Aftermarket headlights
07-31-2011, 06:18 PM
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The headlights are very different. Bakalag has retrofitted bi-xenon projectors into the high beam spot on stock AP1 headlights and is running a quad-projector setup. The headlights linked from the OP are cheap Ebay lights that only use projectors for the low beams and still use reflectors for the high beam portion of the lights.
07-31-2011, 06:40 PM
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I bought these halo lights, and believe it or not they are basically the same quality as OEM (very likely the same manufacturing facility). Plus they use the OEM projectors. they are harder to aim, but hey for $500 its a great mod IMO!
It mistifies me as to why everyone thinks the halos look rice. Do the halos on a BMW look rice? no. The s2000 looks more like a bmw then a civic or rsx IMO.
It mistifies me as to why everyone thinks the halos look rice. Do the halos on a BMW look rice? no. The s2000 looks more like a bmw then a civic or rsx IMO.
Halo's are of course for looks and provide no real functionality. Rice, or not, that's for the person with the car to determine. Personally, I wouldn't put them on my car, but it's silly to call it rice just because someone else thinks it looks good.
08-04-2011, 12:00 AM
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got it done for 250-300? I dont remember, that was including parts and labor. pretty good quality projectors as opposed to those cheap ones. bixenon too so it has a high beam in the projector itself. I'm actually removing it to put a newer version of the projector (this one shoots about normal headlight width but the new one is like OEM s2000/tsx width). doing it tomorrow so I'll post it if anyone wants to see or I can just pm the results so I'm not thread jacking haha. also the new light doesn't have a halo for drl, just slight illumination in the projector.
08-04-2011, 04:44 AM
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got it done for 250-300? I dont remember, that was including parts and labor. pretty good quality projectors as opposed to those cheap ones. bixenon too so it has a high beam in the projector itself. I'm actually removing it to put a newer version of the projector (this one shoots about normal headlight width but the new one is like OEM s2000/tsx width). doing it tomorrow so I'll post it if anyone wants to see or I can just pm the results so I'm not thread jacking haha. also the new light doesn't have a halo for drl, just slight illumination in the projector.
08-04-2011, 09:54 AM
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got it done for 250-300? I dont remember, that was including parts and labor. pretty good quality projectors as opposed to those cheap ones. bixenon too so it has a high beam in the projector itself. I'm actually removing it to put a newer version of the projector (this one shoots about normal headlight width but the new one is like OEM s2000/tsx width). doing it tomorrow so I'll post it if anyone wants to see or I can just pm the results so I'm not thread jacking haha. also the new light doesn't have a halo for drl, just slight illumination in the projector.
Thanks!!
08-13-2011, 10:05 AM
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Yea rear valence for ap1, gp sport is the ''original'' brand but I have vis replicas
uh I will take some pics of the output tonight, I've been forgetting lol.
this is the old one (new one to come! though I'm not sure if I can catch the difference with my camera since it doesnt take good night shots)
the new projector had a shroud which didn't fit so we took it off and it was black so just painted everything black in the highbeam reflector to match.
Compared to before the new one has a much better cutoff line and I noticed more wider illumination (pics will be taken when later...I hope)
uh I will take some pics of the output tonight, I've been forgetting lol.
this is the old one (new one to come! though I'm not sure if I can catch the difference with my camera since it doesnt take good night shots)
the new projector had a shroud which didn't fit so we took it off and it was black so just painted everything black in the highbeam reflector to match.
Compared to before the new one has a much better cutoff line and I noticed more wider illumination (pics will be taken when later...I hope)
08-24-2011, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Japmuscle' timestamp='1311973630' post='20829102
I bought these halo lights, and believe it or not they are basically the same quality as OEM (very likely the same manufacturing facility). Plus they use the OEM projectors. they are harder to aim, but hey for $500 its a great mod IMO!
It mistifies me as to why everyone thinks the halos look rice. Do the halos on a BMW look rice? no. The s2000 looks more like a bmw then a civic or rsx IMO.
It mistifies me as to why everyone thinks the halos look rice. Do the halos on a BMW look rice? no. The s2000 looks more like a bmw then a civic or rsx IMO.
Halo's are of course for looks and provide no real functionality. Rice, or not, that's for the person with the car to determine. Personally, I wouldn't put them on my car, but it's silly to call it rice just because someone else thinks it looks good.
this guy knows what he is talking about