Ive been looking into the sleek headlights and theyre a bunch of brands out there ranging from all prices... just curious if most people are running authentic RE or others like evor, race usa, cwest, etc...

also hows the fitment on the ones you PERSONALLY seen or own?
-benny

 

Benny, I've had Authentic C-west, EVO-R, and RE lights. As a general rule, the more expensive the lighting kit, the better the fitment, quality, etc.



Authentic C-West: The Authentic C-west I had, I sold because they simply didn't flow with the car IMO. The lense bubbling was too much for me PLUS it's near impossible to find replacement lexan covers that fit properly.


EVO-R: The lights I had were the worst of the bunch. The quality is just "okay" at best. They fit poorly and they honestly just looked cheap, again IMO.


RE Lights: These are honestly the best lights I've seen. I'm actually selling them though because I'm unwilling to cut the body for proper installation.




Now, I've also "seen" the ebay headlights (frogs) and the knock-off C-west lights. I would never even consider these headlights as an option. It's better to stick with stock lighting than to go with either of those options. Hope that helps a little...

 

I hear those rotary run racing lights are pretty nice?

 

^One of my favorites actually! Just wish they were still available or it was atleast possible to source them...

 

Knightsports pop-ups for ever, traders.

 

Rotary Extreme, RE-A Knockoffs

 

are rotary extreme headlights still available? i own and rx8 and i know they like disappeared from the forums and its hard to find their parts these days... do they still have a site?

 

Rotary Extreme is gone long time ago.

 

Yup some greedy idiot sued them out of existence, most likely someone with a busted FD that thought he was getting ripped off... but I never got the details on who sued for waht....

 

i have the authentic c-west lights. i rewired so that the highbeam is not the low beam and vise-versa, better lighting then stock and no ones ever flash be because even on high its not that blinding. oh and it looks much better without the lexan cover, cant find a replacement so i left it off and it looks 10x better imo.

 

I had a set of R magic Headlights i bought for a friend. Quality seemed pretty good.

However, each person's standard as to what they consider good lighting would leave that up to the owner.

The 1 set has not been installed yet, so i cannot speak as to exact fit-ment.

 

^Those R-Magic's look absolutely sick IMO.

I run authentic C-West, or did as they are FS . Going another route and will post pics of that when they arrive

I blame fitments on my fenders and bumper.

 

Love my Rotary Extremes, wanted the RE Amemiya but did'nt like the IPF lights..

 

I read somewhere on the forum, someone else has bought the company and will be opening up again, and hey didn't chuck "rip" off all the other japanese companies when he took there design

 

+100. I think they look sooo much better without the covers. I saw a set of authentic c-west lights locally without the covers and I was very very impressed!

 

EVO-R Sleek of course hehe...

 

I have RE. The previous owner has glued the D2S bulbs on to the low beam modules, so I'm just going to get new ones and get 55w HID kit to make it brighter. Other than that, I like mine and they look bad-***.

 

I'm getting the RE Amemiya ducted sleeks, upgrading the lights to hid's with projector housings.

 

^^ You have alot of coin sir

 

i have the evo r's but im going back to the pop ups with some nice carbon covers.

 

[QUOTE=Miata_mx5;8487670]I had a set of R magic Headlights i bought for a friend. Quality seemed pretty good.

However, each person's standard as to what they consider good lighting would leave that up to the owner.

The 1 set has not been installed yet, so i cannot speak as to exact fit-ment.



I'll find time to put em in in 2 weeks....unpainted though :X testfit!

 

damn, where did you get those?

 

I brought 1 set w/ the help of the guys at R magic. Cost was not cheap though.

 

I was hoping to hear more input on the EVO-Rs.

 

Going off the general word, the price is right, but you have to buy the HID variant to be able to use them.