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Cade01 08-12-2013 01:56 AM

Did I put my headlights back together wrong?
 
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 02:03 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 02:05 AM

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

Kelbyat07 08-12-2013 02:08 AM

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

deucethemoose 08-12-2013 02:10 AM

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

Cade01 08-12-2013 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wise (Post 1134579)
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 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelbyat07 (Post 1134584)
Im thinking bout tinting mine. Wana show me what your looks like?

Mine
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h8...ps101be090.jpg

retrosmiths 08-12-2013 02:28 AM

They look normal.

Kelbyat07 08-12-2013 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suaveflooder (Post 1134606)

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

retrosmiths 08-12-2013 02:43 AM

1 Attachment(s)
Here's my cutoff, squirrel-finders blocked.

Cade01 08-12-2013 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelbyat07 (Post 1134584)
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 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelbyat07 (Post 1134620)
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 03:33 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 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cade01 (Post 1134663)
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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