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Old 06-20-07, 07:46 AM
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wow thats fkn ugly.. noone notices the gaps and grey abs plastic showing around the corner light?
Old 06-20-07, 08:30 AM
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I don't like the blue lens color, and it will probably have at least two negative issues to deal with:
  • It will probably affect total light output
  • It is not DOT compliant
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Old 06-20-07, 08:42 AM
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I think they look COOL They are "different"
Old 06-20-07, 09:05 AM
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I don't know why people like de-lined headlights, I think it makes them look cheap. People always seem to want to do something different to the sc without realizing the SC is different from everything ELSE. Reverse engineering this is making it not look like an SC, but simply returning it to looking like everything else.
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Old 06-20-07, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by sc250tt
+1 not really a fan of delined headlights because every car have it
i think some of us who like that delined head lights can say the same with the 10 bazillion SC's out there. that all the head lights LOOK THE SAME! lol
this one would make it stand out/different (whether it be good or bad) than the other SC's.

i know civics and every other honda might have taken this look. but just because they have them that doesn't make it look BAD on the lexus. for example, the super duper high decker GT wing the civics run can be functional and look mean on a more suited car like a porsche or supra track car.
Old 06-20-07, 10:28 AM
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Got a silly question here...

How in the world would one go about delining a headlamp lense anyway?

The only method that keeps coming to mind is some insanely intense (and, might I add, evenly distributed) shaving, sanding and buffing - all by hand (as opossed to using a buffer, which likely wouldn't fit inside that lense).
Old 06-20-07, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by tuninghaus
i think some of us who like that delined head lights can say the same with the 10 bazillion SC's out there. that all the head lights LOOK THE SAME! lol
this one would make it stand out/different (whether it be good or bad) than the other SC's.

i know civics and every other honda might have taken this look. but just because they have them that doesn't make it look BAD on the lexus. for example, the super duper high decker GT wing the civics run can be functional and look mean on a more suited car like a porsche or supra track car.

the sc headlights look like dodo when delined because the inside wasent designed for it .it starts looking cheap because the background is smooth and boring
Old 06-20-07, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by 3Dhaus
Got a silly question here...

How in the world would one go about delining a headlamp lense anyway?

The only method that keeps coming to mind is some insanely intense (and, might I add, evenly distributed) shaving, sanding and buffing - all by hand (as opossed to using a buffer, which likely wouldn't fit inside that lense).
you got it.

Sand and buff...repeatedly with different grit sandpaper. you can get a hand polisher and use that on parts of the lens.
Old 06-20-07, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by NYLexSC
you got it.

Sand and buff...repeatedly with different grit sandpaper. you can get a hand polisher and use that on parts of the lens.
Hmph...

Well, just wanted to know. I won't be doing it though.

I definately agree with those who prefer the stock lense look. The lines add character for sure. Just because people might grow tired of looking at them doesn't make them any less unique in the not-so-vast array of headlamp lense assemblies out on the market right now. Heck, for the final 3 years I had it, I actually started to think my 2nd gen. Integra was looking drab - but then I put things in perspective by looking around and realizing how unique certain parts of the cars design were.

Besides, when the lenses are well cleaned and polished they shine like diamonds.

There's nothing like a brightely shine set of headlamps to make an SC stand out.

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Old 06-20-07, 11:49 AM
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I think delines headlights makes the sc looks unique ,but them thats just me
Old 06-20-07, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by HoeBag
wow thats fkn ugly.. noone notices the gaps and grey abs plastic showing around the corner light?
Old 06-20-07, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by HoeBag
exactly what im saying .the lights wasent made to be delined
Old 06-20-07, 12:31 PM
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yeah. im not really a big fan of delined headlights.
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The place where i would deline is that small circular part where the light from projector comes out of.
Old 06-21-07, 06:55 AM
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Probably a separate discussion, but who here has done an angel eyes conversion (or home-made conversion)?


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