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Old 11-22-05, 11:35 AM
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Just put these black housing non-hid headlights purchased from HighOctane (thanks for a great product and fast shipping). I also smoked the foglights.





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Old 11-22-05, 12:10 PM
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Looks good. Are those the sport design headlights? Or was it a normal headlight custom painted black? I have the same color car as you and I'm debating wether or not i should paint the inside of my housings black....
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they're just normal headlights painted black on the inside. It seems pretty easy to do, but i bought these already painted.
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the black housings look really great on white
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looks good ....and Highoctane is a standup guy...bought a couple of things from him in the past!
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Is that OEM HIDs? Or an HID kit?

How does the beam pattern look like with black housings? Can you post up pics?

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i don't know too much about lighting, but these are just sylvania halogen bulbs. no hids here. if you want, i can still post pics tonight.

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looking good
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Originally Posted by HighOctane
looking good
thanks to you. my buddy is taking my old headlights and he is going to make me another pair. he said that he's done it before and its not too hard if you know what you're doing. thanks for the great buy
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How did you smoke those fogs? Did you use the smoke spray? That combo looks hot!
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loving the smoked fogs. looks great
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yep on the smoke spray. i sanded down all the imperfections from the fogs using 100grit, then 150grit, 200, 400, 600, 1000 grit sandpaper, put a layer of clearcoat on, two layers of smoke spray, then two more layers of clear coat.
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i also just got done smokin the tail lights.will post pics tomorrow
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I think the matching fog lights was a must, great job on matching those up, they look great.
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they do look nice on white, or probably any light colored Lex.


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