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Old 01-20-07, 11:43 AM
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i have a cinnabar pearl 98 gs my headlights are not as clean as id like them so i figured id buy this kit to smoke them out and get a retrofit put in but i dont know if the smoked out headlights wil match with the reddish color of the car,...does anyone have smoked out headlights , im not even sure how dark they come out or anything would love to see pics of smoked headlights on a red gs or atleast get some feedback on what to do because droppin 500 for OEM headlights is dumb there has to be better options


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Old 01-20-07, 12:00 PM
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That will defeat the purpose of having headlights.

Also PLEASE SEARCH
Old 01-20-07, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by joel1484
i have a cinnabar pearl 98 gs my headlights are not as clean as id like them so i figured id buy this kit to smoke them out
Just polish up your headlights. Any film over the lens will diminish the light output.
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i understand but light output will be increased when i put hids in but my real concern is with aesthetics, will it it look horrible on a red lex
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Photohop the smoked color over your headlights and fogs.
Old 01-20-07, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by joel1484
i understand but light output will be increased when i put hids in but my real concern is with aesthetics, will it it look horrible on a red lex
Of course it would look horrible on a red Lexus.
Even if you did put HIDs on,with that smoked headlights thing,
you would probably have like 1/10 of what the HIDs should be giving you.
Also it might be illgal in ur state. Heck,its probably illegal all over the U.S.
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im just going to confirm that it is illegal to have anything blocking the transmission of light from the headlights in RI.

and it would look pretty stupid on a red car IMHO. a light smoke MAY work better but a dark (17%) tint will look bad on such a bright car.
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If I were you I'd open up the headlights and paint the inside of the housing.
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Originally Posted by PureDrifter
im just going to confirm that it is illegal to have anything blocking the transmission of light from the headlights in RI.

and it would look pretty stupid on a red car IMHO. a light smoke MAY work better but a dark (17%) tint will look bad on such a bright car.
Thank you! That is just what I was thinking of saying

If you want to get arrested for blocking your headlights with that crap,go ahead
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ehh its freezing cold in RI so i dont really want to be outside messing with headlights, the waether has most of my diy projects on hold as it is, have u guys seen the demon eye headlights out for gs's i used to have the link but it got ereased form my bookmarks, ne one knwo what im talking about
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http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2257336

riddle me this gs lovers tell me that car is ugly???its not mine but it has smoked headlights and its lookn clean
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Originally Posted by joel1484
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2257336

riddle me this gs lovers tell me that car is ugly???its not mine but it has smoked headlights and its lookn clean
im sorry but

compared to



id take the one that doesnt look stupid. (non smoked obviously)
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bro u put 2 pics of the same car
Old 01-21-07, 02:51 PM
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he posted two pics same car, yes, but one is/has that stupid looking tint on the red car, and one does not.
+1 on the NO TINT on the "headlights" of expecially a red GS>
looks cheep and ricey. No thanks.
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understand taht both those cars have the tinted headlights there is no comparison it just looks lighter in one pic, theyre the same car from the link posted earlier from cardomain , so u pretty much threw ur argument out the window saying one looks better because theyre bothe the same exact car


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