follow ft86club on our blog, twitter or facebook.
FT86CLUB
Ft86Club
Speed By Design
Register Garage Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Go Back   Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community - FT86CLUB > Technical Topics > Cosmetic Modification (Interior/Exterior/Lighting)

Cosmetic Modification (Interior/Exterior/Lighting) Discussions about cosmetic mods.

Register and become an FT86Club.com member. You will see fewer ads

User Tag List

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 11-10-2016, 10:27 AM   #1
Veeoh
Member
 
Veeoh's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2016
Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S
Location: MD
Posts: 42
Thanks: 3
Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
driver side headlight doesn't have squirrel finder tab?

So I got a set of HIDs and installed them and I even attempted to bend the sf down a bit. Passenger side sf I was able to push down a bit. But on the driver side light it seems to be missing the sf?? I look inside and there is no tab to see or to feel like on the passenger side. I didn't think too much of it but now I'm noticing that the clear coat on my driver side headlight is starting to peel off while my passenger side clear coat looks perfectly fine.

So my question is, would the light beaming through the headlight (without the sf shield) effect the outer clear coating of the headlight? And why would only one of my headlights Come with a sf🤔🤔
Veeoh is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2016, 10:31 AM   #2
86Boyz
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2016
Drives: on the highway to hell
Location: SoCal
Posts: 307
Thanks: 60
Thanked 177 Times in 98 Posts
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
I wouldn't even bother with HIDs if the projectors haven't been retrofitted for HIDs. Just go ahead and buy H11 Phillips Diamond Vision bulbs. You will still get exotic white light with a slight hint of blue.
86Boyz is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2016, 12:32 PM   #3
Veeoh
Member
 
Veeoh's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2016
Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S
Location: MD
Posts: 42
Thanks: 3
Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Gotcha. Thanks for the advice✌️

I'm tryna figure out why my driver side headlight doesn't have the squirrel finder tab though
Veeoh is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2016, 02:12 PM   #4
Mazikowski
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Drives: 2013 GBS BRZ Limited
Location: Huntsville, AL
Posts: 107
Thanks: 40
Thanked 49 Times in 27 Posts
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Garage
Probably because you wouldn't want that light being reflected up into oncoming traffic...
Mazikowski is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-29-2016, 10:20 AM   #5
Veeoh
Member
 
Veeoh's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2016
Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S
Location: MD
Posts: 42
Thanks: 3
Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Yeah I get that the driver side headlight should less to not bother drivers when you're behind them. but my driver side is the side that is actually brighter than the passenger side. The passenger side has the sf tab so why wouldn't the driver side not have it as well?


Edit : just found out from doing some more digging around that there is a screw on the headlights I could try adjusting maybe that'll fix why the passenger side angle looks so much lower.


Second edit : spent a good hour adjusting with the screw by the bulb. Pretty satisfied with how they look now. Had a friend drive Infront of me at night as well and told me no glaring so that's good. ����

Last edited by Veeoh; 12-01-2016 at 05:59 PM.
Veeoh is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Wtb brz driver side headlight and driver side fender ikeryder13 Want-To-Buy Requests 1 10-06-2016 06:18 PM
Driver side trunk button doesn't work. Aphaux Issues | Warranty | Recalls / TSB 25 07-29-2016 01:55 AM
Modding squirrel finder wbradley Cosmetic Modification (Interior/Exterior/Lighting) 6 07-10-2013 02:53 AM
FS: BRZ HEADLIGHT (Driver Side $375) FRS2000 Exterior Parts (Aero, Lighting, Etc.) 0 06-09-2013 11:43 PM
Help! Squirrel finder issue! Jacob G. Cosmetic Modification (Interior/Exterior/Lighting) 13 03-01-2013 01:26 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:07 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2026, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging v3.3.0 (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2026 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.

Garage vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.