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Technical => Body/Appearance/Interior => Topic started by: nirvanagod on December 06, 2004, 04:16:45 PM

Title: Lookit da purdy's!!!
Post by: nirvanagod on December 06, 2004, 04:16:45 PM
Got an early christmas gift from my friends the other day :bowdown:. 'Bout wet myself when I opened the box and saw them. They're so bright and shiny I didn't want to ruin them by installing them but my friends insisted!
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Post by: Masejoer on December 06, 2004, 04:45:05 PM
awesome, how's the light pattern?

Keep em waxed and hope it protects them a bit
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Post by: project87thunderbird on December 06, 2004, 04:54:07 PM
very nice i need to get something like that for my car but very nice
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Post by: nirvanagod on December 06, 2004, 05:04:14 PM
Quote from: Seek
awesome, how's the light pattern?

Keep em waxed and hope it protects them a bit


They need a little adjusting to be perfect, but other than that, they're awesome. It's simply night and day when comparing them with the old ones. I think it'll be a while before I get over how bright they are! No more driving with the brights on all the time tho, that's for sure! :grinno:
Title: Re: Lookit da purdy's!!!
Post by: Bird351 on December 06, 2004, 05:09:38 PM
They do look a hell of a lot better than the yellowed ones, that's for sure.

Not the same type of headlights, but my '86 had a pair of the old sealed beams that had tiny holes in them.. and they had clouded up pretty badly. (both passenger-side lights were messed up) Replacing those made a world of difference in the appearance of the front end, I thought. Now I just need to clean up the lights of the '88 and of my mother's ZX2. (ten years newer, but look almost as bad) At least she has the fog/driving lights to help make up for any loss of output.
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Post by: tbirdscott on December 06, 2004, 07:37:27 PM
Dems are purdy OoOoOoOoOoOo :cool:
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Post by: chronicinsomnia on December 07, 2004, 08:35:21 AM
I'm jealous.  And not just a little bit either.
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Post by: nirvanagod on December 07, 2004, 09:42:52 AM
Quote from: chronicinsomnia
I'm jealous.  And not just a little bit either.


*stiffles giggle*  :giggle:
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Post by: Rwolf on December 07, 2004, 09:58:46 AM
Brilliantly clear :)
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Post by: jkirchman on December 07, 2004, 01:05:12 PM
Those are niiiice.  I never understood why Ford just didn't make the lenses out of glass like Honda did with their Accords in the early 90's.  One of my co-workers has a '91 Accord and the headlights are just as clear as the day they were made because they aren't made of cheap plastic.
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Post by: Masejoer on December 07, 2004, 03:33:05 PM
Quote from: jkirchman
Those are niiiice.  I never understood why Ford just didn't make the lenses out of glass like Honda did with their Accords in the early 90's.  One of my co-workers has a '91 Accord and the headlights are just as clear as the day they were made because they aren't made of cheap plastic.


I'm still curious if I could get a mold done from somewhere that could be used to make some glass lenses. I need to call around and see what is feasible for a fair price. I can see it now; "we'll only do it for a minimum order of $2000" :wtf:

I've seen people manage to get custom molded fresnel lenses from shops so it can't be too much more difficult to get a place to do headlights - and they were relatively cheap for being a custom mold (larger lenses were needed so people could use lcd's larger than 17" in DIY projectors).
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Post by: Bird351 on December 07, 2004, 03:52:31 PM
Group buy time, then? :p
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Post by: Masejoer on December 07, 2004, 04:15:01 PM
seems I can't find more than one place locally that deals with glass, and they only do flat and automotive glass. In Washington, I found a company that does cast glass, but I'm waiting for a reply on whether they are capable of doing this and at what strength the glass can be.
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Post by: project87thunderbird on December 07, 2004, 09:00:06 PM
lol i like the group by idea
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Post by: jkirchman on December 08, 2004, 12:29:07 PM
Me too.  If they weren't astronomically priced I'm very interested.