jdmvette

looking through ebay and came across these lights...anybody seen these before?







https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-2004-...vr5g:rk:3:pf:0

sweeT n Lo

Hmmm, I haven't seen those before. It sucks that they left the orange reflector on the back of the headlight. My next upgrade is going to be to my headlights. Will probably end up just going through Bruce.

justnspace

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kinda cool that their mimicking GM/Audi/Dodge

sweeT n Lo

It's the sampler. A little bit of this, a little bit of that...voila

justnspace

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^LOL. They remind me of a GM truck with the square projectors....or even like a charger.

sweeT n Lo

I didn't even know that they mass produced customized headlights for the TL, soooo I guess that's good...right? lol

justnspace

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it is pretty sweet! the orange reflector kills it tho! lol

sweeT n Lo

justnspace

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I believe someone has massed produced blinking side markers that are brighter.

Ossman14

sweeT n Lo

Yeah, I can attest to the quality issues with depo products. I walked outside to my car yesterday and one of my switchback side markers was hanging by the cable. Smh

wusty23jd

Those headlights are pretty interesting! I haven't seen those before either OP.

I've modified two different sets of headlights.

2004-06
https://acurazine.com/forums/third-g...lation-953672/

2007-08
https://acurazine.com/forums/third-g...l-eyes-972240/

I'm actually selling my first cleared set in the Marketplace right now if anyone is interested:
https://acurazine.com/forums/market/974100

thoiboi

those look like

WDPanda

^ +1
They probably look even worse in person

wusty23jd

It looks like a "clear" set is also available.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2004-2008-A....c100005.m1851

thoiboi

Looks aside (being subjective and in the eyes of the beholder and all), I'm willing to put money on it that the projectors are TOTAL garbage so you'll have horrible light output.



but, it's your car, not mine

Slpr04UA6

thoiboi

Doubtful that they use the same mounts.. They look like square projectors whereas the TL ones are 3" circular ones.

Slpr04UA6

thoiboi

I mean, that could be it too.. who knows,

wusty23jd

I agree. It looks like that's the case actually. I think I see a round-shaped projector in the back?

It would be a lot of work to swap out the projectors though. You would have to bake and open up the OEM headlights, remove the projectors, bake and open up the aftermarket headlights, dismount the aftermarket projectors, and then reinstall the OEM projectors.

It looks like too much work in my opinion, unless someone REALLY likes the squared LEDs and wants to have them.

champaned_out

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To be honest, has anyone here ever bought a pair of non oem headlights with good results?

While the style is def refreshing and looks updated, the entire quality of the those headlights are most likely going to be crap
moisture in the headlights
bad light output
might not align properly when mounting

are just some of the things you might expect from aftermarket off brand headlights

thoiboi

I guess some people are okay with subpar quality I mean.. Function & Form Coilovers are still around ...

gatrhumpy

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And why some people buy Traverses.

thoiboi

Pair of TLs

All true. Honestly, I've had each of these experiences with aftermarket headlights, but I've had some successes, too.

I personally wouldn't buy these for all the reasons mentioned, but I *DO* like the horizontal light bar--slap that on wusty's angel eyes mod and I might be persuaded to change out my look-as-good-as-new OEMs.
(I dunno if the orange side reflector is still a DOT requirement for some states)

My two pennies...

hamburglar490

I like the way they look, so I ordered a pair. Will post back here once they arrive

Pair of TLs

We got an insider!

Ossman14

jdmvette

sweet, thanks for being the guinea pig! robble robble

hamburglar490

Alright finally got them. Will be a couple weeks before I install them but initial impressions are they seem pretty nice. Here's some pics

MyGuti

Damn those don't look too shabby at all

guitarplayer16

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Those look nice, almost as nice as that kitchen!

I'm very interested in seeing how the turn signal output is.
I've always wanted to retrofit something like the LCI BMW 3 series turn signals. They're insanely bright - hope this turn signal design does something similar.

Pair of TLs

let's see it lit up!

jdmvette

hamburglar490

Got them in! They are way better than I expected actually. Turn signals are great, really bright LEDs. Those white LED accents all around look pretty sharp too. Just need to aim them now but took it on a short drive and light output seems about the same as stock but with a MUCH better cutoff line.

jdmvette

^ sick man! been peeping this forum every day looking out for your install.

nice to hear they have exceeded your expectations...hook us up with more pics and I may join you with a set of my own

sweeT n Lo

They look good, man. I would be curious to see how bright the leds are in the daylight.

thoiboi

MyGuti

We need many more pics!