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kaiowas

kaiowas

kaiowas

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Just fitted some new Raybrig lights to the MR2. Looking forward to going and trying them out later to see how much better they are (can't be any worse than the stock ones!)

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One of the only times i have thought the none stock light does look much nicer! Have you got decent halogen bulbs in it at all? If not then get some, you will then get some very good light from it.
 
Yeah I've got Osram Silverstars in there although they didn't seem to make much difference when I fitted them to the stock lights. On full beam the old lights were fine but dipped beams on a quiet dual carriageway was pretty scary!
 
Looks very nice :)

Any chance of a link of where you got them from, the headlights on my mk1 are pretty much useless on dipped beam :eek: :p

EDIT: Saitrix just linked me to them on the mr2mk1 club :)
 
SKILL said:
Looks very nice :)

Any chance of a link of where you got them from, the headlights on my mk1 are pretty much useless on dipped beam :eek: :p

EDIT: Saitrix just linked me to them on the mr2mk1 club :)
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Yeah I got mine from TCB. £105 including VAT and postage. They also came with some raybrig branded bulbs installed but I've taken them out for now.
 
They look so much better. I love crystal style lights compared to the frosted glass windows effect.

I want an SW20 too :( Will be my next car if insurance is cheap enough.
 
They look much better but I'm afraid that I don't see the point. When it's daytime your lights will be flipped down and when it's night time you can't see the lense pattern anyway :confused:
 
eidolon said:
They look much better but I'm afraid that I don't see the point. When it's daytime your lights will be flipped down and when it's night time you can't see the lense pattern anyway :confused:
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I think they are designed to give better light output as well. I may of course be wrong!
 
eidolon said:
They look much better but I'm afraid that I don't see the point. When it's daytime your lights will be flipped down and when it's night time you can't see the lense pattern anyway :confused:
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They were bought purely for improved lighting. I'm not the kind of person who fits things like this for styling reasons.
 
Just been for a quick run. They definately give off a much better light but the low beam range is still pretty poor. I think they might be adjusted too far downwards atm so I'll have to have a bit of a play.

There's a very defined 'edge' to the top of the light pattern so once adjusted properly I can't see how these will blind anyone.
 
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My standard headlights on my 206 are just the same as kaiowas in that they are totally clear. My mate has one with the frosted type headlights of the same year car and his headlights are quite a bit less effective that mine.

The problem with kaiowas car is that its headlights are quite small with less reflective area, and with the frosted lens, they'll be pretty rubbish compared to his new ones.
 
The lenses on the old lights are not frosted, they just need cleaning with a polishing mix on the inside.

The problem with fitting clear lights to older cars is the lack of beam direction from the pattern on the lens, the newer cars use projectors?
 
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