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T_wei · 08-13-2009, 05:19 PM

Just wondering if the ebay kouki head lights for $240 a pair is worth considering. Have anyone installed them before?

*fliprayzin240sx* · 08-13-2009, 08:48 PM

If you are doing this to "upgrade" your stock kouki headlights...DONT. Why fuck up a good thing? Glass headlights for plastic headlights, YOUR DOING IT WRONG!!!

If you dont have any, then I'd suggest saving your money and buying the real thing.

zenki.life · 08-13-2009, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by fliprayzin240sx

If you are doing this to "upgrade" your stock kouki headlights...DONT. Why fuck up a good thing? Glass headlights for plastic headlights, YOUR DOING IT WRONG!!!

If you dont have any, then I'd suggest saving your money and buying the real thing.

yep yep yep

T_wei · 08-14-2009, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by fliprayzin240sx

If you are doing this to "upgrade" your stock kouki headlights...DONT. Why fuck up a good thing? Glass headlights for plastic headlights, YOUR DOING IT WRONG!!!

If you dont have any, then I'd suggest saving your money and buying the real thing.

o no im doing a kouki conversion. The ebay ones can lower my budget a lot

jamg · 08-14-2009, 12:09 PM

link to the item?

OptionZero · 08-14-2009, 12:15 PM

so

glass for plastic

projector for reflectors

man people are fuckin cheap

new headlights are around $600 a pair

u can probably get a used set for 2/3rds that

the ebay ones are what, $200?

you're only saving a couple hundred, if that

projectRDM · 08-14-2009, 12:16 PM

New headlights through a jobber account are like $460.

Being cheap is the ghey.

*hOngsterr* · 08-14-2009, 01:00 PM

haha dont waste your time man.
quality!
save up!

ReLiC · 08-14-2009, 01:18 PM

I've seen them go for about $300-400 here on zilvia. Just save some more and keep a look out for a good deal.

silnismo · 08-14-2009, 04:09 PM

They will end up cracking or the seal will go bad and you will eventually have fogged up lights whenever it rains.

No, i didn't buy ebay lights. Just seen enough ricers putting them on there car and laugh every time i see fogged lights on them.

jbuckley · 08-14-2009, 04:33 PM

i think the ebay rice style kouki headlights are way fucking cooler than the oem projector boring as fuck lights

get serious

silnismo · 08-14-2009, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jbuckley

i think the ebay rice style kouki headlights are way fucking cooler than the oem projector boring as fuck lights

get serious

I'm all for cheaper alternitves in the auto industry, as long as they do what they are intended to do. But ebay lights are straight crap.

Go ahead. Rock em for all i care, its your car.

Ill be the one laughing at you when i drive past you.

VQMaxFan · 08-14-2009, 05:03 PM

id assume the output pattern on the ebay lights suck ass as most of them do

aNskY · 08-14-2009, 05:05 PM

^ holy shit i am in someones sig!!

and actually i DO care about cheap headlights... it's your car, but it's my vision you are impeding with those cheap shit lights. (they always shine right in oncoming drivers' eyes) same goes for cheap HID kits. fuck that.

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ReLiC · 08-14-2009, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by jbuckley

i think the ebay rice style kouki headlights are way fucking cooler than the oem projector boring as fuck lights

get serious

If you're trying to stay away from projectors, the vertex headlights are a much better alternative. I've never tried them, but i'm sure their quality is better than ebay.

Just noticed the sarcasm. lol. But i'll keep it there to show op an alternative.

aNskY · 08-14-2009, 05:15 PM

^ im pretty sure he was being sarcastic

Sileighty_85 · 08-14-2009, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by fromxtor

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here are some cheaper ones by a few bucks
http://www.thenismoshop.com/ikorb.ph...product_id=236

T_wei · 08-14-2009, 05:26 PM

whats the difference between the USDM and JDM? just the lamp size?

Sileighty_85 · 08-14-2009, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by T_wei

whats the difference between the USDM and JDM? just the lamp size?

Jspec projector is larger and light direction is set up for Japans left side driving roads

SochBAT · 08-14-2009, 05:38 PM

Do it.

They look totally sweeet.

I think I have 6 rims under my name now!

*hOngsterr* · 08-14-2009, 06:26 PM

http://zilvia.net/f/sale-items/27244..._________.html

OptionZero · 08-14-2009, 06:27 PM

or u can throw money away

and get the german-spec kouki headlights
LHD version of jdm headlights w/ larger projector
lol

MeanS14 · 08-14-2009, 06:47 PM

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97nismo · 08-14-2009, 07:14 PM

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new headlights are around $600 a pair

yea like 345 shipped with nissanparts.cc for the usdm ones

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and get the german-spec kouki headlights

where can you get these???? can not even get 200sx badges

GunmetalSR · 08-14-2009, 07:23 PM

fuck kouki headlights
who doesnt like the flogged zenki lenses painted to look like koukis

geoff240sx · 08-14-2009, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by projectRDM

New headlights through a jobber account are like $460.

Being cheap is the ghey.

^^^^ true

im selling brand new oem usdm kouki headlights still in the orignal packages for 340 shipped check my forsale thread or pm me i need these gone

geoff240sx · 08-14-2009, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by projectRDM

New headlights through a jobber account are like $460.

Being cheap is the ghey.

^^^^ true

im selling brand new oem usdm kouki headlights still in the orignal packages for 340 shipped check my forsale thread or pm me i need these gone

edit: lol i just realised you have already pmed me about these

projectRDM · 08-14-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Sileighty_85

Jspec projector is larger and light direction is set up for Japans left side driving roads

And you can aim the bulbs independently of each other, instead of both as one unit.

08-15-2009, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by jbuckley

i think the ebay rice style kouki headlights are way fucking cooler than the oem projector boring as fuck lights

die

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Originally Posted by ReLiC

If you're trying to stay away from projectors, the vertex headlights are a much better alternative. I've never tried them, but i'm sure their quality is better than ebay.

same garbage, inferior quality.

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Originally Posted by T_wei

whats the difference between the USDM and JDM? just the lamp size?

us uses 9005 high beam bulb
japan uses bullshit h3 bulb

that alone makes the us-spec headlights superior in EVERY way

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Originally Posted by Sileighty_85

Jspec projector is larger and light direction is set up for Japans left side driving roads

correct, but regardless of projector differences the us-spec lights are still superior

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Originally Posted by T_wei

o no im doing a kouki conversion. The ebay ones can lower my budget a lot

if a few hundred make that much of a difference, you may want to leave your car stock and not play. modifying cars with the big boys requires something called money, lots of it.

08-13-2009, 08:48 PM	#2
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08-14-2009, 12:16 PM	#7
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08-13-2009, 05:19 PM	#1
T_wei Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Socal 626 Age: 36 Posts: 304 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Have any one Installed Ebay Kouki headlights before? Just wondering if the ebay kouki head lights for $240 a pair is worth considering. Have anyone installed them before?

08-14-2009, 12:09 PM	#5
jamg Nissanaholic! Join Date: May 2009 Location: GA Posts: 2,106 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	link to the item?

08-14-2009, 12:15 PM	#6
OptionZero Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Norcal Age: 41 Posts: 6,263 Trader Rating: (2) Rides Gallery: OptionZero Feedback Score: 2 reviews	so glass for plastic projector for reflectors man people are fuckin cheap new headlights are around $600 a pair u can probably get a used set for 2/3rds that the ebay ones are what, $200? you're only saving a couple hundred, if that

08-14-2009, 01:18 PM	#9
ReLiC Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: la puente Age: 36 Posts: 862 Trader Rating: (13) Feedback Score: 13 reviews	I've seen them go for about $300-400 here on zilvia. Just save some more and keep a look out for a good deal.

08-14-2009, 04:33 PM	#11
jbuckley BANNED Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Land of Riche$ Posts: 297 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	i think the ebay rice style kouki headlights are way fucking cooler than the oem projector boring as fuck lights get serious

08-14-2009, 05:03 PM	#13
VQMaxFan Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mobile AL Age: 35 Posts: 464 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	id assume the output pattern on the ebay lights suck ass as most of them do

08-14-2009, 05:05 PM	#14
aNskY Nissanaholic! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NY Age: 41 Posts: 1,604 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	^ holy shit i am in someones sig!! and actually i DO care about cheap headlights... it's your car, but it's my vision you are impeding with those cheap shit lights. (they always shine right in oncoming drivers' eyes) same goes for cheap HID kits. fuck that.

08-14-2009, 05:15 PM	#17
aNskY Nissanaholic! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NY Age: 41 Posts: 1,604 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	^ im pretty sure he was being sarcastic

08-14-2009, 05:26 PM	#19
T_wei Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Socal 626 Age: 36 Posts: 304 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	whats the difference between the USDM and JDM? just the lamp size?

08-14-2009, 05:38 PM	#21
SochBAT Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Abilene, TX Age: 39 Posts: 6,428 Trader Rating: (9) Rides Gallery: SochBAT Feedback Score: 9 reviews	Do it. They look totally sweeet. I think I have 6 rims under my name now!

08-14-2009, 06:27 PM	#23
OptionZero Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Norcal Age: 41 Posts: 6,263 Trader Rating: (2) Rides Gallery: OptionZero Feedback Score: 2 reviews	or u can throw money away and get the german-spec kouki headlights LHD version of jdm headlights w/ larger projector lol

08-14-2009, 06:47 PM	#24
MeanS14 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Glendale, AZ Age: 36 Posts: 478 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	Check out the Kouki headlights that Intense motorsports sells IntensePower.com JDM Style Chrome Kouki Headlights S14 240sx: <font color="#ccoooo">FREE SHIPPING</font>

08-14-2009, 07:23 PM	#26
GunmetalSR Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Metairie, Louisiana Posts: 221 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	fuck kouki headlights who doesnt like the flogged zenki lenses painted to look like koukis