01-2020, 05:17 PM | #3 |
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Agreed the aftermarket ones are absolute trash, they may look kind of cool initially but they will break quickly and will begin to yellow very quickly due to the poor UV insulation.
there are people out there that will modify your existing headlight to fit your lighting preferences while still keeping the factory quality of the majority of the components. Keep in mind that once a headlight has been modified it likely will never seal 100% and could suffer from leaks at some point. |
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06-01-2020, 06:25 PM | #4 |
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I was thinking of getting LUX lights so at least my halo’s were white and vibrant. But I would hate it during the night when the cheap looking yellow halogens lights shine through them. I know you can LED’s for them but it doesn’t really work without the projector lenses. I don’t want to blind people coming towards me
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06-01-2020, 06:36 PM | #5 | |
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1. Projector retrofit + LED angel eyes 2. Aftermarket LEDs + Osram night breakers Things to consider: The halogen headlight ring design is awful. The way the light is refracted through the rings results in a much dimmer result compared to the rings in xenon headlights. It won't be worth it to drop money on LUX LEDs when the headlight design itself is bad. |
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06-01-2020, 10:55 PM | #7 | |
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Love the flat bottom of the halo, would like a projector lens, that top led light going across looks very nice as well. I’m going to sit down tomorrow and do some research. Thanks |
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06-02-2020, 12:15 AM | #8 |
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I have the headlights on the top pic (if you couldn't tell by my pfp). They're not bad, projector cutoff is a little rough but they do the trick. Highly recommend getting some led turn signal bulbs (that look more aluminum than yellow) to get rid of the egg yolk effect that the bulbs that come with the lights give.
I bought mine from VIPMotoz. There's a couple different models also so be sure to get the one with the HID kit (JD Cars did this on his old e90)
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View post on imgur.com Here's a picture of my old car. LCI halogens that I converted over. I would just look up things like "projector retrofit" to get an idea of the process. |
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06-02-2020, 12:32 PM | #11 |
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This was a long time ago, so I picked up everything from Umnitza. You can do the same off of theretrofitsource and bavgruppe
Here's what you'd need: 1. dtm angel eyes from bavgruppe 2. d2s projectors 3. HID wiring harness 4. d2s bulbs 5. d2s ballasts 6. project shrouds It's a decent amount of work, but the results are great. Other option would be to do a xenon retrofit which will be easier, but cost a bit more. |
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1. 220-240 for dtm angel eyes 2. 100-140 for a set of projectors 3. 20 or 40 for a cheap or decent wiring harness. I'd spend more for the harness of theretrofitsource.com 4. 50-80 for bulbs 5. 30-50 for ballasts 6. 10-20 for projector shrouds |
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