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Old Jun 21, 2008
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Buying "modded" headlights

Since there is no way that I could properly do the headlight mod, I was thinking of buying some that were already done. Have any of you purchased any of these? If so, how did they look, what was the quality of the light, and who did you buy them from? Here is an example of some that I was looking at on ebay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/01-02...ayphotohosting
 
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Old Jun 21, 2008
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i know a lot of people who have purchased those and have had no problems and are happy
 
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I have purchased 2 sets of those. One for a friend(he bought some too), one for my brother, and one for me. All are OEM high quality. No leaks, moisture showing....they are nice. Some come with two sets of corners.....a set of amber lense with black inside and a set of clear corners with black inside. They come with the adjusters on the back, just like stock ones. But you can carry over your stock adjusters if you wanted to...that's what i did. required no aiming that way. Don't remember where we got them...but it was an ebay seller for $140 shipped. DO IT!

Here's all the sets i've gotten...

my truck..(my corners are modded)
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Old Jun 21, 2008
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I have them as well. I love 'em.....no problems at all.
 
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Old Jun 21, 2008
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Who did you guys get them from?
 
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Old Jun 21, 2008
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http://www.modbargains.com/product.a...01-08Ranger_MW
 
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Old Jun 21, 2008
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Those dont come with clear corners though just the amber. If your going to get the set up go full out it looks better anyway.

I say do it man they look sharp
 
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yah i noticed that after i posted the link, it will look good tho, cant wait to get mine!
 
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I have them, no problems for the last year or so.
 

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Oh yea! Mine are almost 2 years old...no leaking/moisture problems. And I live in a rainy state.
 
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Old Jun 21, 2008
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wish i could find clear corners even for the mazda
 
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Old Jun 21, 2008
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Those are the lights I have, and I bought mine on ebay - they were brand new - not "modded"
 
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Dude, 24 PSI Turbo Boost.......these housings are referred to as "already modded". Even though they aren't really.
 
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Old Jun 21, 2008
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i'd rather spend the $80+ or so to buy some already blackend headlamps than trying to "bake" mine.
 
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Old Jun 21, 2008
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Alon said in another topic he will try and get his hands on the ones with the black corners so shoot him a PM and see what he says!
 
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Old Jun 22, 2008
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I wonder how the ones with the clear corners look when lit. Are they visible?
 
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The black clear corners? Look at the pic of the white truck I posted(WowMike2001's truck). That's at sunset almost. Lights up the whole housing at dusk and dawn, and most definately at night. Not as "vivid" as chrome clear corners, but still lights the entire thing up. In pics it's hard to tell..but in real life your fine.

 
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Old Jun 22, 2008
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How do you "carry over" the stock adjusters? It would be great to not have to fool with aiming them.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2008
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i love mine
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Old Jun 23, 2008
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i'd rather spend the $80+ or so to buy some already blackend headlamps than trying to "bake" mine.
Thats just stupid then. Send me yours and I'll do them for 80 bucks. A monkey could do the headlight mod.
 
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Old Jun 23, 2008
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they prolly make the HIDs have less glare...
 
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Originally Posted by PW01
How do you "carry over" the stock adjusters? It would be great to not have to fool with aiming them.
Take your headlmp out, and look at how the adjusters mount to the lamp. I believe two of them twist on and off. The other one kinda pops off and on. Just take a look at your headlamps....I had no assistance and just kinda figured it out.
 
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Old Jun 24, 2008
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Thats just stupid then. Send me yours and I'll do them for 80 bucks. A monkey could do the headlight mod.
back when i was into accords people used to have me do theirs all the time cause they couldnt do it ... great way of making money.

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