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Old 10-05-12, 10:09 PM
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anyone has pics of it on their own car? my headlights are getting yellow and i just finished baking them. to be honest, i can't go through that again i rather get another pair and noticed aftermarket are cheap $200 for a pair but has all that funky halo stuff. anyone has pictures of it on their own car? does it come with the plastic lens cover?

too bad no one makes a glass headlight like they do for the supra. we just imported euro headlights....

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I have clear lens and inner housing to go on your oem back housing for sale. They allow you to have a clear lens with the oem internals! Pm me if interested!
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Search 'clear lenses for sc300' in google, youll get alot of information on this topic. To make it short for you. They used to make good once but they were discontinued so were stuck with the ebay headlights. alot of people choose to deline the OEM headlights but that takes alot of time and alot of sanding.
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I guess the eBay ones could grow on me. Be easier if we could pop their lens. Off
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The problem with ebay headlights is their projectors suck. They typically use smaller bulbs than OEM and the overall light output is awful.

Several people have bought the ebay lights just to take the lens and toss the rest. There are threads here about it.
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the ebay lights are complete crap. a buddy of mine has them and the projectors are not lined up with the road at all. but as others are saying, just get some to take the lens off of them. pretty sure they made a clear lens back but it was extremely expensive.
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well then for $180 i can steal their clear lens yeah i didn't like the fact they have h1 bulbs... i just upgraded everything to hid so i would rather keep everything 9006.

thanks guys!
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Originally Posted by levie
the ebay lights are complete crap. a buddy of mine has them and the projectors are not lined up with the road at all. but as others are saying, just get some to take the lens off of them. pretty sure they made a clear lens back but it was extremely expensive.
My car came with them. Driving at night is downright dangerous, even after putting in the brightest H1 bulb stores had they are still way to dim. They also project straight down in front of the car and off to the left. Ive got to find some lights. Maybe Ill get some cheap foggy OEM lights and swap out the lenses.
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