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Cade01 · 08-12-2013, 12:56 AM

So I decided to black out my headlights and they turned out great, except the cutoff looks wrong now. Are the parts of the projector the same left and right or do they have parts unique to each side? I had them all separated by side but I think I may have mixed them up when putting them back together!

Here is what my cutoff looks like from about 6 feet from my garage:

I don't recall there being the two little "humps" over each side, is that normal? The cutoff also seems to be higher on the left now as well. Can someone else check there cutoff from about the same distance for me? Or if anyone knows if the guts are the same or different, I may have to pull them back apart.

Help please!

TIA

Wise · 08-12-2013, 01:03 AM

This might be because you've lost the reflective surface when you blacked it out. That might have an effect on spread.

suaveflooder · 08-12-2013, 01:05 AM

Normal. I had those both before and after the black out on my headlights.

Kelbyat07 · 08-12-2013, 01:08 AM

Im thinking bout tinting mine. Wana show me what your looks like?

deucethemoose · 08-12-2013, 01:10 AM

That is the well documented "squirrel finder". Search it on here.

Cade01 · 08-12-2013, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wise

This might be because you've lost the reflective surface when you blacked it out. That might have an effect on spread.

I didn't black out the high beam reflector. That pattern is coming from the projector.

suaveflooder · 08-12-2013, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelbyat07

Im thinking bout tinting mine. Wana show me what your looks like?

Mine

retrosmiths · 08-12-2013, 01:28 AM

They look normal.

Kelbyat07 · 08-12-2013, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suaveflooder

Mine

What percent? And is it still the same vision at might?

retrosmiths · 08-12-2013, 01:43 AM

Here's my cutoff, squirrel-finders blocked.

Cade01 · 08-12-2013, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelbyat07

Im thinking bout tinting mine. Wana show me what your looks like?

Here's mine:

I didn't tint the lens, I painted the chrome inner part and the mounting ring around the projector.

Cade01 · 08-12-2013, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelbyat07

What percent? And is it still the same vision at might?

Not many people actually tint the lenses, just paint the insides. you get darker looking headlights and no reduction in light output.

Cade01 · 08-12-2013, 02:33 AM

So I pushed them down as far as they would go, they look better but they still slightly have the bumps at the top, nowhere near as crisp a cutoff as retrosmiths. Do you have HIDs? I have the stock standard halogens in mine.

Kelbyat07 · 08-12-2013, 02:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cade01

Not many people actually tint the lenses, just paint the insides. you get darker looking headlights and no reduction in light output.

Oh ok my friend was going to just put nice tint film over it. I dont want to paint mine.

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suaveflooder Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: 2013 FR-S Location: San Diego Posts: 2,295 Thanks: 2,708 Thanked 1,052 Times in 664 Posts Mentioned: 29 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Normal. I had those both before and after the black out on my headlights.

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Cade01 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: '13 White FR-S, 09 Triumph St.3 R Location: Eugene, OR Posts: 812 Thanks: 30 Thanked 135 Times in 106 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	So I pushed them down as far as they would go, they look better but they still slightly have the bumps at the top, nowhere near as crisp a cutoff as retrosmiths. Do you have HIDs? I have the stock standard halogens in mine.

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