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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 05:46 PM
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Default Black VS. Clear Housing Mini-Poll :)

I have a Black '99 DX and i'm getting Angel-Eye projectors very similar to mill$civic's. He has the black housing, and i am deciding on getting either the black housing: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/99-00...8408QQtcZphoto

or the clear housing: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/99-00...1350QQtcZphoto

for my car. Would do you think would look good with a black car?
 
Old Jun 7, 2006 | 07:50 PM
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I think if you put on black rims with a polished lip along with black housing for the tail lights it would look sweet. I have a dark blue civic 04 so I went chrome housing with hte angel halo and chrome halos in the back... as for rims I should do a poll like you
 
Old Jun 7, 2006 | 07:52 PM
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And with your proj's you should DEFINETLY get HIDs and not even waste time with PIAAs or other H1s(most likely what you will have for bulb choice)... The wiring will make your bulbs blow all the time so until you do HID keep the stock bulbs in.... I spent about 250 just in bulbs before I realized I was retarded and should have done HID.
 
Old Jun 7, 2006 | 09:11 PM
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i like both..black has that little bit of styling it in, and crome blings in the sun light
 
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 10:03 AM
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mill$civic i know you have these headlights. Did you have any trouble with the bulbs?
 
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 12:00 PM
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nope..this is my second summer with them (take the headlights off in the winter) and i love the bulbs in them, they are SOO bright and its a REALLY white light,no yellow at all,and buleish depending were you stand..i havent checked what kind of bulb it is tho
 
Old Jun 9, 2006 | 11:49 PM
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Just wondering on this one mill$civic....but why do you take them off during the winter?
 
Old Jun 10, 2006 | 01:04 PM
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i have the chrome ones on my civic and i like them really well. 2 bulbs blew so i just bought a set of blue ones off ebay for 20 bucks ( 4 bulbs )...they are bright and havent had any problems out of them. the headlights just depend on what you want your car to look like. if you are gonna get black rims or dark colored ones, go with black headlights. if your gonna get silver, then get the chrome ones.
 
Old Jun 10, 2006 | 02:09 PM
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Don't buy those, the lighting is very poor and the halos will burn out prematurely. The projectors are poor quality, and are severly limited in terms of output. The halos are run by LEDs, which are not good with heat number one, but the morons who designed them built them to run off 12v. Cars typically run at 13.8 on the alternator, so it is only a matter of time before those LEDs fry.
If you want HID with real performance, Super bright reliable halos, or just good sound advice, check us out at www.retro-solutions.com
 
Old Jun 10, 2006 | 04:20 PM
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