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Old July 31st, 2009 | 11:52 PM
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Question Opinions Quick!! Which headlights should I choose?

So I have a leaking headlight from the deer hit I took last year, I have the black halo/projector style headlights as of now and I'm trying to decide whether to buy a new set of those or to go with the cheaper model that has no halo/projectors.
Both are in black and I'll be buying the signal combo to replace my melted ones from the 9005 retrofit disaster I did in December.
The tricky thing is, I want the signals with the amber reflector. And If I go with projectors, I definately want the non-filtered lense. The ones I have now have a dark purplish color (like black ballpoint pen ink) if you look at them right and I'm not the biggest fan of purple.

The cheaper non-projector style looks like this:


Halo/projector style:


The signals will be retrofitted with LED 9005s instead of halogen.
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I like the halos.
Old August 1st, 2009 | 12:58 AM
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Thanks. I also forgot to mention that I'll be masking them off and painting the outer lip of the headlights and signals to cover the seems you can see through the plastic.
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Just wanted to give this a little bump. Theres only like 2 more days left to buy the first set.
Its the only set that I could find with the amber reflector.
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They both look good to me, I know what you mean about the reflectors and I'm not a fan of purple unless it's the Ravens. I think you can get them with a charcoal tint as well. Have you ever gone down the road wearing a pair of polarized sunglasses? They are really good for seeing the actual tint color on windows.
Old August 4th, 2009 | 10:23 PM
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Just bought the non-projector style.
The only reason I did is because it came with a set of 6000k HID low beams for only about $55 more than the average price of the headlight signal light combo. Thats $15 cheaper than buying them seperate not to mention the shipping. And I still got a set of signals with the amber lense!
I already have the paint to do the outer edges (surrounds) of the headlights.

Now... what to buy with this week's paycheck? lol

Might go for a set of air shocks.
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