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Old May 15, 2014 | 02:58 AM
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Got my headlights back, will be installing after some long deserved rest

Here's a glimpse of what me and some friends did, we did a full restore on the lenses, added angel eyes on the low beam projectors, color matching benzels, turn signals are now 6000k white, tinted turn signal reflectors
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Old May 15, 2014 | 02:59 AM
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Another view
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Old May 15, 2014 | 03:01 AM
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The turn signals
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Old May 15, 2014 | 03:02 AM
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Painted fogs before restore on left
Painted fogs after restore on right
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Old May 15, 2014 | 03:57 AM
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Looks great
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Old May 15, 2014 | 05:04 AM
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That looks really good!
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Old May 15, 2014 | 05:11 AM
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Looks awesome
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Old May 15, 2014 | 08:50 AM
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These cars in dark colors really pull off painted benzels very well, I'll get more pics when we install them this afternoon
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Old May 15, 2014 | 08:51 AM
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Total cost for everything which includes my buddy's time was only 350 bucks for doing the restore, painting, halos, wiring, etc
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Old May 15, 2014 | 08:53 AM
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Very nice, i just finished a similar setup minus the halo and restoring the lense.

I'm guessing you just sanded down the lens to restore it? Did you use anything to protect the UV coating on it so that it doesnt yellow again?
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Old May 15, 2014 | 10:44 AM
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We bought a lense restore kit you can buy online, requires a ton of buffing and elbow grease but the results are night and day
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Old May 15, 2014 | 10:45 AM
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Wow those came out really nice. Angel eyes like beamers? I want to see them at night time! And ya for me, I bought meguiar's coating layer. Hasn't yellowed again in a month
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Old May 15, 2014 | 10:47 AM
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LED angel eyes on low beams only and they'll be DRLs, so pretty much like BMW or any other car with aftermarket rings, helps the car stand out more aggressive
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Originally Posted by PetesSweet
LED angel eyes on low beams only and they'll be DRLs, so pretty much like BMW or any other car with aftermarket rings, helps the car stand out more aggressive
Wow so do both the angel eyes and the oem drls go on in the morning. Pics pls
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Old May 15, 2014 | 11:08 AM
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Nice! I have a similar headlight setup. I thought I was the only one who liked the halo rings only around the low beam
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