I have to replace headlights right now.. OEM is going to be around 300 I'm thinking.. for new headlights.. Of course I have the option of putting aftermarket headlights in (94 bumper.. can't do 98+ conversion).. what would my best choice be?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...61019
These? I have a friend with a 92 civic that complained this brand broke on him (the pieces to adjust height.. so I'm sketchy)

http://www.racerwheel.com/rt100386.html
Another type of headlight suggested..

Or should I do OEM?

Any other black housing or aftermarket headlights I should look at for an upgrade?

I'm also looking for personal experiences with these..


Modified by Heisdan at 1:06 PM 3/22/2004

 

Buy used/oem?

 

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Used OEM headlights are an option but since I have the chance to upgrade might as well..

Anyone have personal expirience with black housing headlights on a teg?

 

check and see what http://www.racerwheel.com has to offer. Thats where Im getting my headlights.

 

http://www.racerwheel.com/rt100386.html
is what he's suggesting..

Anyone have an type of experience with these? or the other's I've posted..

 

buy oem lights and do this

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=807082

 

Those ebay ones actually look pretty good.

 

I had HID's in my old 94 Integra headlights, and I painted the bezel around the projector black to help cut down on glare. It worked, but it looked wierd because in the daytime the low beam side looked completely black, but the high beam side still looked chrome (looked like my car had it's eyes punched out ).





But now with my 2000 headlights, I did the same thing when I retrofitted to Mercedes E-class bi-xenon projectors, only this time I left the inner edge of the bezel right next to the projector unpainted, still chrome. So I have a chrome ring around the headlights so that they don't look totally black in the daytime, and I also painted the high beam bezels (not the reflectors). I think it came out really really good.





You can do something similar w/ 94-97 headlights (leaving the inner edge of the bezel chrome) so I would suggest doing that instead of going with aftermarket headlights. You already have projectors, so why go aftermarket, unless you realllllllly want those angel eyes. Your call.

 

the question is .. how are the aftermarket ones going to hold out? .. I'm liking that idea of the aftermarket ones.. I'm just curious as to how they'll hold up.. I think they'll look better than OEM painted..

THANKS FOR THE PICS

 

personal preference I guess, I like my OEM painted ones way better than the aftermarket ones I've seen...

Another issue is what kind of bulbs they use, if the aftermarket lights use H3's in the projectors, stay FAR FAR away.