Well that looks like a serious bummer. Back to the drawing board with the shop?
Weak headlight & no fog lights
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damn that has to be disappointing after all that time that they put in. It sucks but the reproduction lights just have shitty lenses. You could possibly swap them out for something better but it is still going to cost more money on top of what has already been spent no matter what you do.
No surprises here.
Custom built retrofit lights are going to just about be your only option for that light output you are wanting and expecting.
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1994-1998 SN95 Ford Mustang Projector Retrofit Conversion
We've all been there: You're driving down the highway at night, street lights aren't going a good job. Maybe you're tired or your nighttime vision just isn't as good as you remember. Either way, you should be able to see more than 15 feet in front of you. Does seeing hundreds of feet sound...
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See now THAT’S what I was wanting all along! Was that so much to ask for?! ROFLMFAO
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Fantastic, duh09! I checked it out then forwarded the link to the shop.No surprises here.
Custom built retrofit lights are going to just about be your only option for that light output you are wanting and expecting.
Another plug for Madd Retros
1994-1998 SN95 Ford Mustang Projector Retrofit Conversion
We've all been there: You're driving down the highway at night, street lights aren't going a good job. Maybe you're tired or your nighttime vision just isn't as good as you remember. Either way, you should be able to see more than 15 feet in front of you. Does seeing hundreds of feet sound...
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ttocS,
Yes, definitely, but we’re not giving up YET! Shop had to go to a shorter but equally powerful bulb for the aforementioned fitment issues. But now has found a cover for the bulbs that originally came with the housings that will make them work.(I didn't really understand when he told me how that was supposed to help, but….)
And since the housings are already in there, I figure “it doesn’t cost anything to try”, so we’ll see how THAT goes.
However, after looking at the maddretros.com website, I asked, no told, the shop to check them out, especially the Morimoto products, and let’s keep them as a very viable option.
Keep ya updated as this next iteration unfolds! In the meantime, thanks (everyone) for hanging in there with me through this Mad Hatter of a wild ride in the ongoing saga of Mustang lighting!!!
Morimoto?? How do you click on a link of specific retrofit headlights and then find yourself looking at Morimoto stuff????
Man, I don't know why this has been dragged out for this long or why you continue to put custom lighting in the hands of a group of oil techs - but I'm not sure if you don't grasp what we've been saying, or if you just don't want to accept that your shop is out of their league.
Madd Retro builds retrofit headlights.
Headlights that have been taken apart, retrofitted OEM projectors - the part of new headlights that makes them so much better than older headlights - in your choice of LED or HID flavors. They come built to your door, you remove whatever shenanigans that shop did to install those cheesey eBay headlights (sure, they might not have come from eBay, but they are the same China lights sold on eBay), and you install the retrofits and plug them up. You might have to do some aiming. Otherwise, it's pretty much plug and play newer upgraded headlights.
I'd absolutely hate to know what you're being charged for those $100 eBay headlights to be installed by a shop, but I'll bet you could order those custom built headlights and install them yourself for less.
Man, I don't know why this has been dragged out for this long or why you continue to put custom lighting in the hands of a group of oil techs - but I'm not sure if you don't grasp what we've been saying, or if you just don't want to accept that your shop is out of their league.
Madd Retro builds retrofit headlights.
Headlights that have been taken apart, retrofitted OEM projectors - the part of new headlights that makes them so much better than older headlights - in your choice of LED or HID flavors. They come built to your door, you remove whatever shenanigans that shop did to install those cheesey eBay headlights (sure, they might not have come from eBay, but they are the same China lights sold on eBay), and you install the retrofits and plug them up. You might have to do some aiming. Otherwise, it's pretty much plug and play newer upgraded headlights.
I'd absolutely hate to know what you're being charged for those $100 eBay headlights to be installed by a shop, but I'll bet you could order those custom built headlights and install them yourself for less.
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covers for bulbs to make them work?
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I know , I know…I’ll get the specifics and clarify…
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I understand now why they had to trim so much with the 2 lights on either side.
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So wait....3 months into all this, they give your car back finally, but never even tested/adjusted your lights.
Man, you're right...that's a great dependable shop. (Sarcasm inserted)
Dude, find a new shop or just install some retro fit headlights yourself. Mine literally took almost no time at all to throw together, and they look OEM.
I have no idea why you would yet again, give that shop any more time/money/chances.
What a joke.
Man, you're right...that's a great dependable shop. (Sarcasm inserted)
Dude, find a new shop or just install some retro fit headlights yourself. Mine literally took almost no time at all to throw together, and they look OEM.
I have no idea why you would yet again, give that shop any more time/money/chances.
What a joke.
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07GtS197
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I’d ask for my money back for whatever stupidity they did. I’m still wondering what kind of wiring upgrades and smaller bulbs they installed. A housing is built for a specific bulb, switching to another bulb will throw off the optics.
Get your money back and run far, far away from that place.
Get your money back and run far, far away from that place.
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those lenses are not cheap to develop or to manf and unfortunately there is a difference. I tried off the shelf projectors years ago and never was happy with them as well. I can see where they thought that with the 4 lights it would be brighter, but only if it is done correctly. Unfortunately they/you will probably always be hoping to figure something out to fix those.
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SHORTER (in the back) bulbs, I should have specified. Same bulb size, same everything. Just one that doesn’t stick out the back so far.
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Thank you, Scott, for the input. ++
Maybe some others following this thread will see the value of APPLICABLE information versus ranting and bashing.
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“…custom lighting in the hands of a group of oil techs - but I'm not sure if you don't grasp what we've been saying, or if you just don't want to accept that your shop is out of their league.”
I don’t know where you got “oil techs” ? They are not grease monkeys.
And I absolutely DO grasp what you and everyone else is saying and I value a good deal of the feedback.
And FWIW, this shop is NOT out of their league, but thanks for passing judgement on something you know absolutely nothing about. Speaks volumes about you.
I don’t know where you got “oil techs” ? They are not grease monkeys.
And I absolutely DO grasp what you and everyone else is saying and I value a good deal of the feedback.
And FWIW, this shop is NOT out of their league, but thanks for passing judgement on something you know absolutely nothing about. Speaks volumes about you.
