Wasn't that a factory swap tho? How would they know it wasn't originally in the car? It's marked as an 04 OEM? I know you can't use the ones you bought though right. Maybe a junkyard? Try that yet?

 

The 2005-2005 TL ballast mounting point is different than the 2006. Why I have no idea. I brought a set of used 05 headlamp and notice I need to trim some part of it to make the ballast fit.

 

They probably wouldn't ever know that it was a swap unless they got crazy-detailed in their investigation, which if I know anything about my local Acura dealer, they certainly wouldn't. Certainly, though, the part numbers are different if fit and form have changed, so I'm sure it wouldn't be that hard to figure out that the lights had been changed if you wanted to. Some guy earlier in this thread noted the difference in part numbers between the 2004/2005 and 2006 headlights, so the ballasts would have different part numbers as well, since they would be a different shape...so they would be able to mount correctly.

Oh...and no I have not tried a junkyard yet. The only junkyard in the general vicinity of where I live is some shithole USA junkyard that doesn't have much more than 20 - 30 cars and seems to specialize in stocking 1985 Buick Regals. There are very few junkyards around here - probably because it's a beach town, but I don't know for sure why.

 

Was that difficult to do? Brett, maybe you can do that, if that is similar to your prob.

OT: ua6spec: I did my headlights like yours! Came out great! Thanks for the inspiration bro!

Back on topic: Try calling around Brett. Junkyards ship out too. Only think is, you can't inspect the part. But, you probably want original shit like I do so, meh.