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Eagle eyes headlights review4/14/2024 ![]() ![]() Perhaps it's best to go with matching temps all around and just hope for the best.Click to expand.That is by far the easiest way to get them done so they last. I guess cameras and computer screens can mess with the appearance of the light colour a lot too though. So my plan WAS Morimoto (TRS) 35w 5k HID's for the low beams, but now your pics have me second guessing. I'm obviously going HID for the low beams, but I'm just going to use a colour-matched halogen (or maybe LED) for the highs since I really don't use them much and I just want them to match everything else when I unlock the car with my fob. That's the colour I want my low and high beams to match. My fogs are "80w" (1200 lumen) LED's at 5k colour, and my little accent bulbs in the corner of the OEM light are 5k LED's too. and that's at 4300k (at 55w, which actually washes some of the colour OUT). The pics above actually look more "blue" than I want. Man, the bulb colour temp is really a difficult decision to make. They're not perfect OEM fit, but they're still OK. ![]() similar to the LED tail lights I got from eBay. Adjusted per youtube directions on how to aim headlights lol, the cut-off is on point to what i see on the road. The resulting gap is minimal but not OEM for sure. I was worried about the gap people were complaining about, so i cranked them down. aka user error but im not taking off the bumper to mess with it. That may be me cranking down the mounting bolts to much. I have found that the adjustment on these are lacking. I know, the V is 10 years old on original OEM HIDs Blah blah blah, but the OEM HIDs had no clear cutoff. DRLs are independent of headlights, mine are disabled.Īs far as output, my opinion is subjective, i like the crisp cut-off on most new HID low beams. So far no negative effects of using the OEM harness on the aftermarket headlight. No wiring required just use the connector. How/where did you hook the halos up? Do they come on with your DRL's, or just with the rest of the parking lights?Halos are wired in place of the 194 parking light in the corner, so they light up with fogs or parking lights. I had written these headlights off after reading so much negative stuff about them, but now you've got me wondering about pulling the trigger on 'em again. Also, you said that's 4500k color temp on the new bulbs/ballasts? Looks a lot hotter/blue-er than that, even considering the increased wattage. Surprised you say that you think the new lights have better output from OEM. I've seen some pictures of side-by-side comparisons of OEM headlight housings vs these eBay/Eagle Eye ones, and those folks said the output was far better from the OEM housings (like due to higher quality projector lenses). I'm talking about the blade style connectors. But this can be easily solved with using wiring connectors (like what come with the DDM kit) so Im sure in the future I will have to install them. The only problem I see now is in order to remove the headlights I would have to cut the wires. Hard wired it all together and then sealed off the hole with a stainless plate siliconed on. At any rate I cut the connector off the car (with enough to reattach if wanted) and cut out the connector on the head light. I do kind of like what you did with the ballast though. I have better connections now, and I mounted the ballast where the stockers went. So with that said I'm an advocate for cutting the connector off. So I ended up bending the halo pin on the driver side head light, I eventually got it straight and clipped in but then it only made connection when it wanted to. And once you bend them you're basically permanently screwed. My problem was the pins bending when trying to connect them. I didn't have any problem with pushing the pins out. Please register or login to enable Dark Mode.Hot Rod Power Tour/ Pump Gas Drags/ Drag Week.Gen 5 Camaro Tuning, Diagnostics, Dyno results. ![]()
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