Zinger's new headlights - #1 Car Club In Kitchener - Waterloo - Cambridge

**KDawgONE** · 10-09-2006, 10:35 PM

Recently helped Zinger with his headlights. He wanted to replace his black projectors with OEM headlights. So, I took the OEM's apart and removed all the amber reflectors and Steve then had them painted the EXACT same red as his car and I re-sealed them. Should look good once back on the car!
Heres what the OEM look like originally:

Now:

For reference, what he has now:

**DA_BOMB** · 10-09-2006, 10:41 PM

they look good.. really want to see what they look like on the car tho..

**supragino** · 10-09-2006, 11:02 PM

cant wait to see how they look on the car
and i hope he doesnt put the CF eyebrows on these head lights...but his decission

**NateDoGG** · 10-09-2006, 11:28 PM

it will go well with the paint
looks as good as aftermarkets

**1QWIK V & Z** · 10-09-2006, 11:54 PM

Looks very noice....

I would've done the disassembly/repaint to the projectors rather than OEM....but I'm sure he has a good reason for getting rid of the projectors.

**Ian Carlo** · 10-10-2006, 12:26 AM

aftermarket projectors have shitty output and dont fit as well as OEM...

this is funny coming from me but i think blackhousings look better with his two-tone than redhousings... we'll have to see them on the car!

**Jonneh** · 10-10-2006, 12:32 AM

Sweet. Good Job.

**scotty01** · 10-10-2006, 06:51 AM

Yeah the black projectors really tied in well with his theme so I will need to see pics of these installed before I can make a decision.

**crxforum** · 10-10-2006, 07:04 AM

They look nice. Did you remove the orange side marker reflector from the headlight, tape it up or just paint over it?

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**KDawgONE** · 10-10-2006, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crxforum

They look nice. Did you remove the orange side marker reflector from the headlight, tape it up or just paint over it?

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Removed entirely (as with the top one as well)

**m33how** · 10-10-2006, 03:51 PM

hmmmmmmm.. i'lll have to make my final judgement when i see them on the car.

**Zinger** · 10-10-2006, 04:02 PM

to answer everyone's questions... Yes we took everything out! I used the OEM ones for the reason Ian said... the quality is shitty. I had HIDs in these projectors, and although they looked good they were hard to aim and just didn't do it for me like when I see HIDs on the stock head lights. So I bought HIDs for these ones, and that was the main reason

lol. I will not be putting the carbon fiber eye brows back on. And although i agree with everyone that the black looks sick with my 2-tone concept, I thought since my black starts in the middle and continues on in a perfect pattern, never ending on the car

... that is would look just as good if not better if the red flows with the red, and the black stays where it belongs. If you look at my car up close there is no black anywhere else (minus the rims) so I wanted to keep it that way and see how it looks. Besides, it costs me $100 to paint, so I won't cry if I have to put the projectors back on

Hope that answers everyone's questions lol I will be installing them tonight, so I will send them to kris and he can post them up here for everyone to see.

**Ian Carlo** · 10-10-2006, 05:04 PM

is that still daily driven, Steve?

**Baby Boi GSR** · 10-10-2006, 05:05 PM

looks good but I would have gone for the jdm stock black housing.

reasons are
it is stock, so it fits good
it is black housing which we already know looks good
it comes with hids from factory so you know the output is good

lets see a pic with the headlights on the car

**KDawgONE** · 10-10-2006, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baby Boi GSR

looks good but I would have gone for the jdm stock black housing.

reasons are
it is stock, so it fits good
it is black housing which we already know looks good
it comes with hids from factory so you know the output is good

lets see a pic with the headlights on the car

These are stock headlights so they fit good.
Having a conflicting colour isnt everyones cup of tea.
Well, your right there..lol

I will have pics up for peeps tonight once Steve puts them on!

**Zinger** · 10-10-2006, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ian Carlo

is that still daily driven, Steve?

Not daily lol but when things are working properly and weather permits, I drive it 2-3 times per week. It attracts too much attention and has no balls, so I stick with my subie most of the time

As for the other concerns...

Like Kris said, they are stock. I had them already, therefore did not pay anything for them, and oh let's see... looking at every other RSX that is out there with "JDM" headlights I wouldn't exactly look original now would i? THEREFORE, to keep ahead of the competition and knowing that i will get more points for a modified part I'm going to at least try the paint stock head lights with HID (which will also not have a problem with output and cost a hell of a lot less).

**scotty01** · 10-10-2006, 09:08 PM

Pics pics pics!!

**Opel_Driver** · 10-10-2006, 09:49 PM

get those things in already, i think its going to look great.

**Zinger** · 10-11-2006, 01:07 AM

pics were taken and sent to Kris... should have them up by tomorrow.

it looks ok. i like them but dont like them... it's up and down. the HIDs look sick, but bright as hell! definately going to piss some people off lol ... sorry for all those people that hate assholes like me now

we'll see... depending on the light, and scene people will like and dislike my new head lamps... so we'll see what you guys have to say... go easy on me! lol

**KDawgONE** · 10-11-2006, 10:50 AM

I for one think they look great! Reminds me quite a bit of the 94-01 USDM Integra headlights now (you know, its kinda got the quad-round circle look going on now). I think the reason some may not be overly inlove with them is because when they were black, they were BAM! in your face. Now, they are a lot more subtle which is good, cause they flow very well with the car! Alot classier, IMHO!

And like Steve said earlier, custom lights earn more than aftermarket bolt-ins!'

On to the pics!

**Bubba21** · 10-11-2006, 11:19 AM

im down
props!

**1QWIK V & Z** · 10-11-2006, 11:24 AM

Hmm..they look pretty good....but I dunno. I think the inside of the housing (that was painted) has too many angles to it. It's drawing the eye to it a lil too much. Taking away from the effect you were going for. I think you normally don't notice it when they're black or chrome...but since you have metallic paint it's highlighting the ridges and making them more prominant.

I think if the painted section was filled and smoothed it would look much better...and more uniform to the car.

I'm diggin the concept though!

10-09-2006, 10:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
KDawgONE VM Member Posts: 4,793 Location: Windsor, ON Join Date: Nov 2003 Ride: 1995 GMC Jimmy Fav Mod: Class: Mini Truck	Zinger's new headlights UPDATED w/ INSTALL PICS Recently helped Zinger with his headlights. He wanted to replace his black projectors with OEM headlights. So, I took the OEM's apart and removed all the amber reflectors and Steve then had them painted the EXACT same red as his car and I re-sealed them. Should look good once back on the car! Heres what the OEM look like originally: Now: For reference, what he has now: ------------------ Kris \| Sales & Leasing Consultant \| Gus Revenberg Pontiac-Buick-GMC-HUMMER \| Windsor, ON \| 519-979-2800 x126 1995 2WD 4-door GMC Jimmy - Envoy-fronted and Caddy-clipp'd! Last edited by KDawgONE; 10-11-2006 at 10:54 AM.

10-09-2006, 10:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
DA_BOMB VM Official Bouncer Posts: 2,999 Location: Kitchener Join Date: Feb 2004 Ride: 1995 Dodge Neon Fav Mod: Class: Strip	they look good.. really want to see what they look like on the car tho.. ------------------ l Jeff l l 2001 Audi A4 1.8T Quattro Daily Driverl l 1999 Infinity G20T Driveway Queen 2 l l 1995 dodge peon sport acR/T expresso sedan Driveway Queen 1 l l 1994 Dodge Ram 1500 V8 Furniture Mover l l 1989 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 Winter Beater l Point Zero's Super Supervisor! PZtuning.ca 885-3394

10-09-2006, 11:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
supragino VM Member Posts: 1,944 Location: Kitchener/Etobicoke Join Date: Mar 2004 Ride: 2000 Civic SiR Fav Mod: Mugen Twin Loop Class: Street	cant wait to see how they look on the car and i hope he doesnt put the CF eyebrows on these head lights...but his decission ------------------ Aidan - 92 Toyota Supra Turbo (SOLD) VSM 2000 Honda Civic SiR --- EM1 VTEC drifting heavin...dont drift and drive, just drift

10-09-2006, 11:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
1QWIK V & Z VM Member Posts: 1,614 Location: Brantford Join Date: Sep 2004 Ride: '02 SpecV, '83 280ZX Fav Mod: Booooost Class:	Looks very noice.... I would've done the disassembly/repaint to the projectors rather than OEM....but I'm sure he has a good reason for getting rid of the projectors. ------------------ Rob 2002 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec-V w/SP 1983 Datsun 280ZX Turbo...alive again and running 20PSI 1993 Pontiac Grand Prix LE - Missing...lol!

10-10-2006, 12:32 AM	#7 (permalink)
Jonneh VM Member Posts: 74 Location: Cambridge Join Date: Apr 2005 Ride: 2001 Pontiac Sunfire Fav Mod: Rag Top Class: Street	Sweet. Good Job. ------------------ CM-=JONNEH=-3:13 [Thre3: Th1rte3n]

10-09-2006, 11:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
NateDoGG VM Member Posts: 1,749 Location: nowhere Join Date: Feb 2005 Ride: nothing Fav Mod: none Class:	it will go well with the paint looks as good as aftermarkets

10-10-2006, 06:51 AM	#8 (permalink)
scotty01 VM Member Posts: 1,352 Location: Waterford Join Date: Jan 2004 Ride: 2000 Toyota Celica Fav Mod: Custom Paint Class: Show	Yeah the black projectors really tied in well with his theme so I will need to see pics of these installed before I can make a decision. ------------------ 2000 Toyota Celica GT - Slightly modified... hehe 2006 Toyota Matrix XR - Not a bad li'l daily driver My other homes: C7Performance & Matrix Owners

10-10-2006, 07:04 AM	#9 (permalink)
crxforum VM Administrator Posts: 3,338 Location: Kitchener Join Date: Feb 2005 Ride: 1990 Honda CR-X SiR Fav Mod: Ninterior Class: Street	They look nice. Did you remove the orange side marker reflector from the headlight, tape it up or just paint over it? CRX Forum ------------------ Honda CR-X If you need it I can get it.

10-10-2006, 03:51 PM	#11 (permalink)
m33how VM Member Posts: 4,183 Location: 519.London Join Date: Dec 2004 Ride: Mountain bike and Bus pass y0 Fav Mod: Class:	hmmmmmmm.. i'lll have to make my final judgement when i see them on the car. ------------------ Mike 93 Civic Si R.I.P

10-10-2006, 04:02 PM	#12 (permalink)
Zinger VM Member Posts: 716 Location: Kitchener Join Date: Jun 2004 Ride: 2002 Acura RSX Fav Mod: Paint Job and Turbo Class: All Out	to answer everyone's questions... Yes we took everything out! I used the OEM ones for the reason Ian said... the quality is shitty. I had HIDs in these projectors, and although they looked good they were hard to aim and just didn't do it for me like when I see HIDs on the stock head lights. So I bought HIDs for these ones, and that was the main reason lol. I will not be putting the carbon fiber eye brows back on. And although i agree with everyone that the black looks sick with my 2-tone concept, I thought since my black starts in the middle and continues on in a perfect pattern, never ending on the car ... that is would look just as good if not better if the red flows with the red, and the black stays where it belongs. If you look at my car up close there is no black anywhere else (minus the rims) so I wanted to keep it that way and see how it looks. Besides, it costs me $100 to paint, so I won't cry if I have to put the projectors back on Hope that answers everyone's questions lol I will be installing them tonight, so I will send them to kris and he can post them up here for everyone to see.

10-10-2006, 05:05 PM	#14 (permalink)
Baby Boi GSR VM Member Posts: 1,972 Location: Waterloo Join Date: Nov 2003 Ride: 1995 Honda Civic Si Fav Mod: HIDs Class: Street	looks good but I would have gone for the jdm stock black housing. reasons are it is stock, so it fits good it is black housing which we already know looks good it comes with hids from factory so you know the output is good lets see a pic with the headlights on the car ------------------ '05 WDP Acura TL = Winter Beater '95 EJ1 Coupe = Tuned to 205WHP '01 Honda CBR600 f4-i = Fun On 2 Wheels '94 Integra Type R 4dr = My Baby's Baby

10-10-2006, 09:08 PM	#17 (permalink)
scotty01 VM Member Posts: 1,352 Location: Waterford Join Date: Jan 2004 Ride: 2000 Toyota Celica Fav Mod: Custom Paint Class: Show	Pics pics pics!! ------------------ 2000 Toyota Celica GT - Slightly modified... hehe 2006 Toyota Matrix XR - Not a bad li'l daily driver My other homes: C7Performance & Matrix Owners

10-10-2006, 09:49 PM	#18 (permalink)
Opel_Driver VM Member Posts: 2,761 Location: London & K/W Join Date: Apr 2005 Ride: '95 Civic Sedan Fav Mod: enjoying the stockness. Class: Street	get those things in already, i think its going to look great. ------------------ Brendan: Bunch of 240s Some Opels And a Honda

10-11-2006, 01:07 AM	#19 (permalink)
Zinger VM Member Posts: 716 Location: Kitchener Join Date: Jun 2004 Ride: 2002 Acura RSX Fav Mod: Paint Job and Turbo Class: All Out	pics were taken and sent to Kris... should have them up by tomorrow. it looks ok. i like them but dont like them... it's up and down. the HIDs look sick, but bright as hell! definately going to piss some people off lol ... sorry for all those people that hate assholes like me now we'll see... depending on the light, and scene people will like and dislike my new head lamps... so we'll see what you guys have to say... go easy on me! lol

10-11-2006, 10:50 AM	#20 (permalink)
KDawgONE VM Member Posts: 4,793 Location: Windsor, ON Join Date: Nov 2003 Ride: 1995 GMC Jimmy Fav Mod: Class: Mini Truck	I for one think they look great! Reminds me quite a bit of the 94-01 USDM Integra headlights now (you know, its kinda got the quad-round circle look going on now). I think the reason some may not be overly inlove with them is because when they were black, they were BAM! in your face. Now, they are a lot more subtle which is good, cause they flow very well with the car! Alot classier, IMHO! And like Steve said earlier, custom lights earn more than aftermarket bolt-ins!' On to the pics! ------------------ Kris \| Sales & Leasing Consultant \| Gus Revenberg Pontiac-Buick-GMC-HUMMER \| Windsor, ON \| 519-979-2800 x126 1995 2WD 4-door GMC Jimmy - Envoy-fronted and Caddy-clipp'd!

10-11-2006, 11:19 AM	#21 (permalink)
Bubba21 VM Member Posts: 1,830 Location: Kitchener, Ontario Join Date: Sep 2004 Ride: 2004, Mazda 3 GT Fav Mod: LED Tails Class: Street	im down props! ------------------ \'04 Titanium Grey Mazda3 GT/GFX/Tints

10-11-2006, 11:24 AM	#22 (permalink)
1QWIK V & Z VM Member Posts: 1,614 Location: Brantford Join Date: Sep 2004 Ride: '02 SpecV, '83 280ZX Fav Mod: Booooost Class:	Hmm..they look pretty good....but I dunno. I think the inside of the housing (that was painted) has too many angles to it. It's drawing the eye to it a lil too much. Taking away from the effect you were going for. I think you normally don't notice it when they're black or chrome...but since you have metallic paint it's highlighting the ridges and making them more prominant. I think if the painted section was filled and smoothed it would look much better...and more uniform to the car. I'm diggin the concept though! ------------------ Rob 2002 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec-V w/SP 1983 Datsun 280ZX Turbo...alive again and running 20PSI 1993 Pontiac Grand Prix LE - Missing...lol!