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Old Oct 23, 2024 | 07:50 AM
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I am thinking about buying these off Amazon. Have you had any experience? Are they any good?

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Old Oct 23, 2024 | 09:13 AM
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What condition are your current headlights in? If they aren't taking in condensation and you don't need them to look 100% brand new, I would refinish them with a headlight polishing kit and then clearcoat them and/or apply clear protective headlight film on them.

The pecking order for headlights goes like this:
  1. OEM
  2. Depo
  3. Eagle Eyes
  4. Everything else bought from a dedicated auto parts retailer
  5. Headlights from China on American Temu (Amazon)
I would flat out refuse to install anything past #3 on my car. I don't even like how Eagle Eyes uses significantly stiffer rubber surrounds compared to OEM and Depo, but they're otherwise acceptable if you must have new units and can't afford better.

Being critical safety equipment, I don't trust knockoff headlight assemblies to have optics as precise as OEM or proven aftermarket brands to reflect light properly. The knockoffs copied the designs, but they probably skimped on some small details that matter when it comes to optics or fitment, and they certainly did no product testing like #1-3 do.
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Old Oct 23, 2024 | 09:31 AM
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Thanks for the reply and the pecking order, very helpful. My headlights are not too bad so I will try and refinish them.
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