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Old 02-23-2012, 06:15 PM
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Overall opinion i think they look nice but since some people already have done black housing them selves nothing to die for
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BLACK-07-11-...item35b9dc2db7
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Originally Posted by Normandie4life
Overall opinion i think they look nice but since some people already have done black housing them selves nothing to die for
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BLACK-07-11-...item35b9dc2db7
hmmm... ya much cheaper to get ur housings painted...

and hard to tell the look with that orange signal mucking up the right side....

i would be into just adding the LED piece at the bottom if it were bright but cant tell from the picture

but doesnt fit oem hids
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not bad and it comes with the projector bulbs for oem bi-xenons
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Not a good idea. Most A/M projectors have horrible light output.. hot spots etc etc. Your better off shipping your OEM headlamps out.

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/rec...trofitters.php
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I don't know, they look good, but I did aftermarket headlights similar to that on my Audi and they looked good, but didn't perform as well as the stock ones and the adjustment screws were cheap and never really worked. There is a reason that the ebay ones are so much cheaper than the stocks. Well, besides the "stealership" prices. With all the quality mods you have done to your car I wouldn't want to see you f it up with cheap lighting. Good find though.
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Plus is says "Wiring Modification Needed To Connnect The L.E.D Wiring On Some Items, Base Electronic Knowledge Required"

on top of getting the headlights you will have to get the wiring set up which is going to cost u a bit on top of it unless you can do it yourself but overall like i said it looks plain most definitely staying with oem headlights
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These could look good, however I dont like the fact that the turn signal housing is chrome and not black housed as well. Kinda throws it all off. Still would be cheaper to do it yourself or at your local shop.

I wouldnt mind getting these and modding them even further myself. So I can always sell the car with the OEM ones. Retrofit S2000 projectors and finish the black housing up. HmmmmMMmm... I shall ponder this =D

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Originally Posted by Normandie4life
Plus is says "Wiring Modification Needed To Connnect The L.E.D Wiring On Some Items, Base Electronic Knowledge Required"

on top of getting the headlights you will have to get the wiring set up which is going to cost u a bit on top of it unless you can do it yourself but overall like i said it looks plain most definitely staying with oem headlights
I'm pretty sure you would be able to do it yourself if you decide to go that route, if not hit me up I would be down to help. Wanna meet up w/ you eventually anyway after all the pm's. Might have the cops show up on your lawn again though.
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just noticed how smaller the eye lids are kind of narrow
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They look cheap, would not do it. Paint your own.
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They look cheap, would not do it. Paint your own.
100% AGREED
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They look ok but... No lol
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Paint your OEM these look cheap
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Originally Posted by eliteskill
These could look good, however I dont like the fact that the turn signal housing is chrome and not black housed as well. Kinda throws it all off.

This is what I thought as well. It'd look better and more uniform if the turn signal section was also blacked out, although I understand the design/safety reason behind signal reflectors.
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in my experience with ebay headlights... they're cheap.. look feel durability .. everything then again that was a long time ago and a different seller on a lexus is300.. and these look slightly ricer
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A bit more info I just found out. Those are actually Spyder headlights. Spyder has been in the aftermarket headlight game for a while and I've seen their products on a lot of other makes and models and taken a close look at the quality at SEMA.

Coincidentally enough, I was contacted by them to come and do a test fit which I'll be doing this weekend and see if we can offer any suggestions on improvements. I'd like to think I have a decent feel for the pulse of the w204 aftermarket audience, but will poll the community to see what they think after I test it out.
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if you want devil eyes get an audi..... mabie if the put the led strip in place of the eyelids and less chrome, needs to be more consistent and clean too too much going on, thats why they look ricer to me
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I tend to agree that the LED strip is kind of redundant with the eyebrows. Removal of the side turn signal and utilize the strip as an LED turn signal would make it much nicer and cleaner imo. That was what I was going to suggest. Or maybe keep the lower LED strip and utilize the eyebrows as a turn signal?
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those head lights are nasty....hope there tail lights are better lookin...
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I find it weird the opinions in this thread are more "negative" so to speak but then we've got another thread with the exact lights that's getting praise?
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Originally Posted by caligreenzzz
those head lights are nasty....hope there tail lights are better lookin...
they are nasty the way they come... but im buying them from the group buy to mod them in a cleaner format vs messing up my OEM ones trying =D

- Black the turn signal area
- Make the LEDs a little more hidden from reflections
- Retrofit s2k projectors
- Use eyebrows as turn signals (or completely delete them)

Im hoping for a cleaner look when they are done.

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Originally Posted by eliteskill
they are nasty the way they come... but im buying them from the group buy to mod them in a cleaner format vs messing up my OEM ones trying =D

- Black the turn signal area
- Make the LEDs a little more hidden from reflections
- Retrofit s2j projectors
- Use eyebrows as turn signals (or completely delete them)


Im hoping for a cleaner look when they are done.



now only if spyder had you on there development team.....
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They are a lot easier to manipulate with all the wires exposed behind the unit to play around with reconfiguration. We already beat the design to death in the initial product review thread on these when SPYDER was looking for recommendations and already said they would explore a redesign in the future taking our comments (which they were monitoring) into account. Until then, it's fairly easy to make cosmetic mods to to it. They used silicon glue to seal the unit which is easy enough to cut or bake open.


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