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Old 08-20-2013, 01:24 PM
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Got mine in the mail today. For people wondering about the headlight aiming. It is in the stock location. I also think these have left and right aiming as well? there are two gears.

I have the sti lenses and some other goodies I want to put in these and I think I'm gonna leave them gloss black. It actually looks really good and OEM.

Anyone figure out the light escaping issue? I want to address that while they are still open.


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Old 08-20-2013, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by billyvq_uick
I'm nervous about the quality of these..but for the price it seems like a pretty good deal
and if i dont like them, i can just sell them for close to what i bought them. i really with i hade 2k to get oem lights, ballast AND get them painted.
Old 08-20-2013, 01:50 PM
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Sorry but they seem to have a pretty shitty light output to me, decent cut off but the output to the road is poor compared to the OEM lights and they have a really horrible hotspot issue focusing all the light in one point vs spreading it around. I was hoping these would work out and maybe they just need the STI lens upgrades to work well but out of the box they look disappointing to me and really only work for looks during the day. I'll be intested to see some output shots after someone swaps the lens.
Old 08-20-2013, 01:56 PM
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its most lilkley the lens, as the power is the same.
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Originally Posted by Teha99
Got mine in the mail today. For people wondering about the headlight aiming. It is in the stock location. I also think these have left and right aiming as well? there are two gears.

I have the sti lenses and some other goodies I want to put in these and I think I'm gonna leave them gloss black. It actually looks really good and OEM.

Anyone figure out the light escaping issue? I want to address that while they are still open.



thanks for pointing out about the aiming. the gears should def be for the aiming.

Whenever I receive mine, i'm contemplating on whether or not I should cosmetic wise:
A) leave as is
B) remove clear turn signal lense and bulb cover
C) Do B and paint turn signal area gloss black
D) Do A but paint turn signal area gloss black

gonna do the Sti lense swap as well. As for the light escaping issue, maybe test out shining a flashlight towards that area or test out with hids before fully installing?
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Originally Posted by freddys 350z
its most lilkley the lens, as the power is the same.
that's what i was thinking. don't the depo's and OEMs use the same if not similar fresnel lenses?
Old 08-20-2013, 11:51 PM
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wth are STI lenses?
Old 08-21-2013, 03:27 AM
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Originally Posted by DarkCreep
wth are STI lenses?
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...products_id=85
Old 08-21-2013, 08:03 AM
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Whoever is doing the sti lense swap with these headlights please post a pic with the results. A Before and after pic would be nice. Also add what bulbs you are using (hopefully Phillips). The first cutoff pic was posted using cheap bulbs.

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Old 08-21-2013, 02:57 PM
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Are these brighter than the 03 HID?
Old 08-21-2013, 05:51 PM
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I purchased 3, 4 left from this one and 1 from the other
Old 08-21-2013, 06:11 PM
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Huh
Old 08-21-2013, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by 2004Black350z
Huh
I think he is saying he bought 3 sets and now there are 4 left, and one with another vendor/seller......? I could be wrong.
Old 08-21-2013, 06:42 PM
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why buy 4 sets?
Old 08-21-2013, 06:44 PM
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Can someone post a full car view during the day on a black z?
Old 08-21-2013, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by freddys 350z
why buy 4 sets?
My thoughts: someone said they thought the price was going up... I think buying up a bunch of sets to sell later when the price goes up is an easy way to make $20-100 down the line....


or he has 3+ Zs?
Old 08-23-2013, 07:02 PM
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depo assembly with STI-R lens and morimoto 3five 4300K bulbs
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Old 08-23-2013, 07:05 PM
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Looks pretty good IMO^
Old 08-23-2013, 09:07 PM
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I still think oem has better cutoff.
Old 08-23-2013, 09:10 PM
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Yeah, but it's marginal at best.


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