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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 05:37 PM
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I got my black halo headlights in today and they were a bitch to get on. I even snapped one of the 2 plastic pieces on the bottom that are supposed to catch when you mount it to the car. I got them in and they look great. Another problem I had was trying to keep the rubber sides from flopping out especialy on the corners.

they came out ok though



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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 06:50 PM
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Great choice for your car. Looks good.

Mine went in pretty much problem free.
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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 07:15 PM
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Looks good. Maybe next you will get the matching black corners. That would set the front end off perfectly.

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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 07:24 PM
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Mine weren't easy to install at all. And it took many adjustments to the lights to make sure they are lighting the road at night correctly.
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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 07:54 PM
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You did pull out the retainers on the bumper and pull the bumper's top up and over the styrofoam piece to get the headlights in and out easily right...
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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:32 PM
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You did pull out the retainers on the bumper and pull the bumper's top up and over the styrofoam piece to get the headlights in and out easily right...

Yeah, I pulled that up and over and made the lights easier to get in. I dont know if its normal but is the hood supposed to hit the rubber on the lights? I cant help but noticed that the hood is a little higher on the corners than it used to be.
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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:35 PM
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lol trust me, there is an art to getting those mothers in and out. they look great though!
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Old Sep 22, 2006 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 2kESES
Yeah, I pulled that up and over and made the lights easier to get in. I dont know if its normal but is the hood supposed to hit the rubber on the lights? I cant help but noticed that the hood is a little higher on the corners than it used to be.

The side bumpers on mine are tightly rubbing the headlights, bu i don't think the hood hits the headlights. Just adjust them, but make sure they still light up the road, took awhile for me to get them in but then, took me another while to adjust the light to hit the road just right so i can see the road.
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hey guys, the aiming piece part of my stock passenger side headlight is broke, do these come with new mounts and aiming pieces?
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Originally Posted by 92SilverSHO
hey guys, the aiming piece part of my stock passenger side headlight is broke, do these come with new mounts and aiming pieces?
I think they do...
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Old Sep 22, 2006 | 04:37 PM
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Mine went pretty smoothe
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Old Sep 22, 2006 | 05:02 PM
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mine were a PITA also. i had problems getting the margins right all the way around
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Old Sep 22, 2006 | 05:04 PM
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They look good. I would remove them and install your stock mounting brackets on them. It will make them much easier to align and will also fit MUCH better. This will probably also help with your rubbing on the hood.

As far as your rubber molding goes, when you have them off to put the stock headlight bracketry on get some weather strip adhesive and put a VERY SMALL amount of it on the rubber and it should help with that. I also used my stock molding(from my stockers) as it is much better than the crap they send withthe halos.


Any more questions, let me know!
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Old Sep 22, 2006 | 06:29 PM
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yah they do come with brackets but its best to use stockers. mine were a bitch to line up damm driver side one was being a little **** so i just adjusted and adjusted until finally. they give a little less light than stockers i think. i just orderd HIDs to light up the night 10k
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