yes or no on these headlights

[scottd1975]

what do ya guys think?

http://www.parts4euro.com/cgi-bin/PPStore/ppstore.cgi?database=Products&action=view_product&productID=50049&category=4

[PhätTony]

i totally thought i was gonna see a new shirt from Anitx...

but... i likes

[scottd1975]

just cant find any pics of these on a jetta

[BLACK 1.8T]

No. IMO, f you wanna get new headlights, I suggest E-Codes, Helix OEM HID Reps, or OEM HIDs. Headlights are something that I would not skimp on. You wanna be able to actually see the road well at night, right?

E-Codes
http://www.ecstuning.com/stage/edpd/pagebuild_v2.cgi/?html=learnmore.html&productID=10048

Helix OEM HID Reps
http://www.20squared.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=125

OEM HIDs
http://www.ecstuning.com/stage/edpd/pagebuild_v2.cgi/?html=learnmore.html&productID=4321

[scottd1975]

well i have the e-codes right now

[BLACK 1.8T]

well i have the e-codes right now


You have E-Codes? I thought you just had the black housing GLI headlights? Or did you swap those out already?

[scottd1975]

yea i have the gli's sorry, why ecodes are that any better than what i have now

[huitzi]

well i have the e-codes right now

e-codes are the best, theyre the most euro looking IMO. but if you decide to sell ill take em.

[NaKoRuRu]

I had those lights... they are not very good (but looked good)... i would pass... i would do OEM

[boostedMKIV]

yea OEM projectors with HIDs would look nice IMO.

[RavinJetta]

I don't like them at all

[scottd1975]

ok i found and dont ask how a set of HID's for sale for 200.00 including the wiring and bulbs however one of the main bulbs is burnt out. how much is it to get a new bulb?

or these what do u think of these?
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w151/desereascottmcclure/light.jpg

[NaKoRuRu]

its the same thing (just blinker and fog in diff place). dood go OEM or go home... at least Hella Angel eyes but they don't make any to my recollection for the Jetta. And $200? OEM hids? I call BS. Someone actually jipped me a few years ago for about $200 over the same lights... but you never know...

[jr_scheiBe]

ok i found and dont ask how a set of HID's for sale for 200.00 including the wiring and bulbs however one of the main bulbs is burnt out. how much is it to get a new bulb?

or these what do u think of these?
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w151/desereascottmcclure/light.jpg

not cheap if i remember right. to get a true set of d2s bulbs at 4300k for HID's its like $100 to $150. At least thats what I remember when I did my A4. Dont get anything over 5000k becaause you get that ugly purple light shit going on and it looks ricey...

[JETTAone420]

http://www.importvision.com/index.php?display=show_part.php&PartMake=VW&select_PartType=Headlights

scott click on the link find some euro projectors like mine buy them be happy.....

[JETTAone420]

not cheap if i remember right. to get a true set of d2s bulbs at 4300k for HID's its like $100 to $150. At least thats what I remember when I did my A4. Dont get anything over 5000k becaause you get that ugly purple light shit going on and it looks ricey...

correction...anything 8K and above gives the blue tints....i have 6k and its bright white, and only shows blue hues when lookin at it from an angle

[scottd1975]

ted so the lights from that link do they come with bulbs that you have in your car now or did you have to buy hid kit from somewhere

[jr_scheiBe]

true.. my bad.

[scottd1975]

so ted what kind of hid kit did you get for those lights? where did you get the kit from?

[jr_scheiBe]

http://www.hidplanet.com/package.html

[scottd1975]

the ones for 200.00 are FK angel eyes with 6000k McCulloch HID kit

[JETTAone420]

i got the mcculloch drop in hid kit from xenonking.com
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f61/tvarmy04/CIMG0755.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f61/tvarmy04/CIMG0749.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f61/tvarmy04/CIMG0748.jpg

[mike]

I don't know how you get a whole set of headlights with projector AND a Xenon bulbs and control units for that price. My guess is a SEVERE lack in quality. Fuck Just a new QUALITY Xenon bulb is almost that much. You get what you pay for and headlights are a necessity AND a saftey item, I personally already like the GLI units, but I would get either OEM Ecodes for better looks and lighting, or keep saving for the OEM Hella XENON projector lamp kit. You will be singing a far different tune when you install them, they get fogged up inside when you wash your car, they have a shitty beam pattern, bounce up and down while you drive, dont stay adjusted and after a year the plastic lenses start to turn yellow. Make it nice, or make it twice.

[scottd1975]

yea mike im keeping my gli ones... wish i could turn them into HIDs

[JETTAone420]

hey mike if your talkin about mine the headlights are DEPO brand and they've been perfect since the day i bought them, they got glass len's and all they dont bounce and the beam pattern is still perfect since teh day i bought them. as for the HIDs their mccullochs which is a good brand name.

[scottd1975]

i just with i could make my gli lights brighter

[David-jetta 1.8]

Hey bro I have those headlights on my jetta, There ARE SICK. shitty think is that they are not bright, but the angel eyes look hella sick at night

[g60racer]

hey mike if your talkin about mine the headlights are DEPO brand and they've been perfect since the day i bought them, they got glass len's and all they dont bounce and the beam pattern is still perfect since teh day i bought them. as for the HIDs their mccullochs which is a good brand name.

I'm gonna go DITTO on this.

I too has Depo projectors, have had zero problems with them, they have a functional foglight which OEM HIDs do not have (and yes you do need it with HIDs, unless you want to blind oncoming traffic on dark roads with your high beams when you try to see street signs that are above your HID lowbeam cutoff - which is ALL street signs)

Glass lens is great. McCulloch HID drop in has been flawless. All for under $400-

[jwill'sMK4]

http://www.qmrmotorsports.com/shop/default.php?cPath=112_282_654_149

[EuroTunerGLI]

i just with i could make my gli lights brighter

hey man i have GLI headlights and i got a plug and play HID kit from genesis and it works great

its brighter, looks as if the car came with HIDs and no problems

so you may want to consider that

[scottd1975]

hey man i have GLI headlights and i got a plug and play HID kit from genesis and it works great

its brighter, looks as if the car came with HIDs and no problems

so you may want to consider that

can i see your pics of your lights with the HIDs installed please, also the back of the headlight housing please

[EuroTunerGLI]

can i see your pics of your lights with the HIDs installed please, also the back of the headlight housing please

ya man imma go take some pics right now, so it might not be so good in the day
but ill take some later tonight also


as far as the back of the housing ill try to but i have to coverings...it all hides away just like stock, no wires hanging out or anything and ballast box just hids either under the headlight itself or on the side of the fender

[EuroTunerGLI]

heres a couple, i post some night time pics later
i got the 8000k but i think that mistakenly gave me 6000k because after they charge up for a few seconds the discharge is white light with a slight hint of blueish purple color

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c265/EuroTunerGLI/IMG_0003.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c265/EuroTunerGLI/IMG_0002.jpg

[scottd1975]

what is the beam pattern like at night? i have heard that there is a painfull clare to oncoming drivers. and that they suck in the rain. What size bulbs do i need for the headlights

what brand of HID kit did you use?

[EuroTunerGLI]

what is the beam pattern like at night? i have heard that there is a painfull clare to oncoming drivers. and that they suck in the rain. What size bulbs do i need for the headlights

what brand of HID kit did you use?



the pattern is same as stock, and these arent that blinding to oncoming
ive done tests driving behind my girl and towards her and she just said they are bright but not to the point where your eyes are gonna melt hahaha as far as in the rain, anytime you go aftermarket HID or with no projectors you do lose a little visability but its made up in the brightness of the light, the higher the temp you go the less you can see...but i love mine, not so bright to blind others, but just enough to light up the road for me and i love the color, the brand...to be honest i dont remember ill look for the box if not hit up rezie from genesis he did them for me at his shop :tup2:

[scottd1975]

ok what temp are yours?

[EuroTunerGLI]

so its up to you bro, you can pay for cheap replicas and risk them just not working right, or spend the cheese and go OEM hids, or just try the plug and play drop ins in your current headlights...for alot less...hids are always kinda blinding...but hey your driving the car so as long as you can see whats ahead of you its all good mang :german: haha

[scottd1975]

true true i just need to know the headlight bulb size to get for HIDs. im going to go with my gli headlights with HID drop in kit. later maybe projector headlights

[EuroTunerGLI]

they use the same 9007 size man

it comes with everything so just plug and play and enjoy man

[scottd1975]

yea let me know what brand if you can find it please

[BanamexDF]

I had those lights... they are not very good (but looked good)... i would pass... i would do OEM

:p I later had Andie's and popped an HID kit into them. Then I got some OEM HID reps and sold them. You can see some pics here: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3138050

My $0.02... Personally, the look wasn't "wow" to me because they look like ebay headlights they sell for civics and other cars. They leak even after you open them up and reseal them like crazy. Mine fogged up and got dirt in them even after I spend a lot of time cleaning them and sealing them. The only thing I liked about them were the projectors, because they had a really crisp beam cutoff. Being that they were made for halogen bulbs, not HIDs, the e-code pattern turned up too high and blinded people on the right of me. Right now, I have the OEM HID reps and although I'm not too crazy about the sharpness of the beam pattern, they don't leak, they're made for HIDs, have a better build quality than the ebay ones, and they look good (they come smoked now too).

If I were to do it again, I wouldn't go down this path again. You can get those same ones on ebay for like $200, don't go with parts4euros because I've heard they're garbage.

You should have bought my BMW retrofits dude. :cool:

[scottd1975]

where did you find ones on ebay that were any good?

[scottd1975]

ok should i get these from this post?
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3454295

[EuroTunerGLI]

sorry about the delay, i just got home from work, heres a couple i just took...ps. not the best camera ever haha

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c265/EuroTunerGLI/IMG_0028.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c265/EuroTunerGLI/IMG_0027-1.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c265/EuroTunerGLI/IMG_0026.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c265/EuroTunerGLI/IMG_0025.jpg

[EuroTunerGLI]

kinda hard to see clearly, hahah but i think you get the idea

[boostedMKIV]

kinda hard to see clearly, hahah but i think you get the idea

I love your car!:tup2:

Still waiting for my ride.....lol

[scottd1975]

they look bright for sure.. how does the output look like from the car to the street though? its it just light everywhere or is the beam pattern still there.

[EuroTunerGLI]

I love your car!:tup2:

Still waiting for my ride.....lol


hahahah my bad man, r you going to K1 on the 14th?

[EuroTunerGLI]

they look bright for sure.. how does the output look like from the car to the street though? its it just light everywhere or is the beam pattern still there.


its not everywhere there is still a nice beam pattern, hahah when i get back from work tonight ill try to post another shot of the pattern

[scottd1975]

cool thanks cause i think im doing HID in my headlights i have now..

[daboyatschool]

Heres some more pics of those headlights...
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3179862

I agree with BanamexDF, either go HIDs, HID reps, or retrofits...or keep your stock ones...