Tint/Headlights?

get the second ones you posted pics of. where are you at in md?

hagerstown. i was just down in oc for car week. did u make it down? ill be back down there on the 4-7 of june for a shark fishing tourney...

nice dude. friday night was a good one. i was chillin on top of the quality inn parking garage there near 33rd street or somethin till they shut down coastal highway. ended up gettin kicked out of my hotel room at like 3am by some doucher i was stayin with

yeah they were pretty cool. ran across the street at like 1030 with a keg, but we were shootin the **** all night. we'll have to hook up some point, after this fishing trip ill be back in november again.

I really like the clean ones. Your body molding is white so keep the clear, itll be cleaner. If the molding was black ide go tinted headlights. Either way you have a wicked nice lookin coupe, post up pics with the tint and whatever lights you choose!
Matt

Dont tint your windshield, I have mine tinted and debating it in another thread. I like the smoked ones. I have smoked on my car and like them alot. I have a black car though so maybe the clear would look better on yours. When I upgraded to smoked headlights, and my tinted windshield, I had to change my bulbs to the brightest ones, and it is still hard to see at night, only because of the windshield though. Headlights alone did not have much effect as for visibility but my stock headlights were fogged up and yellow like yours though, so I think that dimmed the lights as well. I think the smoked lights would look awsome.

smoked ones

dont tint windshield go with the smoked clears

nice car

daviszx3 said:

ok i've asked this question before but im getting my windows tinted on thursday 20% all around and now have some money for headlights so need help which ones should i get what would look best on my car and if anyone feels up to it mayb they could photochop the tint and lights...but here pics of car how it sits now and some of the lights i was considering thanks...

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I'd go with these..... Diamond clears ftw.

I think these are the third ones you have listed, SMOKED
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I got the smoked ones from Latemodel and I love them

I say smoked

MahFiVeOh said:

Diamond clears ftw.

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+1

my smoked lights killed my light output... so i went HID...

that being said... go diamond ultraclear...

The smoked lens decrease the light output significantly. On a dark road you will run out of light to see with, and even high beams are less effective. Not being able to see well at night is a serious safety hazard.

Smoked/tinted lens are intended for show cars that get towed to meets and not driven on the street. If you area has vehicle inspections, they may not pass them, since most inspections check the headlight output and alignment. The LRS smoked kit even says "NOT DOT legal, for off road use only."

Headlight replacement cautions:

It took about 7 days to get the lenses, 20 minutes per side to install all 3 lenses and forever to try to align them.

I drove around for several days with the driver’s side headlight scanning the upper branches of trees for squirrels, owls and UFO’s. The headlight lens had extra slack between the retaining clip and the screw head which allowed the lens to shift around. Fixed that with some small washers between the screw heads and the bottom of the mounting hole. I would recommend that you find 2 extra adjustment screws per side - they are the ones with the hex ends on the end of the screw where it sticks through the mounting plate. That may help the alignment problems, as the stock setup only allows adjustment with 2 screws, and is hard to adjust in and down at the same time.

If you bought Genuine Ford headlights, the adjustment will be easy. If you bought reproduction headlights, they will be very difficult to align properly. I bought reproduction units the first time, and my headlights could not be aligned: they would shine up in the trees and across the road. I even had all 3 screws set up as adjustment screws.

The set of headlights I now have say "Ford" on them and they seem to line up properly.

The adjustment screws are upper inside and lower outside screws. If the headlights were re-assembled properly, they will have a 5/32" hex on the screw. You can use a 1/4" ratchet with a 5/32" socket. The upper screws can be reached with the hood up, while the lower screws may require you to lay on the ground in front of the car and reach them from the bottom.

To align the headlights, find a level spot with a wall 25-30 feet away. Put a fender cover over the driver light and align up the passenger light so that the light pattern is slightly below of the actual centerline of the headlight. This is to illuminate the right hand side of the road.

Uncover the driver light and cover the passenger light. The driver light should be aimed so that the light pattern on the wall is inward about 6" and slightly below the centerline of the headlight. This keeps you from blinding the oncoming cars.

Covering and uncovering the headlights helps to show which headlight is shining in what direction. Reproduction headlights may shine in several directions at the same time, making it very difficult to align them if both lights are on at the same time.