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Old 03-01-15, 09:40 AM
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as stated above...
http://www.carid.com/1997-lexus-sc-h...ts-475926.html
there's the website. =)
Old 03-01-15, 09:48 AM
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Look like complete and utter ****.

You might as well take one of those early 2000's boomboxes and install it in place of hte headlights because that's what this looks like. Aside from the looks, I am sure the light output on those are a complete joke.
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I'm sorry but those are just flat out terrible!!! The only lights that look good IMO on our cars are the stock ones...if yours are in bad shape just look around for some other ones or buy some new ones from dealership.
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Aftermarket headlight options for the SC's are all the same...a bad decision.

Keep your OEM lights, polish the plastic, do a retrofit, get some nice HID's (not blue, or purple) and be happy.
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I saw these on an Silver Spruce SC in the city and thought they looked good. The lights were off so I can't say anything about the output, but I didn't hate them. Still prefer stock though.
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Nobody is going to like them and they have inherent problems.

They are JDM-spec which means the cutoff is on the wrong side and they tend to blind oncoming drivers. They tend to not be sealed too well and spring leaks. They use cheap projectors and the light output is weak.

I also doubt that the halo lighting lasts very long or even works at all on our cars. Plus they tend to look mismatched unless you get black highbeams as well, or if you remove them and repaint the high beam housing black, and then you still have the problem with the fog lights looking mismatched. But ultimately we can't tell you how to spend your money. That's up to you, but very few people seem to like these lights. I'd recommend just leaving the headlights stock an saving your money for something else. An if you simply must have different headlights, spend the money on a proper retrofit, so that the money will go into an upgrade, instead of these aftermarket headlights, which most agree is a downgrade.
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i actually considered these very same lights, but i went with stock and just threw HID's on them. Im happy with my decision
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Oh.. NO! This has to be some kind of bad dream.
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