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EVO-R FD DEMON-i sleek headlight kit new release

Old Aug 6, 2014 | 04:34 PM
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looks exactly the same to me..... But being 100% honest, I don't see the need to spend $800 on some lights when my pop ups work perfectly fine....money will be spent on other mods..
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Old Aug 6, 2014 | 04:45 PM
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The Hotwater Labs lights were mentioned.....why are most of you interested in this set as apposed to the HWL lights that have been around for awhile? Look similar to me
theyre similar as these are like the rmagic lights.

they do have some differences though as these are molded all the way up to the lights. The angle of the opening is also different between the two.
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Old Aug 6, 2014 | 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by jutFD
The Hotwater Labs lights were mentioned.....why are most of you interested in this set as apposed to the HWL lights that have been around for awhile? Look similar to me
The hot water labs does not have lenses and these do.
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Old Aug 6, 2014 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by NoPis10
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looks exactly the same to me..... But being 100% honest, I don't see the need to spend $800 on some lights when my pop ups work perfectly fine....money will be spent on other mods..
I agree, although the stock lights are terrible so at some point I need new ones. The Sake Bomb lights are close in price to these so Id rather have these or HWL for the uniqueness.
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Old Aug 6, 2014 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Neutron
The hot water labs does not have lenses and these do.
Yeah, that was the only diff I saw at first glance. I'm not a fan of the lens screws
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Old Aug 6, 2014 | 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Howard Coleman CPR
interested. 'sure need lights. i am also looking for a way to get outside air into my engine. perhaps the back side of the pass side cover could be opened in some fashion. i would guess the pop up mechanism might be able to be removed?

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See first photo. You can see without lights the holes are open for air to flow. It won't go direct into your engine bay, cuz our factory light frame is in its way. Unless you drill some small holes.
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Old Aug 6, 2014 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jutFD
The Hotwater Labs lights were mentioned.....why are most of you interested in this set as apposed to the HWL lights that have been around for awhile? Look similar to me
Base is totally different

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Old Aug 6, 2014 | 08:32 PM
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Base is totally different


Yeah I see the difference now
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Old Aug 6, 2014 | 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by jutFD
The Hotwater Labs lights were mentioned.....why are most of you interested in this set as apposed to the HWL lights that have been around for awhile? Look similar to me

These are different than Hotwater Labs ones, you can see the difference. The ones Evo-R is making are complete R-Magic replicas. Surprised nobody has mentioned that yet.





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Old Aug 6, 2014 | 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ondabirdhouse
Like david was asking. What type/brand lights? And judging by the flush mounting surface in your pics I assume the clear lenses are raised? any close up pics to show how much of a lip there is on with the lenses on?
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Old Aug 6, 2014 | 09:55 PM
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If you look at the one on red FD, lower center part is down in more. Which will give a flash surface once the lense is on.
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Old Aug 6, 2014 | 10:33 PM
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pics with lenses installed?

Brand lights?
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Old Aug 6, 2014 | 10:45 PM
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He doesn't seem to want to mention the brand/type of lights....has skipped that question a few times now
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Old Aug 6, 2014 | 11:06 PM
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^^^ I know thats why i continue to ask. Seems dodgy to me.
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 12:22 AM
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We have not confirm the type of driving light to use yet. This is why there is a 2 week wait time. Want to confirm on best light source for this. Using PIAA lights is just too expensive
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 07:26 AM
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What about photos on a RX7 match painted and a photo of the light pattern?
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by fd3s777
We have not confirm the type of driving light to use yet. This is why there is a 2 week wait time. Want to confirm on best light source for this. Using PIAA lights is just too expensive
I'm not trying to be a dick, but...how can you offer a product with a set price and not know what parts you're going to use?

As for the question above this one. There is no point in him posting light patterns if he doesn't know what lights he will be sourcing.
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 08:08 AM
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Basicly these lights are about the same price, we are trying to get best light pattern for you guys. We have man choices to choose from. Have to test them all for the best.
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 09:52 AM
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Cool, thanks for the prompt reply.

Side note, the bunny build looks amazing!!
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by RotaryNationFD
These are different than Hotwater Labs ones, you can see the difference. The ones Evo-R is making are complete R-Magic replicas. Surprised nobody has mentioned that yet.
I was thinking the same thing.

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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 01:01 PM
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I've emailed you a couple times and left multiple messages on your voice mail, please get back to me.
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 01:34 PM
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lol, true story!!!
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 07:23 PM
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Just use real driving lights with appropriate cutoff.please. I had to ditch the lights on my last Evo R kit and modify for true projectors.

The plastic shroud does not cost much. Charging anything above $500 without quality lights is just robbery.
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 08:12 PM
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I'd have to respectfully disagree to the above. There is still a lot of time in R&D in replicas as well, as confusing as that may be. Evo r still has to make sure the lights fit extremely well or they will be bombarded with phone calls and returns. I agree one could make a set of lights themselves for a reasonable amount of materials, but you have to ask yourself what is your time worth if you were building them to sell? Your time becomes much more expensive when it's not for personal use. Perhaps a better approach would be to just to sell the housings and lenses themselves and let the consumer provide his own projectors etc, then no fault would be on Evo r's hands in the first place.

The light units themselves are another issue as I see it. Evo r wants to make a quality product but at a reasonable cost, this is not an easy task, if it was then everyone would do it. I am familiar with the light issues in previous lights and understand everyones skepticism, but to be frank there is a reason people are interested in these over the hwl and of course r magic and that's price.

I have never owned an Evo r product but I do applaud their efforts for continuing to make products for our cars that our in the majorities of ours price range, I choose to be patient and scour the forum daily for deals.

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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 08:39 PM
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