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Old Feb 21, 2004 | 05:49 PM
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Those with the recessed headlights please post pics and give me your opinions.
I know i have heard good and bad but i want it from the guys who have tried it.
I like the way it looks on some and not on others. On the 81 and 82 i think it looks awsome with the full ground effects kit installed which is what i have planned when i win the lottery
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 09:21 PM
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 09:27 PM
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i actually like the look of them but it was tough seeing with them at night,so i took them off and went back to stock.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 10:35 AM
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i actually like the look of them but it was tough seeing with them at night.
:iagree: that is why we ''shaved'' the body off so the ''beam'' would be more direct onto the road and not against the lip....I would imagine that most people would not want to go to that extreme though.
Personally ...I like the way mine looks now.
I never have had any intentions of going back to the pop-ups.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 02:28 PM
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I have heard of the problem with them being recessed to far back and am planning on remedieing that with lights mounted in the lower front area beside the turn signal lights.
BodyShaving is definitely more than i would care to get into.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 02:44 PM
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Well - my recessed headlights are a little bit different.. :D.. They are in the grille :D

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