Jack in Norfolk Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Has anybody done any cool updates to the headlights on these cars? I wasn't sure if anyone had tried to do any projector beam type stuff or any of those ropund ones that look like the ones on a BMW etc.... I had seen this done to an old (93) grand cherokee on the jeep board. Just curious. -Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty B Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Go with H4 inserts if you have the 4 headlight front end. 4 x 130w brights usually gets things cooking with gas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soobscript Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 PIAA replacement bulbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danbob99 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Ever hear the term "black housing"? its common in the great land of jdm... i havn't done it on my car but i have done it with a friend on his honda, it turned out looking pretty good. It is where you seperate the glass off the lense, and carefully mask a select few parts of the chrome reflectors inside of the lense and paint them black. Not all of them, you don't want to eliminate all of the reflective properties of the inside of the lense, otherwise you loose all lighting to the the sides, up and down, all you would get would be straight ahead. If done right this ends up looking very nice and clean... thinking about experimenting with old lights that i have and if it looks good doing it on my good lights... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack in Norfolk Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 Ever hear the term "black housing"? its common in the great land of jdm... i havn't done it on my car but i have done it with a friend on his honda, it turned out looking pretty good. It is where you seperate the glass off the lense, and carefully mask a select few parts of the chrome reflectors inside of the lense and paint them black. Not all of them, you don't want to eliminate all of the reflective properties of the inside of the lense, otherwise you loose all lighting to the the sides, up and down, all you would get would be straight ahead. If done right this ends up looking very nice and clean... thinking about experimenting with old lights that i have and if it looks good doing it on my good lights... I have not heard the term and I'm not quite sure I follow you. You aren't talking about painting over the outside are you? I've seen this done on the round headlighted WRX cars and others. But that seems counter productive although it looks ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffast Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 if0 you have the four small square head lights gen 1 i believe just buy silverstar bulbs they rule my xt-6 will be getting them before i drive it to the dragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstaru Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 even a remotely cheap set of lenses and some good bulbs can get you on your way to a cleaner grill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WagonsOnly Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Someone here put SVX reflectors on his wagon. Personally I run SilverStar bulbs, no other mods (except keeping the reflectors and lenses clean). Looks stock and works great, that's all I ask of my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkx Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Has anybody done any cool updates to the headlights on these cars? I wasn't sure if anyone had tried to do any projector beam type stuff or any of those ropund ones that look like the ones on a BMW etc....I had seen this done to an old (93) grand cherokee on the jeep board. Just curious. -Jack im working on fitting some hella units as an upgrade. my headlights suck, and i dont want to replace them with another sucking OEM assembly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffast Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Looks stock and works great, that's all I ask of my car. i think i just found a new slogan to live by Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torxxx Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Someone here put SVX reflectors on his wagon. Tycho put them on his loyale wagon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyruss Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showphoto.php?photo=8871&size=big&cat=&ppuser=632 my rallyX RX lights. came that way when I bought the car. now I just need some decent 8" rally lights to fill the cut outs in the bumper. I rember a long while back. a fellow from overseas was selling a set of subaru EA82 housings that used H4s and had better reflectors/glass. I really wish I had some money at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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