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DISCUSSION => Exterior => Topic started by: RustyTheDriver on December 10, 2007, 04:48:32 PM
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Simple question: Can someone give me some pics with smileys, angel eyes, and some standard ellipsoids? I'm looking at buying angel eyes because i like the look, but i'm not sure if i've ever seen the others in action. Any help?
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Angel eyes:
(http://tinypic.com/jg3axz.jpg)
Smiley's:
(http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/7929/dsc0004nt5.jpg)
US ellipsoids:
(http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6577/dsc0072gy8.jpg)
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beautiful top example. that blue really sets it off. the other cars look amazing as well. however, i'm assuming theres something different about the look of the smileys when lit. is there?
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smilies when lit up don't look all that different, although the smiley cut out throws more light on the road right in front of the car...
the angel eyes... I personally don't really dig the look, the fixtures themselves aren't the greatest quality... but then again, I'm a fuddy duddy.
Best bang for buck = US ellips with 9011/9012 HIR lamps
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smilies when lit up don't look all that different, although the smiley cut out throws more light on the road right in front of the car...
the angel eyes... I personally don't really dig the look, the fixtures themselves aren't the greatest quality... but then again, I'm a fuddy duddy.
Best bang for buck = US ellips with 9011/9012 HIR lamps
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smilies when lit up don't look all that different, although the smiley cut out throws more light on the road right in front of the car...
the angel eyes... I personally don't really dig the look, the fixtures themselves aren't the greatest quality... but then again, I'm a fuddy duddy.
Best bang for buck = US ellips with 9011/9012 HIR lamps
Indeed...they are even better paired with a nice set of HID's, with nice ballasts and proper enclosures!!
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hella E-codes. the rest are for looks.
(http://www.turnermotorsport.com/image/electrical/lights_hella_h4euro_lg.jpg)
these are the best lights, bar none.
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I question it's validity though, as it clearly states "Warning: This head lamp...It may not lawfully be sold for use as a head-lamp on any motor vehicle..." Am I the only one that's concerned?
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hella E-codes. the rest are for looks.
(http://www.turnermotorsport.com/image/electrical/lights_hella_h4euro_lg.jpg)
these are the best lights, bar none.
I beg to differ.
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I beg to differ.
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I beg to differ.
ok, then what is your opinion?
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That ellipsoids + HID's are the best. That's my opinion.
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Ok. Thanks for the info guys. I'm about 99.9% sure I'm getting Hella ECodes. My stepdad has used them in the past and highly recommended them. I'm gonna look around the forums to see if I need to do anything for the bulbs. (Do I?)
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Ok. Thanks for the info guys. I'm about 99.9% sure I'm getting Hella ECodes. My stepdad has used them in the past and highly recommended them. I'm gonna look around the forums to see if I need to do anything for the bulbs. (Do I?)
Why? You can score a set of U.S. ellips for $100 shipped and then eventually go HID...
The light output is WAY better!!
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I'm finding that the term 'ellipsoid' is one of those terms that is used very....loosely.... I've seen ellipsoid angel eyes, ellipsoid smileys, ellipsoid hellas, ellipsoid fog lights....
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Alright. Ellipsoid means any headlight that has a projector...the little glass ball looking thing in the middle of the headlight that the light is projected from. The three pictures I posted above all have ellipsoid headlights. The first and second picture has ellipsoid fog lights, you can sort of see the projector in the third picture.
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a.k.a. 'projector' that explains the use of the word on the foglights. hey thanks for the info! that clears so much up. so i'm assuming you prefer the smileys with ellipsoids jpod? thanks a lot for dealing with a n00b :P
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Best lights are Soked Hellas with a HID kit:cool:
For looks and ligthing power.
Bar none!
Pity they can be o frickin expensive:(
I like the bonnet in that fisrt pic. Does it hinge from the back so or what.
Like the Canards and bottom front disfusers on the iS lips too on the 1st and 3rd pic:)
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just for the record, my H1/H4 lights are wayyyyy better then the old US elips I had. the lenses were old, so that may have been part of the problem. Smileys have even better output than the H1/H4 though.
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just for the record, my H1/H4 lights are wayyyyy better then the old US elips I had. the lenses were old, so that may have been part of the problem. Smileys have even better output than the H1/H4 though.
I love my U.S. Elips with HID's... The light output is much better than my old Euro Smiley's
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The real advantage Hella E-codes have over the ellipsoids is that it keeps quite strong light even when a lot of dirt stays on the glass....
The elipsoids needs to be kept clean all the time, because the light is focused in the center of the glass and the dirt makes them loose light very fast. It is enough to clean just the 3cm radius in the center of the glass to get the 100% light back on the road :-) Elipsoids are especially iritating in the winter while driving in the back of the other cars on the wet/salty surface.
Also differ bosch elipsoids from hella's... Bosch makes mirrors on the iron surface while hella produces plastic ones. The first stays stable even equipped with H1/100W and the second melts down because of the temperature, and it can break this fantastic light transfer down...
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so i'm assuming you prefer the smileys with ellipsoids jpod?
Smiley's only came in ellipsoids, but I'm sure that's what you meant anyways. ;)
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Best deal around.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/5-3-4-4000-H5006-H4-EURO-CONVERSION-HEADLIGHTS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33710QQihZ013QQitemZ230132376960QQtcZphoto
Second best deal.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/5-3-4-4000-H5006-H4-HID-EURO-DIAMOND-HEADLIGHTS-SET_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33710QQihZ013QQitemZ230132376970QQtcZphoto
I had a set of Hellas and switched to the fluted autopals after the hellas got dinged up. The light output from the autopals is just as good. Now I have a set of complex surface reflector lights (second link) on order with 90/100 white blubs. Everything else is just bling.
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I rarely hate on anything, but I really don't like those...
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Congratulations :)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2366/2109789138_b79eaa97c8_o.jpg)