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Old 08-06-08 | 12:39 AM
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I found a new set of headlights in the trunk of bro Jerry's 3-rotor. A little too advance for an old school? What do you guys think?
Old 08-06-08 | 12:51 AM
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Im such a noob for forgetting to attach the pix






Old 08-06-08 | 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted by wackyracer
I found a new set of headlights in the trunk of bro Jerry's 3-rotor. A little too advance for an old school? What do you guys think?
Nah it would look much better on my car, so why don't you just take them off and bring them over.
Old 08-06-08 | 02:11 AM
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To each their own, but I would have left them in the trunk.
Old 08-06-08 | 08:38 AM
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Looks good wacky.They still sell those lights in the Whitney catalog.I was thinking of buying a set but didn't know how they would look on the rx's.Now that I see how they look I might buy a set.
Old 08-06-08 | 10:17 AM
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Now I can see at night

thanks bro. I will take more pix today so you can see how it looks. I had to try it coz its hard to drive using old style of headlights. Maybe Im just getting old OR I just got used to driving newer cars with HIDs.

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The “angel eye” has 2 small bulbs on the side. To install it, you have to notch the side of the headlight buckets along with the header panel (radiator side). But I don’t like butchering any of my cars so I installed them in vertical position (top to bottom), instead of side to side. It means I only butchered the headlight buckets.
Old 08-06-08 | 03:07 PM
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notched headlight bucket. not that straight coz my eyes werent straight at that time. thanks to RickRX3 for his suggestion on how to ged rid of a tooth ache. but he failed to tell me to spit out the tequila. lol

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Old 08-06-08 | 03:08 PM
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Nah it would look much better on my car, so why don't you just take them off and bring them over.
good to have a parts car eh..
Old 08-06-08 | 03:09 PM
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To each their own, but I would have left them in the trunk.
I bet it wont look good on an old school toyota.
Old 08-06-08 | 05:57 PM
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We old toyota guys leave the "ANGEL EYES" for the Ricers and their Civics. Now you're not going Ricer on us Wacky, "ARE YOU???"

But seriously if you want brighter lights try the AUTOPAL H4 convervions and put a set of Silverstar bulbs in them. I'm running that setup in my TE51 Corolla. They work great at night and still look like old sealed beam bulbs. Just a thought. You can pick them up at swap meets or on ebay for 30-40 bucks a pair.

I'm just not a fan of those crystal looking lights.
Old 08-06-08 | 06:34 PM
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i like how it looks on your rx3,i wonder how it will look on my rx2.
Old 08-06-08 | 06:37 PM
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maybe I should add a switch (ground wire) on the "angel eye" to turn them on only for show. Not a bad idea Rob.

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Old 08-06-08 | 08:12 PM
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I think it looks pretty good, wounder how it would look on the outside lights on an RX2
Old 08-06-08 | 08:24 PM
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the angel eye is on the high beam side, not low beam. Im not sure if its gonna be street legal to switch their the low & high beam
Old 08-06-08 | 08:45 PM
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Maybe wacky can post pictures of Jerrys old RX2 with those lights, they look good but I'm not a great fan of those fancy things on my old cars specially carbon fiber stuff. ....Remember old is gold
Old 08-06-08 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by wackyracer
the angel eye is on the high beam side, not low beam. Im not sure if its gonna be street legal to switch their the low & high beam
looks nice now all you need is h.i.ds and then you see better and people will move out of the way , take them off and bring them to my house I will show how good they look with some h.i.ds on my 4 dr rx3 , hey look to you left at the money pit
Old 08-06-08 | 10:28 PM
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Those lights look sick Wacky... I say leave 'em,...man, I'm gettin a toofache right now!
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Im not sure if these are the HIDs but they look very nice







j/k, here are the pix


and the crew

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Old 08-07-08 | 12:32 AM
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Probably just getting old wacky lol... but the lights look more yellow than bright though, so probably still hard to see with it.
Yeah, those H.I."DD"s sure look very nice though!
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maybe youre right. i should get my eyes checked
Old 08-07-08 | 08:29 PM
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Wacky thoes might be a good addition to my front since it has the bmw bumper on it---MadChad.
Old 08-07-08 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by wackyracer
the angel eye is on the high beam side, not low beam. Im not sure if its gonna be street legal to switch their the low & high beam
Like you care about legality.

I like em. Especially the HID's you posted.
Old 08-07-08 | 09:16 PM
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imho i think it would look better if you had all 4 with the angel eye thing but that's just me
Old 08-07-08 | 09:35 PM
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all 4 maybe an over kill but Jared said it all.

hey chad,
here's a close-up pix of the SP with the HID's. That will help you decide. and yes, its still available at JCWhitney. Thanks to Supercharged RX3, I didnt know that JCW is still around.
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Talking headlights

If you want to take them off I'll trade you some stock buckets. hey I'm working on Sat. are you going to be around about 3:00. I'll bring the HKS---MadChad.



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