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Picked up my "Simon-IZED" Euro Headlights yesterday

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Old 08-01-2011, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by jg525i
congrats on the new headlights jr i heard all about the adventure of installing your new headlights...
damn i guess simon was pretty booked up yesterday... got mine done as well thanks simon!
sorry about your splitter jr :thumbsdown:
amazing headlights tho
here is mine from yesterday LCI BABY!!!
Oh Snap Justin. Congrats on the LCI conversion it's the best mod ever.
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Originally Posted by nomis_nehc
Technically, if someone wants to make the reflector piece a la Euro style or other design, I can put them in there when I open up the headlights. But yes, it looks much better like this... especially in clear!

Also, I am kind of curious of other opinions, but looking at the fourth pic, does it appear that JR's Orions are whiter than mine? We were talking about how the Orions usually have a hint of blue, but his look whiter.

Looking at it in person, they looked about the same. I am wondering if the blackout makes it seem whiter.
Every batch has slightly different hue, that's why they are batch numbered.

Photos look great, if you have time/energy, please post them on our facebook page.
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Originally Posted by chauzers
very nice angel eyes. the only bad thing about the orions is that the lens have to come apart for install, correct? are they brighter than john's (motorcepts) HID? simon, when are you going to hook up my angel eyes?
We offer HID and Orion V2 - same thing.

HID do not come off as bright on the low beam as the Orion V2, however the Orion V2 are not as bright on the high beam as the HID.

However, the one downside of the HID is that the high beam is very very intense to the point of almost washing out the ring in most circumstances.
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Originally Posted by Cwest
Oh Snap Justin. Congrats on the LCI conversion it's the best mod ever.
thanks jack, couldn't be happier with the conversion everything went well, simon did and awesome job
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How do you guys frost the eyebrow? I want to do it on mine.
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damn this looks amazing man! Sorry to hear about your splitter.. :thumbsdown: but now im temped to do this to my car..... clear lens and black out everything on an lci model...

John what do you think??
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JR, any night time pics of the eyebrows on. Curious on how it'll look on.

Originally Posted by tex_phil
How do you guys frost the eyebrow? I want to do it on mine.
Gut the whole eyebrow out. I tried it on a broken halogen set. Another solution is to use a clear film and tint your eyebrow clear. Mask the bottom portion and then spray the eyebrow with frost spray paint. That way if you don't like it, you can just peel it off.

I gutted the eyebrow and painted it white with frost. Would look even better on your car than my Indy Red.

https://5series.net/forums/topic/113...1#entry1339508

Originally Posted by Ghostteck
damn this looks amazing man! Sorry to hear about your splitter.. :thumbsdown: but now im temped to do this to my car..... clear lens and black out everything on an lci model...
I just ordered Orion V2 and the clear lens.
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JR has mentioned to me that frosting does dim the eyebrow considerably. Good thing the frost application was applied on the outside for his set, so it can be removed much easier. It might have been that I used too many coats, but that's to give people a heads up.

As for why I didn't do it from the inside, I am actually highly adamant against cutting out the entire piece. From my experience, and looking at that piece, I simply think that sealing will be an issue and liability. Which I am not going to tempt fate with. In the future, if someone wants me to gut it out, I can, but I will refuse any responsibility for it, lol.
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