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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 07:37 PM
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Anyone seen or used these headlights yet?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HIGH-POWER-L...item2a17edd99a
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 07:50 PM
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I would check with the Laws in your state. I doubt if they are legal.
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 07:54 PM
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Never seen them, They have rice written all over them.
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 08:01 PM
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Never seen them, They have rice written all over them.
Think I'd need to know more about them...like a pic installed in a real car?
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 08:23 PM
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Wouldn't want them on my car!
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 08:40 PM
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Someone posted these on here a few months ago and the consensus was that they wont be bright or focused enough for driving.
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 08:52 PM
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Nope, never have seen anything like that.
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First time I've seen them. Not a look I would want on my C5.
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rice
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UGLY and probably not DOT approved in Cali forsure use your stock light and get a set of HID'S for low beam and be happy or find Radioflyers new headlight kit it is sweet
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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 09:37 PM
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Interesting that they say "HIGH POWER LED (BRIGHTER THAN HID)" but they do not list the lumen output of the units. Without that you really cannot know if they are "brighter" or not.....also no pic of the beam pattern. Then there is the 68 negative feedbacks in 12 months! I wouldn't buy them.
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I have these in my C5. Mine is torch red though. Just wondered if anyone had info on those things. Never seen them before and thought they were a little cheesy looking. I like my headlights but not really crazy about the rectangle light. Looks like a docking light from a boat or something.

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American rice!
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Originally Posted by kcoleman10
I have these in my C5. Mine is torch red though. Just wondered if anyone had info on those things. Never seen them before and thought they were a little cheesy looking. I like my headlights but not really crazy about the rectangle light. Looks like a docking light from a boat or something.

I believe those are Breathless lights. Those are costly.
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http://breathlessperformance.com/ind...&productId=910
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Originally Posted by Mr.Bill
I believe those are Breathless lights. Those are costly.
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http://breathlessperformance.com/ind...&productId=910
Yeah I thought they were pretty pricey, I remember looking them up before and seeing that price tag of nearly $1500. They do work nice, just curious to try other products that might be brigther and better. Radioflyers lights look very nice.
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Originally Posted by kcoleman10
Yeah I thought they were pretty pricey, I remember looking them up before and seeing that price tag of nearly $1500. They do work nice, just curious to try other products that might be brigther and better. Radioflyers lights look very nice.

I am not a fan of the non pop-up lights, I installed the ACA Projectors on my car.
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Originally Posted by Mr.Bill
I am not a fan of the non pop-up lights, I installed the ACA Projectors on my car.
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The perfect look. Those are exactly the ones I will be getting for mine. Honestly, nothing on the c5 looks more dated than those huge yellow bricks when you pop those headlights up (not to mention the weak light output)
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I kinda have mixed views on the fixed light issue,,some seem ok,,others! While these seem sleek and fitted to the body/fender line,there are too many uninsured questions here. Supposedly LED is the wave of the future,,but is the future here yet??
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Originally Posted by BOUT X
UGLY and probably not DOT approved in Cali forsure use your stock light and get a set of HID'S for low beam and be happy or find Radioflyers new headlight kit it is sweet
that's not legal either my friend. but im sure you knew that already
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Originally Posted by kcoleman10
Yeah I thought they were pretty pricey, I remember looking them up before and seeing that price tag of nearly $1500. They do work nice, just curious to try other products that might be brigther and better. Radioflyers lights look very nice.
And We're currently running a GP on them:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...group-buy.html


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