head lights

tickfordguy · 24-01-2007, 11:39 AM

thinking of getting those black headlights of e bay i have the black tail lights the car is liquid silver has any one got any pics of these lights on silver au thanks

StealthAu · 24-01-2007, 02:01 PM

Not a big fan of them, mostly because they look like they arn't lined up right. I've also been told they provide poor lighting, I think painting the frame of the standard lights would look/preform alot better

autickfordfairmont · 24-01-2007, 02:18 PM

post up a pic of your tail lights. Are they the black ones or chrome???? I also have silver and would like to see what they look like.

5tumpy · 24-01-2007, 02:24 PM

I have the chrome headlights on my sliver Forte... I'll post some pics...

During the day/just before dark...

At night...

Low beam....

High beam...

5tumpy · 24-01-2007, 02:26 PM

I have a heap more if you want more pics... I have Black tailights with the chrome highlight circles....

tickfordguy · 24-01-2007, 02:42 PM

yeah that would b cool will post pics this week end when i get my camera back

tickfordguy · 24-01-2007, 02:45 PM

what are they like at night are they as good as the factory ones sum pepole dont like them how ezy are they to put in

5tumpy · 24-01-2007, 03:27 PM

They are different at night, but IMO better. I've never had any issues with visibility at night. There is one screw that is a ***** to get out, and I found it easier to remove the grill. Apart from that, its a straight bolt-on replacement. Oh, i had to re-do the connection for the parker bulb, but thats a simple, cut the wire, solder a the connection that comes with the light, and sparky tape over it. Took about an hour, and that was completely winging it.

**Mechan1k** · 24-01-2007, 04:44 PM

I used to have those ones ... the high beam alignment was awful and not even ... low beam was worse ... I went back to factory headlights and had them modified with projectors inside them. So much happier now. Perfect flat top cut-off beam ... peripheral beam is WAY better as well.

I need to get out and do nightshots on the open road ... its hard to explain.

My low beam reaches a good 100m in front of me on the road ... but the beam stays low ... if I am following a vehicle 3 seconds behind my beam does not go higher than their bumper level.

I also have no dull patches at all in my beam either ... all the same brightness.

But as a down side the outer lights are now H1 (not dual filament H4) ... but I have gotten over the issue of loss of outer high beam ... I used Lightforce 240 driving lights

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tickfordguy · 24-01-2007, 05:57 PM

how about those aunger head light covers with the black outs

tickfordguy · 24-01-2007, 06:59 PM

im confused want to get the black head lights but to many are saying no good i all ready have the black lunar tail lights and want to match the other black bits on the liquid silver such as ef el gt scoop and carbon fibre top rear wing it also has te50 front and back bars and skirts

Mark One · 24-01-2007, 09:44 PM

I have the same lights as 5tumpy but in black, there doesn't seem to be a problem with mine, I haven't done that much night driving with them however. I had more troubles with the standard lights with those black rimed light covers.

**Mechan1k** · 25-01-2007, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by tickfordguy

im confused want to get the black head lights but to many are saying no good i all ready have the black lunar tail lights and want to match the other black bits on the liquid silver such as ef el gt scoop and carbon fibre top rear wing it also has te50 front and back bars and skirts

Get the factory bezels painted black ... much better looking than standard that's for sure.