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      10-28-2011, 01:09 PM   #1
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any recommendations on my headlights?

i wanna get rid of those horid ambers. What would you gusy recommend? my car is SG btw
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      10-28-2011, 01:45 PM   #2
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You could go all out and buy new headlights... ? EURO style has a white reflector

DEPO 240 LED Angel Eyes w/ LED turn signals... these have a blacked out marker all together, light shines through 3 holes in the top as well (not sure if that's a good or bad thing in our case)

You could put some vinyl on the outside headlamp... looks sloppy IMO, but a lot of people do it anyway.

You could bake them open or have someone (like Imperial Tinting & Graphics in Kirkland) take them apart and put vinyl over them or paint them - looks a lot more professional. -these guys can also make custom angel eyes for you in case you don't have them already.

Or you can retrofit the LCI lights as well...

that's about all the suggestions i have...
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You could go all out and buy new headlights... ? EURO style has a white reflector

DEPO 240 LED Angel Eyes w/ LED turn signals... these have a blacked out marker all together, light shines through 3 holes in the top as well (not sure if that's a good or bad thing in our case)

You could put some vinyl on the outside headlamp... looks sloppy IMO, but a lot of people do it anyway.

You could bake them open or have someone (like Imperial Tinting & Graphics in Kirkland) take them apart and put vinyl over them or paint them - looks a lot more professional. -these guys can also make custom angel eyes for you in case you don't have them already.

Or you can retrofit the LCI lights as well...

that's about all the suggestions i have...
this is pretty much every option available lol. im thinking of getting rid of mine too. Euro style would be the best option...

in the meantime, I had them deleted through coding (at least they don't light-up anymore) .
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OH! forgot one! You could also get your headlights tinted... a light smoke (like 35%) would hide the amber a little bit (that's what i have done to mine so far until i get DEPO's after deployment)...
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one piece of advise: don't buy the DEPO lights
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one piece of advise: don't buy the DEPO lights
why? what's wrong with them?

Only bad thing i heard about them is that the face is more likely to crack, but you can put a clear bra over that to fix, right?
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buy an lci e90 that doesnt have them? lol
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why? what's wrong with them?

Only bad thing i heard about them is that the face is more likely to crack, but you can put a clear bra over that to fix, right?
Quality is crap and the LEDs fail rather quickly
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Quality is crap and the LEDs fail rather quickly
i actually have depo blacklines. hear anything about those?
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why? what's wrong with them?

Only bad thing i heard about them is that the face is more likely to crack, but you can put a clear bra over that to fix, right?
Other then the fact they are a crappy headlight, made with cheap material and have shitty lighting output; nothing.
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i actually have depo blacklines. hear anything about those?
In general, I have never been impressed with the quality of the DEPO products that I have seen. See below comments by

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Other then the fact they are a crappy headlight, made with cheap material and have shitty lighting output; nothing.
Couldn't have said it better myself
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