Hey, are those Ebay projector sets worth the plastic they are molded with? I have a foggy factory light that gets a little moisture inside and was curious what kind of luck you guys have had with the majority of $100 projector sets on the market? They junk? decent? lemme know. ..

 

I can't answer that question, but I'm sure fixing the leak and clearing up the "fogginess" is going to be much more cost efficient.

 

the ebay ones are clear and nice but lighting at night is

 

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Judging by this post, I wouldn't get them if I were you. I'm sure you can do a search here or on Team-Integra.net and find a write up on how to re-seal your headlights......and clear them up

 

No, they are not worth it

 

I kind of had a feeling that was the case. Most of the stuff on ebay like the $49 headers i figured were not only worse than the stock parts, buying them was similar to holding dollars over a campfire.

 

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I'll hurt you if you buy projectors


-You have a 97 GSR right? Go and start gettin parts for a one piece front end its def. gonna look sick.

 

I just got me a set to replace my messed up headlights...

Looks are IMO better then stock. (got me a 98 front)
lighting...hit or miss...I had someone compliment how clear my lights where at night.

if you get em...RESEAL EM!

 

Why don't you find something more then stock? Like a black housing if that would look good on the car. Or some HID or angel eyes. If you have to buy new ones why not buy up?

 

Junk indeed. I was in the same position as you are but I had broken tabs instead of moisture problems. The lighting output on ebay projectors are very crappy compared to that of oem quality. There is a lot of glare that is released through the lens and the output does not compare with original lighting. Spend the cash and get oem housings and projectors. You will not regret it.

 

Don't bother with those. Crappy lenses and black housing= little to no visibility at night.

 

The JDM front end does look sick and i much prefer it to the twin lamp US look. What's a complete comversion going for these days anyway?

 

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Around $1,500 plus shipping

 

Oh **** thats basically the value of a used da

 

Damn, i had a feeling that was the case. I'm already in this thing more than i planned on. 97-GSR with 137k $3000, Konig Feathers & Federal 595 tires $650, Edelbrock Header $300, Stereo $600 {lots of ebay parts made it cheap} Pads & Rotors $200, Tokico HP kit $360 and i've had the car for like two months now. I paid what seemed to be a very good price for the car only to start tossing cash at it like i somehow told myself i wasn't going to do with this ride lol...I'm sure more is comming, i have to run this thing in the spring and figure out how much HP it will take to click high 14's. I wouldn't think it would be too hard. I'll probably have a cat-back on by the time the track opens to compliment the header that's now on order. We'll see what that does before i whip out my porting tools on the factory manifold and or go Performer x if need be.

 

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Ummm.....well....you know.....when people FIRST started selling the JDM front ends, the NON-HID OEM front ends were about $3000. The HID front end was $4500. At the time it would have been cheaper to get the fiberglass conversion kit for about the price you would expect to pay nowadays for the OEM conversion kit.

$1500 for a non HID front end is not bad. $2000 + give or take a few hundred....for an HID front end...is also NOT bad. I just wish I would have waited

 

go get sum legit 8 or 10k HID ballasts. they are usually about $300. dont mess with that ebay crap u will regret it

 

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--- DO NOT DO THAT! I will honestly bust your face if i see you rice out your car.

Check out my build thread, and look @ my Retrofitted headlights. I'm using Retrofit w/Color Mod- 05' TSX 'Clear' Projectors, Hella GenIII Ballast, D2S OSRAM Xenarc 4300k, Wiring Harness.

And for those ebay headlights, they are not good @ all. If you are having fogging problems, plan on having a monsoon inside your headlight. The only thing those headlights are good for, are the clear lense they have. But besides for that, they always fog up and always have water in them.

Stay oem. the PNP hid kits from ebay are ****, not worth spending money on them. You will end up getting pulled over and spending more money in the long run. Anything above 6k is unnecessary and stupid. If gofastgokart99 knew anything about lighting he would know that the higher the K, the crappier the usable light. Just look @ my retrofit in my build thread, (in my signiture) and you will see how mine look.

visit http://www.hidplanet.com !!! for all your lighting needs, they are dope.

 

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bwaaahahaha I don't consider anything over 4300K HID to be "legit"

I also don't consider plug-n-play kits of any shape or form to be "legit"

 

 

Because...stock is stock....
Don't want to be the same old crap...
Besides..too much trouble and more money to do it the right way...retro fit...

 

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damn..I maybe defending somewhat my decision to stay with my cheap choice...but damn...8 or 10k hids...Bwahaha..

With that set up, you won't see ****..mind you attract cops.

 

think i'm going to wind up trying the PIAA's i found a pretty decent deal at

http://www.aumauto.com/pi90xtwhpl3.html

thought about the 80w hellas but am worried about melting the harness.

 

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You can find some for around $1100 w/out the lip, then buy the lip from me

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bwaaahahaha I don't consider anything over 4300K HID to be "legit"

I also don't consider plug-n-play kits of any shape or form to be "legit"

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Lol! I do concur!
OEM 4300K is untouchable.

 

This is a PnP **** kit. (DIFFERENCE OF BEING PULLED OVER)


This is legit retro fit. (DIFFERENCE OF NOT BEING PULLED OVER)


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http://www.aumauto.com/pi90xtwhpl3.html

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--- Waste of money really, i bought some b4 i did my retro and took them right back. Def. not worth the money.

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Don't want to be the same old crap...
Besides..too much trouble and more money to do it the right way...retro fit...
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--- Is he calling retrofits crap?? If you wanna do something, take the time and do it right. If not, you don't deserve to drive. If you don't care to take the time to do it right, you are contributing to all the other ricer/hoopD *** hondas out there.

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bwaaahahaha I don't consider anything over 4300K HID to be "legit"

I also don't consider plug-n-play kits of any shape or form to be "legit"

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--- Patrick, i think i want to have your babies! And whats with that retrofit club?? I seen it around b4, dunno what its about though.