Headlamp Assembly
07-02-2018, 06:16 PM
#1
Headlamp Assembly
Anyone have experience with a replacement brand calling themselves " Replace"
https://www.carid.com/2012-acura-tl-...098005575.html
I need to swap out my lenses, and I know a ballast is going in one unit, so it might make sense to order a complete assy.
Thanks!
https://www.carid.com/2012-acura-tl-...098005575.html
I need to swap out my lenses, and I know a ballast is going in one unit, so it might make sense to order a complete assy.
Thanks!
07-03-2018, 01:06 AM
#2
Senior Moderator
If you are cutting the lights up, you can buy bi-xenon projectors from the retrofit source that fit our cars plug and play! They can also be equipped with ZKW or TSX lenses. I'd honestly do that! Plus get a used ballast, OEM last the longest.
07-03-2018, 08:12 AM
#3
Burning Brakes
Anyone have experience with a replacement brand calling themselves " Replace"
https://www.carid.com/2012-acura-tl-...098005575.html
I need to swap out my lenses, and I know a ballast is going in one unit, so it might make sense to order a complete assy.
Thanks!
https://www.carid.com/2012-acura-tl-...098005575.html
I need to swap out my lenses, and I know a ballast is going in one unit, so it might make sense to order a complete assy.
Thanks!
07-03-2018, 09:47 PM
#4
So...If anyone knows a reliable supplier for OEM lamps, I’m interested. Nothing aftermarket. Please disregard the above link, I want to go OEM.
07-03-2018, 10:37 PM
#5
Burning Brakes
IMO: OEM New= $$$ very expensive. If money is no object, any on-line Acura OEM supplier, like Delrayacuraoemparts.com, will sell you the (BARE) headlight, no bulb, ballast, igniter, etc. for $ 539, + shipping, + ballast +bulb + igniter. That light, lists, for $771. Even if you were to go used, OEM, from a north western state, where the sun damage is not as severe, you would have to pay in the $800 range, for one headlight, with "0" damage, with used, ballast, bulb, and igniter. I do a lot of headlight restoration work, and it puzzles me, when you say, " One lens is sun damaged and sanding isn’t enough." I have yet, to encounter, a sun damaged, faded headlight, that could not be restored, to ( NEAR PERFECT ) condition, to include the restoration of the UV protective layer.
07-10-2018, 08:46 AM
#6
IMO: OEM New= $$$ very expensive. If money is no object, any on-line Acura OEM supplier, like Delrayacuraoemparts.com, will sell you the (BARE) headlight, no bulb, ballast, igniter, etc. for $ 539, + shipping, + ballast +bulb + igniter. That light, lists, for $771. Even if you were to go used, OEM, from a north western state, where the sun damage is not as severe, you would have to pay in the $800 range, for one headlight, with "0" damage, with used, ballast, bulb, and igniter. I do a lot of headlight restoration work, and it puzzles me, when you say, " One lens is sun damaged and sanding isn’t enough." I have yet, to encounter, a sun damaged, faded headlight, that could not be restored, to ( NEAR PERFECT ) condition, to include the restoration of the UV protective layer.
Sanded with 1000, 1500, 2000, then 3000. Turtle Wax rubbing compound then polish.
The only thing Ive noticed - there are slight scratch marks still in the plastic. I assume I went too tough on the 1000 grit. Its only noticeable from the side angle if you were to look at the lamp.
Any advice for how to further clear this up? I would appreciate it. Buying the lenses just does not make sense after review.
07-10-2018, 07:18 PM
#7
The inconvenient truth
I know you said you dont want aftermarket. But consider the TSX-R lens from theretrofitsource.com. Its only $40 and supposed to be much better than oem.
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