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Old 01-09-08, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Lexkost
The Jetta lights to install on a 1st or 2nd is pretty much the same technic.
A bottom bracket needs to be made that uses the stock mounting holes and the top of light can be done with two brackets and you must drill into the large radiator support.It is very hard to discribe this job ,do to alot of playing around with the placement of the new lights.

When I get some time to work on them again I will take pics of the brackets.

............I have been running this set-up for a good time now even thought I have some small little items to finish up on.

....But I must say that they preform better than almost all stock HID's have seen .
Yeah I think I can experiment enough to get those headlights mounted and make a bracket.. I'm more curious about a couple things:

1) How exactly did you fill in the "gaps"? Or are you just leaving it with a gap right now.

2) Do the headlight housings have a built in leveling screw, so once you get them mounted you can adjust the ballasts to get that great cutoff line?
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In addition to that Suneet, I kinda like the stock fog lamps, is there any way to keep them there?

I wish it was easy for us to make our own 'housing' and projector to just fit where the center headlight housing is, I like where our ambers and fog lamps are located stock.
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Since I have an extra set of headlight housings lying around anyway, I think I'll just keep them instead of selling them on eBay so I can work on mounting brackets etc
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Aren't the 2nd gen lights a little bit narrower, so this headlight would work better with the 2nd gen?

I noticed that Lexkost and LOTC have different size gaps that aren't related to placement...
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Originally Posted by Suneet
Yeah I think I can experiment enough to get those headlights mounted and make a bracket.. I'm more curious about a couple things:

1) How exactly did you fill in the "gaps"? Or are you just leaving it with a gap right now.

2) Do the headlight housings have a built in leveling screw, so once you get them mounted you can adjust the ballasts to get that great cutoff line?

!) I will be installing JP Eyeliners

2) The lights have plenty of adjusting screws
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Originally Posted by NJ240sxMan
In addition to that Suneet, I kinda like the stock fog lamps, is there any way to keep them there?

I wish it was easy for us to make our own 'housing' and projector to just fit where the center headlight housing is, I like where our ambers and fog lamps are located stock.
The light I use has a great fog much better than stock. ( it the one without the projector) .
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Old 01-09-08, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by avalon42
Aren't the 2nd gen lights a little bit narrower, so this headlight would work better with the 2nd gen?

I noticed that Lexkost and LOTC have different size gaps that aren't related to placement...
LOTC has an aftermarket grillsurround that covers some gap and also eyeliners.

avalon42 ,your right there is less gap on a 2nd gen.
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Lexkost I have a 1st gen. The headlight is the same on both your car and LOTC's? So based on the picture, the fog is the innermost bottom light?

(If you can label each light since I'm an idiot like that, there seems to be 4 in the picture)

-Alex
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Originally Posted by Suneet
Any chance we'll get more information from him on how to do it ourselves?
Highly doubtful. But I'm sure Lexkost can help you out with that.

Originally Posted by NJ240sxMan
Lexkost I have a 1st gen. The headlight is the same on both your car and LOTC's? So based on the picture, the fog is the innermost bottom light?

(If you can label each light since I'm an idiot like that, there seems to be 4 in the picture)

-Alex
Lexkost's and LOTC's headlights are not the same. I went ahead and labeled the lights. With LOTC's headlights, the fog and high beam might be swapped around...can't recall.
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