Anyone have Diamond Cut Headlights?
 

http://www.linklooker.com/thewdw/8INCH-HLCONKIT.JPG

Anyone have these on their FC? I need some replacement headlights (eventually I will go w/real HID kit) for now and these caught my attention a couple months ago. Can anyone with this kit give me the pros and cons of the lights?? Thanks.

I have that style headlights. They came with the car so I went ahead and installed them. I wasn't gonna keep them if they gave off any lame blue tint i.e. ricer civic, but I was pretty surprised by how good they looked, but that was cause of the bulbs. Id say go with it.

Get them now before the government outlaws them....

any pics?

Sorry, dont have any pics.

i got some like that. i had to modify them slightly to make them fir properly, but the xenon lights that came with them look ricey because they are blue, but the actual light they put out is white. you cant tell they are on in the daytime because they match natural light.

I have some, they are actually PIAA housings, but they are very similar to those. They how have HIPER bulbs in them, and work great. not to ricey, but the light frequency is high enough so you can see much more than with the stock lights :)

There is no replacement for HID, but these are damn close. hey, look at the price difference!

$50 or $500 (that's the least you'll spend), there's quite a difference.

Either way, the diamond cut ones are a vast improvement from stock.

I have them
 

where do i buy them? :)

e-bay for like 50 bucks

Yeah you can get them from ebay. Mine came with a daytime running light option, but in the same group buy one of my friends didn't have it.

mine were $48

any pics without the headlites on?

I have them on my car now. And the brand of the housings can change the beam pattern a lot. Hella probably makes the best kit. But I have... I forgot the name. Some no name brand and they do not light up the road all that well.

There are also Slyvania replacement pieces that are still and enclosed housing that come with the bulb. They are slightly blue. I hear those suck. I'd suggest only getting the H4 conversion housings. Then get the bulbs of your choice. PIAA being one of the better quality bulbs.

there was a site that compared the piaa to stock honda lites and the stocks outperformed the piaa .
ive got a no name brand headlite housing with some piaa lites ...they have a nice look at nite but really dont lite the road all that good !

What Wattage of Bulbs are you guys running...I bought the diamond cut ones off of ebay and I know they are a High Watt...I put them on...they work but nothing else on the interior (stereo, interior lights, gauge cluster lights) will work...the power is there but no lights... But the headlights do work...should i put a lower watt bulb in? If so, what bulb would be the best?....Ill take pics tomorrow..and will try to post shortly after...

I have them installed in my car already. I guess its better than stock. I'll take some pictures of it tomorrow and post them in here.

Comtitatus: I have 12V 100/90W bulbs in there. The volt gauge on my car barely moves when I have the lights on with stereo and brakes applied. I thought it would be way worse.

Ok...im running the 100/90 watt also, the ones that came with the kit...after i installed both of them...the interior lights wont work....the fuses down by the pedals were fine, except the stereo one which was shot...and the fuses under the hood are all fine.....SO WHAT HAPPENED???? Did i fry something? cuz all the power is still there? just lights dont work...that why im thinking i fried a fuse somewhere....are there any other fuses on the car besides under the hood and down by the pedals?.....give me your .02 PLEASE!!!!

I think a guy who went by copandengineer bought those on ebay and was not very happy.
I have the Hella conversions, the Euorpean cut ones that come in a plain yellow box and say "For Off Road Use Only" since they are not DOT approved. They are also glass. It the only lighting I've used for my cars. That or Cibie lights. The European lights have a sharp cutoff and also cutup on the right side at an angle. Anything else is pretty much a step below the European lighting, but you have to be able to compare the two to know. Very kind to oncoming traffic's eyes due to the cutoff pattern. European lighting standards are way ahead of our standards set by DOT!
If you're happy with these then buy them. Its a personal choice, just like anything else. I also run PIAA bulbs in mine, the H4's
Ralf

i dont even notice mine...I have those same exact housings, the ones which come w/ blue bulbs from ebay. They are very nice, but mine are pointed down a little to avoid having cops mess w/ me about blinding them.

Heres some pics of my lights ( excuse the dusty car;) ):

Day time shot. Im not a big fan of blue bulbs but atleast the reflection on the light housing matches my car.
http://home1.gte.net/res00j45/lights.jpg

Heres a night time shot. Lights look pretty white with very little blue.
http://home1.gte.net/res00j45/lights2.jpg

Im using MTEC Super white bulbs. Theyre japanese bulbs that I picked up from a friend. My diamond cut headlights came with some Matrix bulbs :rolleyes: :( They were purple. I thought they looked cool (standing in front of the car) but they werent very bright. I replaced them the next day :D

Here are the ones that i ordered from ebay....and the bulbs that came with them...I finally got them to work...i think my car has an electrical problem or a short somewhere...but they work...so im not complaining right now...ill find out what the deal is soon....ANYWAY...Heres the way they look on my 88 vert.....i think i need to adjust them a little...bring them up...so more light shines in other people's eyes...;)

you got the purple light bulbs with them??

i agree with supermac7, i got them and i am very pleased with them. I dont think the light that come with them arr too ricey, but if you do then you can alwways get piaa hyper white light, my friend has those and there really nice too.