Weird Headlights

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Jimmynb
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Weird Headlights

Postby Jimmynb » Sun May 31, 2015 6:19 pm

Can anyone tell me what this guy has done to his headlights, they look a little darker than usual and i would love to replicate them.

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Re: Weird Headlights

Postby Jeo » Sun May 31, 2015 10:24 pm

Got a specific time that shows the headlights well?

From what I saw it looked as though it'd had the inserts painted black.

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Re: Weird Headlights

Postby Jimmynb » Sun May 31, 2015 10:27 pm

Jeo wrote:From what I saw it looked as though it'd had the inserts painted black.


Is that illegal, i imagine it would stop the inserts reflecting properly

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Re: Weird Headlights

Postby Jeo » Sun May 31, 2015 10:31 pm

Probably, but that's mostly based on the assumption that just about anything you modify is illegal.

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Re: Weird Headlights

Postby Okibi » Sun May 31, 2015 11:54 pm

If you had access to a car like this, would you take it back right away? Neither would I.

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Re: Weird Headlights

Postby mx5002 » Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:34 pm

That video linked above is what I went by when I did mine
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Re: Weird Headlights

Postby hks_kansei » Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:42 pm

Jimmynb wrote:
Jeo wrote:From what I saw it looked as though it'd had the inserts painted black.


Is that illegal, i imagine it would stop the inserts reflecting properly



Most of the ones I have seen (inlcuding the ones Mazda did themselves for the SE) have only painted the front parts of the inner housing, not the mirrored reflector part.

As for legal, probably not, but if you do a neat job it's unlikely anybody will notice.
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