i've had my TL for less than a year and the only enhancements i did to the car in that time was get the windows tinted 5%.

Today i went a little a little crazy with the purchasing

here is what i'm waiting for in the mail..

6 piece CHROME Pillar Set!
thanks to Doorpillars.com
these will be coming first,, within 5 days!
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JDM Diamond Black Headlight Housings with CLEAR reflector
thanks to atomic street for those!
you guys already know what they look like

and last i'm waitin for my
8000K Xenon D2C X2 Brilliant Blue HID Bulbs... yes i said D2C that means it will fit D2R & D2S setups perfefctly!
with a 5 YEAR WARRENTY! now that's a deal
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how do u guys think it will all look? i wish i had some photoshop skills
ooo i can't wait i'm excited,, the car just looks dated it needed these exterior mods. now all i need is the 02-03 Red/Clear taillights, and some Wheels and that's it!... for now

 

chrome pillars are wack

 

tell me if the pillars fit

i think someone on here bought some n they didnt fit or something like that

but chrome should look good on ur ride

 

i heard the headlights have fitment issues. but if you can get them to will look great

 

those bulbs are no good. First, since we have reflectors, we need to use the D2R bulbs, which have a strip of paint on the bulb itself, to help prevent glare. D2S bulbs are made for projector housings and don't have that strip of paint. They prevent glare by having a cutoff shield in the housing.

And despite what the ebay post says, 4300K is the best and brightest. 8000K is bluer, but you are gaining color at the expense of usable light output

 

...well its safe to say this guys excitement about his purchases has been shot down haha... ps post pics of the pillars im looking into them as well...

 

(sigh)



I just hope you like it. That's what's important.

 

i want to see the pillars and headlights too. i've heard about them (the lights) not fitting too so i want to see someone with them on to see if i want to get those or get my oem's blacked out.

 

i have d2c kaixen, they fit ok had no problems

 

^^^ i think we know the bulbs will fit, but the d2r bulbs will light the road better b/c of what datboipat said

 

well if i run into that problem, i can always return em or just get some high temp. paint and get my little brush out and paint the small line... couldn't i?

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i have to disagree with that, my cousin has an 01 TL, he bought 8000K bulbs before i did,, when we put them in,, we also did like the ebay picture, by just putting one side in and light was not sacrificed at all, it was much brighter than the stock side.

 

will do, i'm going to be taking pics of everything.

 

nah dude everyone will have their own opinion, nothin i can do about it,, i put the post out their, no big deal to me


cheers


oh and yea many pics will be taken

 

can i ask what you don't like about the setup?

i'll take any info, negative or positive

on a side note,, this is my first foreign car guys,, before this i had a 94 Z28 that did 13's all day in the 1/4 mile, and before that a 91 LT1 Corvette... but as we grow up,, the toys had to be sold and something more practical had to be bought,, thus the TL.. so if some my choices are a little whacked on what to do with this car,, it's because really i don't know much about modding an ImPort,, i just know stickers are bad, wings that go higher than the roof are bad, and fart cannons is a big no no lol

 

Being the parts business for the last 18 years I have yet to see an aftermarket set of headlights come close to the factory unitswhen it comes to quality. Every person I have sold lights to or have seen that has them has fogging and leakage problems. I hope you get lucky, but I would not bet on it. Most of them tend to expire just as the 12mo warranty runs out. I also have heard about the aftermarket pillar covers fitting bad. Take photos once your done. Maybe you will have different luck then the others before you.

 

yea those headlights arent JDM either, JDM headlights are the same exact ones we have.

 

 

whatever bro

my brother has a 2001 caddy sts ,, he just put 10000K bulbs in from xenoneyes.com,, and he doesn't have projectors, his lights look very simialr to ours and all i can say is holy BRIGHT batman! get your eyes checked

 

A picture from the website you gave a link to.
Notice how much brighter the stock 4300K is than the 8-10,000K. Just my .

 

I have to agree with ^^^, I think the 8-10000K bulbs just give you a bluer light color. And you are confusing it with "STRONGER" "BRIGHTER" light, when in reality all you are getting is color on the road. I think the only true BRIGHTER hid bulbs I have seen are those on Maybachs, Ferrari's, and Phantoms. I used to buy tons of crap for my other car from ebay, until I started to realize that some ebay sellers sometimes just want to sell you crap. Don't believe all the crap you read on ebay, do your research, specially here in Acurazine. It would be a shame if you spent all that money and nothing looked good or fit. Good Luck and happy Modding.

 

hey i said i would post pics as i received my parts and installed them,, well so far i have receieved my 8000K bulbs and i couldn't be happier with that purchase,, WELL worth the money spent,, not sure what the other guys were talkin about by glare,, and no usable light because i don't have either of the problems, and i got a 5 year warrenty if they ever fail , i also receieved my chrome pillars and they look amazing NO fitment issues AT ALL,, they are perfect and install took all of 20 mins. just waiting for my headlights to come on tuesday.. one problem,, how the #$#@ do i post pics,, i did a search and can't find the thread that tells you how.. i use imageshack to host my pics and i tryed using the hotlink for websites link and it just shows up as a link,, am i supposed to use the direct link? the last one after you upload?

 

i think i figured out how to post pics, i don't know here goes... Here are the chrome pillars from doorpillars.com




And here are my lights at night!
sorry for the quality of the pics,, it's a cell phone ii'm using for the pics


i'll have to take pics at dusk so u can see without any over exposure

 

the pillars dont look that bad. i'm glad you like the lights. now, to wait to see how those eBay lights fit

 

the pillars look hot bro i think i may have to pick them up for my abp... how is the quality of them? do they seem like they will hold up for a while?

 

hey yea the pillars are great quality,, they stay on with heavy duty 3m,, they give you alcohol swaps to clean the areas first,, then they give you this 3m primer that you have to wipe on as well,, these are not coming off any time soon that is for sure,, but i was thinking i would want to make it more permanent because it doesn't look overdone at all,, maybe some super glue to make it more permanent.

now,,, here they are,, the lights everyones been waitin to see,, i just got them today late afternoon,, would have installed em but i was still celebrating memorial day weekend but here are some pics of them out of the box!






i'll take some pics in the sun just before i install em tomorrow after work,,, they look really nice in person, sorry forthe quality of the pics again.

 

nice, now do the damn thing

 

^

 

I ordered some too and they should arrive on the 6th so I will take some pictures for sure... I am planning on taking a picture with one new headlight in and one of the stock still in so you can compare the difference.. I can't wait.

 

The chrome pillars look really nice. Mine stock ones are all faded and oxidized. Looks like shit. How much were those?

 

do the pillars interfere with opening the doors? when i had carbon fiber ones they would get caught on the door. if not i may have to pick some up. and i hope those headlights dont have any fitment issues, it would be a easier alternative to blacking out the stock ones

 

not a fan of the pillars... and im not sure whats at fault here, either shitty bulbs or camera, but youve got glare like its goin out of style.

 

thanks man,, that's pretty much why i got them, because the stock ones were all peeling and didn't look good.. my pillars came to 48.00 shipped,, got them in 3 days regular mail. i'm pissed someone already tryed to rip one of them off over memorial day weekend, fuckin scumbag people,, i fixed it, defnitly not going anywheres now. but yea they are worth it bro got em from doorpillars.com

 

Hey whats up
the pillars do not interfere at all with the door,, they can't be right up against each other because the doors wouldn't open right, it would fuckthe pillars up.

As for the headlights they came out PERFECT guys. i'm so happy about this, everyone kept sayin your gonna have fitment issues, not gonna look right,, guys let me say this,, some people like to jump on those bandwagons and put down things other people would risk to try out on their car,, Those people haven't bought the product so you can't knock it till you've tryed it. These things are sick .. they are very classy look, Excellent quality, transfering al lmy HID stuff from the old headlights was the most time consuming part of the project,, took me all afternoon but i am DONE! my 8000K bulbs look sick in their,, it's dusk right now here in jersey,, i'm goin to take pics of the lights for you guys,, very happy with this purchase i recommend em for the 99-01 guys. Pics will be here with in an hour or so.

Oh and to the other guy who said my pillars isn't his thing then so be it,, i don't care dude lol alot of people like them,, guess u have to see in person. and as for my glare,, uh no not really bro,, wait till u see the pics i take,, i'm sure my new headlights fixed alot of that glare problem you think i have.

 

go steal someones camera and take some good pics if them headlights! i gotta see these

 

yea with those 8000k's in those headlights, itll look sick as a MF.

 

dude definitly get em for you car,, they would look hot on that color,, (secretly wanted that color as first choice but had to go with the better deal on the wdp)

 

They Do u guys have to see it in person,, the camera,, or at aleast my cell phone doesn't capture the detail from afar when i try to take pics of the lights on like a digital camera would,, my phone over exposes's them a lil bit, but if i get up real close it gets the detail,, but i'm sure people wanna see detail from a distance to get an idea for their... but here goes.

next post is the pics i promised yesterday

Starting a new thread for the pictures, because im sure their are going to be questions. new post is going to be called Part 2 of o0o0o excited.