well maybe not a daily driver but it will be driven alot in the summer...and most likely will be driven at night fairly often...i want to do the smoked ultra clear lights but will i be able to see? i plan to do HIDs but i see those lights dont have a "cap" that shields the end of the bulb so i dont know how well those will work. just want to make sure i get the right lights...
want to use smoked headlights but my car is a DD...?
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I have smoked on mine, just run a brighter bulb and you will be alright. They really ain't that bad.
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I have black headlight covers and they dim my headlights. I got some brighter bulbs but they still seem to not be bright enough.
only way i can even tell my headlights are on is because the dash is lit up...stock headlights suck
They will glare.
HID's were never meant to run a.) without a glare shield, b.) in a diffuser-lens style reflector housing and c.) rebased in a 9004 bulb.
I know. my DD has HID's. I still love it when they flick on and the color changes from blue to white while they warm up. But they are also OEM and designed to project the light correctly.
I want to take my housings and retrofit HID projectors inside the tinted housings. That way the tint hides the projector during the day. The problem is HID lights require clear lenses. The mustang headlight is a diffuser style light BECAUSE of the fact that there is no shield in front of the bulb. It's designed that way to cut down on light. Clear lenses alone will make a huge difference, so i would look into the smoked diamond clear lenses first, before the standard smoked diffuser style that is common. The smoked diamond lights are new.
Another thing to do is but the diamond clear lenses, and simply paint the reflector with a black transluscent paint slightly or black out the edges. It's kinda like the 2001-2004 Mustang headlight. The lens is crystal clear with no tint, but the light looks smoked because of all the black trim. I kinda wanted to do something similar with a set of diamond clears
I want to take my housings and retrofit HID projectors inside the tinted housings. That way the tint hides the projector during the day. The problem is HID lights require clear lenses. The mustang headlight is a diffuser style light BECAUSE of the fact that there is no shield in front of the bulb. It's designed that way to cut down on light. Clear lenses alone will make a huge difference, so i would look into the smoked diamond clear lenses first, before the standard smoked diffuser style that is common. The smoked diamond lights are new.
Another thing to do is but the diamond clear lenses, and simply paint the reflector with a black transluscent paint slightly or black out the edges. It's kinda like the 2001-2004 Mustang headlight. The lens is crystal clear with no tint, but the light looks smoked because of all the black trim. I kinda wanted to do something similar with a set of diamond clears
I know. my DD has HID's. I still love it when they flick on and the color changes from blue to white while they warm up. But they are also OEM and designed to project the light correctly.
I want to take my housings and retrofit HID projectors inside the tinted housings. That way the tint hides the projector during the day. The problem is HID lights require clear lenses. The mustang headlight is a diffuser style light BECAUSE of the fact that there is no shield in front of the bulb. It's designed that way to cut down on light. Clear lenses alone will make a huge difference, so i would look into the smoked diamond clear lenses first, before the standard smoked diffuser style that is common. The smoked diamond lights are new.
Another thing to do is but the diamond clear lenses, and simply paint the reflector with a black transluscent paint slightly or black out the edges. It's kinda like the 2001-2004 Mustang headlight. The lens is crystal clear with no tint, but the light looks smoked because of all the black trim. I kinda wanted to do something similar with a set of diamond clears
my 01 has those headlights and ive always wondered what that would look like with the fox headlights
i think my color fox looks best with stock headlights or i would have tried it already
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