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Old 02-18-05, 12:35 PM
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Anyone have this headlight kit???

I was wondering if anyone had this kit and what they thought about it. It almost looks as if you can make it yourself. Just cut the stock light housing put in the lights and do some fiberglass to fill it in.
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Old 02-18-05, 01:18 PM
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Rotary Extreme now sells it, R-Magic I think. I have a video with their car and this setup. Looks cool but $$$!
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Originally Posted by iceman4357
I was wondering if anyone had this kit and what they thought about it.
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/progress-installing-run-racing-lights-w-stock-bumper-294924/

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It almost looks as if you can make it yourself. Just cut the stock light housing put in the lights and do some fiberglass to fill it in.
Uh, that would be pretty much any kit.... If you have the time and want to do the trial and error of lights, mounting brackets, etc.. then you really don't ever need to look at purchasing an aftermarket kit. All you are paying for on these kits is really their time to make the mistakes and take the time to get it right (i.e paying for their R&D).
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That's a different Run Racing kit...



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Actually, both kits are in the picture (the white FD).
Old 02-18-05, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Mahjik
Actually, both kits are in the picture (the white FD).
The kit on the yellow car in the thread you linked to is different from both kits in the second picture.
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This is the Run Racing kit shown on the yellow car you linked to. Unfortunately, his pictures were cell phone-quality (**** poor) and the black pods didn't help any with detail. They have no clear covers, which he mentions in the last post in that thread.





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No, no. You guys have it all mixed up. That's the R-Magic light kit, not the Run Racing kit!
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Originally Posted by the_glass_man
No, no. You guys have it all mixed up. That's the R-Magic light kit, not the Run Racing kit!
Yep, that is correct. I mixed them up.
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Originally Posted by the_glass_man
No, no. You guys have it all mixed up. That's the R-Magic light kit, not the Run Racing kit!
I believe you're right, but he (the owner of the yellow car) calls it a Run Racing kit, and the web page I found the pictures of the red car on call it a Run Racing light kit also. I don't know if R-Magic is affiliated with Run Racing in any way or not.

Red car... "Rotary Run Racing headlights"
http://www.importtuner.com/features/0401it_rx7/

Regardless, it's different from the Run Racing headlight kits shown on the white and yellow cars above. OK?
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Originally Posted by Mahjik
Yep, that is correct. I mixed them up.
A natural mistake, especially when the owner of the car they were on doesn't even seem to know whose light kit he has. I just knew that the "Spy vs. Spy" kit on the yellow car linked to was way different than the Run Racing lights being asked about.

To answer iceman4357's question, I don't know of anyone who has taken the $2,000+ (with shipping) risk to find out if the HID Run Racing light kit is worth it.
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Originally Posted by jimlab
To answer iceman4357's question, I don't know of anyone who has taken the $2,000+ (with shipping) risk to find out if the HID Run Racing light kit is worth it.
https://www.rx7club.com/interior-exterior-audio-26/r-magic-hid-head-light-kit-fd-370140/
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Originally Posted by macross11
The design and construction of the kit is fair. In particular I'm talking about ease of access to adjusting the lights, install of the kit, and repair if necessary. The kit was designed for esthetics and not practicallity. They have it designed such that if I needed to do anything to the lights, I would have to take the whole cover off to do so. This cover is a 2-piece cover fastened together by two bolts from underneath. This wouldn't be such a big deal. But because they made the light fit into the sockets too well, that you'll end up messing up your light alignment when you're putting them in or you'll scratch the paint on the cover, your fender, or etc...

Light alignment is a bitch. As i said earlier, you have to put the cover on first before you try aligning the lights. Now imagine you trying to align lights that are tightened to prevent them beam "wandering" over time. (wandering=beam slowly point downwards after a few months of use & NO... locktight didn't help... it was so hot that it'd melt the sucker.) So alignment took some time...

Heat is an issue. when it's raining I can see the steam coming from the lights but it isn 't as bad as the Cwest where it fogs up the clear piece making it so that you can't see at all. Nonetheless, the clear piece will still crack. The good part about this is that these clear covers are easy to fabricate so you don't have to buy $400 dollar cover replacements like the Cwest kit.
Wow, sounds WELL worth the $2,000 price of admission.

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Its a R-Magic kit and here it is on one of our Sponsored cars (before shutdown)

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thanks guys for the input!!! I think when i get some spare time i am going to try and create the R magic ones. I will let everyone know how it goes.
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^^Nice, and good luck on making them
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