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    Rare Projector Headlights

    I've been looking for these projector headlights for months and called nearly every online retailer to find these, but unfortunately the answer was always the same: out of stock and out or production. The only websites I didn't bother contacting were those with ridiculous prices (+$350). Just wanted to give any of you who are interested the heads up on this ebay listing:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=281043980158

    The price seems to be a steal considering these have glass lenses and historically sold for $220 minimum.

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    how did I know it would be those! i thought it was weird I couldnt find them anymore...they are the best looking ones
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    IMHO these look wrong.... shouldnt it be that the projectors are on the outside and not on the inside? just my 2 cents...

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    these be fugly...
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    Look up jstrats ride
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    If you're going high tech, nothing beats the factory xenons from the update model w202.

    if you're going standard halogen, the pre-update headlights win in brightness, beam scatter, focus, and style. I know this one from experience. the headlights on my 94 C280 blew away the stock headlights on my c43
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    If OEM Xenon didn't run for over $1000 a set, I'd get those in a heartbeat. I bought these as an alternate because I actually like the way they look and W202 owners, like Jstrat, pulled them off very nicely. The halogens on my C280 suck, even while running the foglights and BEFORE I got my dark tints. I'm hoping to slap some HIDs into these and install them along with my new foglights.

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    mike throw a theretrofitsource.com projector kit in there for the lowbeams. i really want to try it as the stuff i have from them already is awesome. drops right into H4 and H7 sockets. check them out..
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    What exactly am I looking for on that website?

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    Morimoto H1 mini projectors. They just pop right in. But honestly the whole websites awesome check out what they have.
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    it says "headlight" (not plural) are you sure its not the price for just one?
    i have the projectors you want i dont want to put em on the c280 because im going to sell it and it would be a waste, and i like my c36 stock but i was considering smoking em just a tad and adding them on for a season or two. but if you must have them p.m. me before i ruin them
    Quote Originally Posted by MikeD View Post
    I've been looking for these projector headlights for months and called nearly every online retailer to find these, but unfortunately the answer was always the same: out of stock and out or production. The only websites I didn't bother contacting were those with ridiculous prices (+$350). Just wanted to give any of you who are interested the heads up on this ebay listing:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=281043980158

    The price seems to be a steal considering these have glass lenses and historically sold for $220 minimum.
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    ^ and the company is called CR concepts, CR is my initials maybe im ment to sell them lol
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    Thanks Chris but I already bought these. They came as a full set and according to my family they look pretty nice. I'll put up some install photos in my member's thread once I get back home in two weeks. I was actually thinking about smoking them a bit as well.

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    that is how much i want to tint them
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    I like^^^^^
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    Looks pretty good! Would you use something like Lamin-x?

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    I went today to ask if I could tint them so I could take off the tint if I don't like it and they said its not just any tint like the kind for the windows so I might hold off on it untill I figure out what to do with them, the alternative is painting them
    99 Porsche Boxster (sold)
    00 Chevy silverado(traded)
    02 bmw 330CiSold)
    94 MB c220(deceased)
    73 Porsche 911(deceased)
    96 MB 280 Sport (traded)
    96' c36 AMG (current Ride)
    97' c280 Brabus (new daily driver)
    97' Range Rover 4.0 (for sale)
    01" Jaguar Type S (for sale)

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    LaminX!!! Stuff is great! And will actuall protect the lights. Have yellow on my bumper fogs
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    I have a set of these headlights I will post pics, they are made of glass..I am looking to go back to bone stock for my c36 project....

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