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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 03:40 PM
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Aftermarket headlights....

Dont ever do it.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 03:40 PM
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Uh oh... what happened?? Should have gone with the 3M restoration kit man!
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 03:50 PM
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Why?? I have 2 sets of aftermarkets and they are both awesome lights. turn signals too.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 05:17 PM
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They dont line up right...They're sooo cheaply made. Ugh. The headlight hangs an inch over the turn signal...etc...Think im going to get the 3M kit and throw my old ones back in.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 05:39 PM
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Which ones did u buy? did u get them off flebay?
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 05:45 PM
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No major complaints with mine off Ebay. I did end up with a few dead bugs inside one of them somehow but other than that they work fine and look great.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 05:49 PM
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Chase did u buy projector ones? or the clear version of the stock ones?
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by YoungFordAddict66
Chase did u buy projector ones? or the clear version of the stock ones?


55w 5000k HID's from DDM in the headlights and LED bulbs for the turn signals and corner marker lights that are clear but light up orange.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by YoungFordAddict66
Which ones did u buy? did u get them off flebay?
Yep got em from ebay...Ill post some pics later. You cant really see how bad they are in pics.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:23 PM
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I can Fit my finger all the way around the headlight..
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:26 PM
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i would take em!
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:37 PM
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Mine lined up perfect just needed point it down a little more
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/p...ictureid=41644
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 08:13 PM
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I can Fit my finger all the way around the headlight..
Wow thats not good, not the quality u would expect. but it looks like chase and mike kinda have the same gap.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 08:27 PM
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After i got mine set the gaps all lined up almost perfect
This is where i got mine http://www.xtralights.com/92-96fordf...smokepair.aspx

 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 08:33 PM
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I've done the restoration kits before.
They only last so long.

I did mine when I first got the truck.
The headlight i had sitting in the garage for 4 years was clearer after 2 years than the one I took out.

Thats the thing I worry about the most when buying these kits.

Though, I believe there is about an inch of adjustment in the lights.... did you not adjust them in Kris?

I just want to get krystal head lamps for mine, I wanna keep the stock markers.
 
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