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Old 01-05-2009 | 08:42 PM
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Default Installing OEM 08-09 projectors

Well I got a set of headlights I’m waiting to install on my 05, can’t wait to get a clean cutoff now

But now I’m debating whether to bend the tabs inside the projector to eliminate the squirrel spotters. Are the squirrel spotters necessary? What purpose do they serve?

I'll be putting an 8000k HID kit.

Here some pics they look 6000k but the color is perfect matches with teh foglights I have. Ill try to get some better pictures I know my cutoff is kinda high gotta adjust that a bit...





Old 01-05-2009 | 08:43 PM
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i didn't do anything to mine and mine seem to work just fine
Old 01-05-2009 | 08:44 PM
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Ha I mean 08-09 OEM headlights. Corrected the title now...
Old 01-05-2009 | 08:47 PM
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im pretty sure the 08-09's dont fit on ur 05 so now u can jus ship them over to me and ill take them off ur hands LMAO (it was worth a shot lol) i know on a camry forum ive seen the new gen camrys bend the squirrel finder to make the cut off even better i need to look for the link or if u want jus search squirrel finder and im pretty sure it will show up
Old 01-05-2009 | 08:50 PM
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Oh snap really!? Ive been waiting for 08-09 projectors for a while cant wait to get these babies in!

Yeah I seen that thread, im still debating whether to do it or not do it, do they really serve a purpose?
Old 01-05-2009 | 08:54 PM
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lmfao it was worth a shot haha i know man i want them 08's i cant find them anywhere for a good price.

i have no clue im pretty sure they dont a clean cutoff doesnt have those little circles around them and alot of people bend them DO IT
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Yeah I know made me wanna steal 08 headlights haha.

I read that they help iluminate signs at night?? I dunno im still thinking cause there like two little squares of light above the cutoff.

Hahah I was expecting you to post this picture or just writing DO IT PHAGGOT!

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LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO that picture is great haha

i guess they are meant for that, but hey us 05's didnt have it nor needed it jus put ur high beam on and u can look at higher signs lol

im gonna see if i can find sum pics of this
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For teh lulz...

Well yeah we didnt had them, cause the HID's put light all over the place haha... But still its in improvement over stock and the glare is not that bad, but I just love how projectors look and iluminate. Yeah I guess my golden yellow highs can help haha

Found a pic, yeah it looks ewww maybe I will bend those suckers...

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yeah man that kills the cutoff im pretty sure those lil to circles wont do much at all

god the cutoff on those things look damn good i wish i had 08's now lol bend that sh*t and get sum picss up
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Yeah it kinda kills the cutoff, ill post pics once I get these installed with a buddy, I havent taken off the front bumper before...
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its pretty easy i just did my 08 headlight swap a week ago and i love it!! got it for xmas
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Did you bend the tabs inside the projector??
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lucky f*cks lmao. I want these so damn bad, these and sum nice 4300/5k hids str8 nonsense lol
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Gottem now cant wait to put these on!

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nicee u got them, ok now put them in the box they came in and ship it to 11422..lmfaooooo! put them bad boys on
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Originally Posted by _NeXuS_
Did you bend the tabs inside the projector??
no i didnt bend anything just installed it as is and added 8k hids that looks wonderful because the lens are projectors so the hid color is decreased by 1k so the basically i got 7k hids on... i also added a super white led bulb for the corner lights... best mod i did so far...
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Bad part about the '08 projectors is the "Z" step in them is shifted way over to the right as shown in the picture above. Even my cheapo eBay Sonar projectors on my Ram had a better "Z" step.
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Originally Posted by rosedaleny806
nicee u got them, ok now put them in the box they came in and ship it to 11422..lmfaooooo! put them bad boys on
Hehe oh snap I got quoted 300$ for shipping + the price of the lights!

Hey Eltaco did you bend the tabs inside the projector?? To eliminate the squirrel spotters?

Ill be heading toa friends house soon to get these installed.
Old 01-09-2009 | 11:56 PM
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Don't bend the tabs.. i know the cut off looks better but you actually want to see high road signs..

But other than that, nice! I just recently picked up '08 head too, Gonna be getting it installed on Monday by Doc I!! Also putting in some 4300K HIDs from mobileHID!



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