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Old Oct 23, 2010 | 07:58 AM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-02...Q5fAccessories

anyone used these before? if so, how do they fit? if you haven't, what's your opinion?
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Old Oct 23, 2010 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by hisjakeness
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-02...Q5fAccessories

anyone used these before? if so, how do they fit? if you haven't, what's your opinion?


Nothing looks better then the stock lights with the housing painted black IMO.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/224386/2
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Old Oct 23, 2010 | 10:46 AM
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gotta love the honesty!
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Old Oct 23, 2010 | 12:37 PM
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Those lights are rather pointless IMO - they are not an upgrade in lighting (just stock style with the plastic insert) and the halo in the center doesn't go with the lines of the car at all. Just my opinion though
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Old Oct 23, 2010 | 12:41 PM
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^ hes right..
just whistler your stockers and if your lenses are hazed over then polish them up. i wish i woulda done it to mine rather than buy the ones i did.
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Old Oct 23, 2010 | 03:00 PM
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used to have them a long while ago, but then switched to whistlers, which look waaay better in my opinion. The halo's dont look good to me at all anymore.

old pic:

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Old Oct 23, 2010 | 03:09 PM
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I remember when everybody was going after those Halos, I never understood why they do not flow with the lines on the hood at all. Few other styles out there look good but not the "halos" IMO.


As the rest said, whistler your stockers if you want a black themed headlight.
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Old Oct 23, 2010 | 03:34 PM
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definetly go with stock headlights with the whistler mod.
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i say get em and when you take the lights apart to take that part out of the headlights then you can whistler them that way you get new stock headlights for a fraction of the price
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Originally Posted by jb98camaro
^ hes right..
just whistler your stockers and if your lenses are hazed over then polish them up. i wish i woulda done it to mine rather than buy the ones i did.
Nah, you got the Sonar projectors right? I'd take those over stock style, with the HIDs in them. Cannot stand it when people put HIDs in halogen reflectors

Though I will probably try to make my own projector headlights next time
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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by SparkyJJO
Nah, you got the Sonar projectors right? I'd take those over stock style, with the HIDs in them. Cannot stand it when people put HIDs in halogen reflectors

Though I will probably try to make my own projector headlights next time
**** man there not lol there the eagle eye projector with the POS h3 bulb.. i got like no output with 55w 6000k.. it sucks *** and i want to see better lol
i could see the same amount with my old faded stockers with the cheapest halogen bulb..
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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 02:03 AM
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for the hell of it, heres my old headlights..

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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 08:48 AM
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whistler my stockers? not sure what that is, but google, here i come!

sorry if that's a newb question. been away from the f-bodies since 2002 and just recently got back into one.
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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by hisjakeness
whistler my stockers? not sure what that is, but google, here i come!

sorry if that's a newb question. been away from the f-bodies since 2002 and just recently got back into one.
here ya go: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/224386/2

looks like...


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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 01:47 PM
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i love my halos no matter what others say

i'm currently doing some "remodeling" and i'll probably be ordering another pair of original halos




side views (not on)

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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Silver35thZ
i love my halos no matter what others say

i'm currently doing some "remodeling" and i'll probably be ordering another pair of original halos




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thanks for the pics. i agree, i like them. both types look great. now i have to decide which lights to go with. how hard were these to install? any fitment issues?
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 08:22 AM
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I love mine and they work perfect with my HIDs. So having said that, to all the haters out there...

If you like ur halos...keep 'em.








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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 12:18 PM
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fitment issues - yes, but if you work hard you can get them to look pretty nice. there was also a thread about how to fix it where they fit pretty close to oem (something about the brackets)

wiring - not hard at all imo, i wired my up to the daylights so i can just move the switch and have my halos on with the signals and fogs
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Originally Posted by thecobrahunter
I love mine and they work perfect with my HIDs.
No, they don't, but let's not go there as that has been beaten to death.
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 10:53 PM
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well my good old OEM head lights look *** and had that sun damage. so I got the Halos but the FITMENT was *** and the RUBBER around the head lights were coming off as I tried fitting them in right. everyone I know that got the same Halos had the same problems. If they were made better then they would be cool. Not worry the money with the issues they come with. I got mine used and cheap so F all you lol jk my 0.02
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