7th Gen ('06-'07): Black Housing Clear Corner Headlights
#61
btw, I used silver star H11 bulbs for a while. The light output is amazing. The life of the things is terrible - 8 months and blip!.
#63
Matt, those housings look amazing! Very nice indeed. I see where you are coming from on having a gloss black bezel, but I think they look trick the way they are. I don't know if I'd risk opening them up and possibly having sealing issues.
I'll purchase that extra set of housings if you are not going to use them
I'll purchase that extra set of housings if you are not going to use them
I will keep you in mind for the other pair.
I've actually never had any issues with any SilverStars that I've run and all seem to have lasted a while. I have them installed in the 06 currently (H11's) and I turn my auto lights off during the day so the bulb life doesn't get wasted when it's really not needed. Actually, on my 03, I had one of the low beams burn out a couple weeks before that car got totaled. That was the second set of SilverStars I had installed on that car and that second set lasted me 3.5 years (the first set was destroyed when I hit a deer with the 03 back in Jan 07).
#66
I put mine in and as soon as my car warmed up they fogged up so I am wondering how well the seal is. One of the connectors the wires pull right out of the connector. The weather strip they gave me is kind of a joke. But that being said they look awesome. I suppose I can get the other stuff remedied
#67
The headlights I got for my F150 are from the eBay seller loktong as well. The seal looked great on them but they were not sealed 100%. I just removed them today to start on my retrofit, and after removing the lens on one I noticed the sealant had a few gaps in it.
The quality of the lights is pretty good though despite the leak issue. They appear identical to OEM aside from the black housing and clear reflector.
Since you're painting the inside, and re-sealing the lens yourself I'm sure you'll have great luck with them.
They looked great at first.
After one wash and quick detail, they didn't look so great lol.
Since the adhesive used in these cheap lights isn't so great, it was super easy to remove the lens. I heated up my OEM lights three times before I could pry away the lens. With the lights from loktong I heated them up for 15 minutes and they came off easy. I'm assuming you'll have the same luck since their lights are probably all made with the same, or at least very similar materials.
The quality of the lights is pretty good though despite the leak issue. They appear identical to OEM aside from the black housing and clear reflector.
Since you're painting the inside, and re-sealing the lens yourself I'm sure you'll have great luck with them.
They looked great at first.
After one wash and quick detail, they didn't look so great lol.
Since the adhesive used in these cheap lights isn't so great, it was super easy to remove the lens. I heated up my OEM lights three times before I could pry away the lens. With the lights from loktong I heated them up for 15 minutes and they came off easy. I'm assuming you'll have the same luck since their lights are probably all made with the same, or at least very similar materials.
#68
I should also mention that I didn't use any of the supplied connectors. I switched them out for the OEM. The connectors and bulbs that were included appeared to be cheap and the signal connectors didn't even have a rubber trim ring like the OEM, so they rattled in place. Easily fixed by just using the OEM connectors though.
Last edited by 01 Monte SS; 03-14-2013 at 06:50 PM.
#69
I put mine in and as soon as my car warmed up they fogged up so I am wondering how well the seal is. One of the connectors the wires pull right out of the connector. The weather strip they gave me is kind of a joke. But that being said they look awesome. I suppose I can get the other stuff remedied
I was actually wondering if it's possible to swap over the stock headlights' wiring harnesses over to these since the connectors on these lights' harnesses look like s***. I'll look at that option when I get to working on them.
Have any pictures of them installed on yours Zach?
Last edited by 06mistreSS; 03-14-2013 at 07:30 PM.
#70
I made a thread in the sights and sounds section. I was also thinking about taking the weatherstrip off my depos. I will provably try to run sealant along the edge....if not I will have Justin take them apart for me haha