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1st gen headlight mod

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by Tacoma9396jrc, Oct 2, 2012.

  1. Oct 2, 2012 at 7:48 AM
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    Tacoma9396jrc

    Tacoma9396jrc [OP] Well-Known Member

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    any body running these on like a 95-97? thinking they want look to great..cant seem to find a pic to convince me. or just a pic at all. Any body with pics of them on there truck would be great
    [​IMG]
     
  2. Oct 2, 2012 at 7:51 AM
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    Nunavut

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    Where did you find those?
     
  3. Oct 2, 2012 at 7:52 AM
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    They were on ebay for like 30$
     
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  4. Oct 2, 2012 at 11:51 AM
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    for $30 i'd just buy them and see how they look. If they look like crap, then its not to much money waisted.
     
  5. Oct 2, 2012 at 12:35 PM
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    Dcpsychobilly

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    Although I have seen it and it looks good
     
  6. Oct 2, 2012 at 8:11 PM
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    i would pass, i dont have any pics but i had them on my 84 truck and they sucked. sucked sooooo bad. the projector isnt one, its just a piece of glass on a bracket infront of the bulb lol. its also makes so much glare its not even funny.
     
  7. Oct 3, 2012 at 6:44 AM
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    Okay thanks!
     
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    That would explain the $30 price tag lol
     
  9. Oct 3, 2012 at 8:54 PM
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    If that's the price range OP wants to stay in, go down to Walmart and buy a pair of GE "High Output" sealed beams. I had those on my 86 Toyota. Same part number as an early first gen. Huge improvement over stock, and was well under 30 bucks.

    Next step up is a set of Hella H4 conversions. Best thing you can get short of HID retrofits.
     
  10. Oct 3, 2012 at 8:57 PM
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    i just put these on my truck and installed a HID kit also, they look great but the light output is horrible, verge of not being able to see horrible. Cars will be able to see you but you wont be able to see the road. if you are looking for a projector lens stay away from the ones like these, like Paranoid said these are pretty much a look alike. i will post some pics of them later to show the output.
     
  12. Feb 27, 2013 at 11:54 PM
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    ill second that light out put, the person behind me, i can see there headlights infront of me better than these
     
  13. Feb 28, 2013 at 12:03 AM
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    damn that do look good though lol.
     
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    so they are "ghett-ro" headlights????
     

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