New one piece smoked headlights installed

1slow95

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I put a crappy pic up in the Latest Stang Pics thread a few days ago. I finally got the car cleaned up today and got some decent pics. They're a little darker than I was expecting....I wasn't too sure about them at first, but they're starting to grow on me.

I found them on ebay a couple weeks ago. Quality isn't great, but they seem to fit decent and the price was reasonable. They have 3 LED's in them, but only 2 of them work in each light. The seller is in Hong Kong and I don't really care about the LED's anyway so I just left them unplugged.

 

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95five-oh

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i like 'em. never seen one piece on a 94-98 before

 

Blackened302

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wow, those look a lot better than all the other 1-piece headlights i've seen. i'd paint the little clips holding the lens to the housing, though... but i'm pretty anal about little details. looks great, man!!

 

BlownFiveLiter

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To me, they look like some GTS covers over stock lights.

 

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Stopsign32v

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StangGT1995 said:

To me, they look like some GTS covers over stock lights.

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Thats what I was thinking. Alittle ricey too with the 3 LEDs.

 

1slow95

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StangGT1995 said:

To me, they look like some GTS covers over stock lights.

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Exactly, which is what I don't like about them. I probably should have went with the BOI smoked lights, but I wanted something different. I do like the way they look with the lights on.


I don't mind the 3 LED's, though I do agree they're a little ricey. That's one reason they're not hooked up.

 

Black Stampede

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I agree with them looking like cheapo headlight covers. Love your car Mike, but those headlights are ugly. Go back to clear!

 

ProKiller

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how are they at night? any better than the clears you had before?

 

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Go back to clear.

 

1slow95

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Haven't drove at night yet so I don't how good they are.

I'm kinda starting to like them. They really don't look that bad up close and in the sunlight.


High res pic from earlier today. Just buffed the car.

 

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it looks like those were bought and then repainted with some spray on tint....

 

95Vert

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Too bad you're starting to like them...If you start disliking them, let me know, I need a set for my SN...Better yet, if you want me to stop harrassing you over them, send me a link so I can buy my own.

Thanks

 

Venom351R

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sweet...

How did you mount your plate down on your bumper like that? I have not had any issues yet w/ having no front plate but Im just courious.

 

1slow95

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Link, http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1994...39:1|66:2|65:12|240:1318&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14
Quality isn't great, just a warning. I had to modify the corner bulb on one side since they had it mounting the same direction on both sides. Basically I removed the stop so the bulb could be rotated enough to get the wire plugged in. But I haven't had any other problems with them, other than the LED's not working but who cares about LED's??

As for visibility at night, they're definitely darker than the clear lights. I switched from blue bulbs to silverstars and it's close to what it was with the clears. If you do a lot of night driving I wouldn't recommend them.


For the plate, I drilled a couple holes in the metal bumper support and zip tied the plate to it. I bent the top of the plate in a 90* angle so it sits flush against the bottom of the bumper support. Not sure how legal it is though....

 

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I'll throw in another "like them" vote.