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Old 11-06-2007 | 01:51 PM
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Yea, the chrome from the Denali is kinda ricer, but its alot better than having those gay LEDs in there. I dont mind the Halos so much, I have just seen some of these lights with real shitty halos, where they are really dim or dont light up all the way around. And with most of them, you dont know what you are buying until you receive it.
With the Denali headlights, are the do the projectors just have a regular bulb in them or are the bulbs not interchangeable? Can you put some HIDs in the projectors? I think if I do the Denali's. I will probably see if I can paint the chrome black. Thats the only thing I like about the aftermarket lights is the black background. My truck has black paint so I think it would go nicely
Old 11-06-2007 | 02:47 PM
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you should be able to paint the inside or smoke the lens
Old 11-06-2007 | 02:48 PM
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I dunno if I'll smoke the lens. I like my **** bright as can be
Old 11-06-2007 | 03:38 PM
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this is what I have, but without the amber corners.
You can't buy them without the amber anymore though.
There are no goofy LEDs in them.
They would look nice on a black truck.
Like I said, they are nearly identical to the denalis
Old 11-06-2007 | 03:40 PM
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Like I said, if I do go Halo's, I will have to get ones that I have seen installed, so I know they are legit. I have also been reading that these aftermarket ones seem to condense real easily in the lens, so thats a big turn-off for me
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Mine don't fit well at all and to this day I don't like them which is why I bought another pair and am waiting to install them. I bought them 2 years ago but only finally decided to put them on maybe 3 months ago. They don't fit and they need more than just a little determination to get them to fit flush which is what I was going for, I had to file in some grooves as well as put some washers in places so that they would seem to fit better. And they light up the road terribly!! I think mine look a little ricer which is why I will be swapping them out eventually.

Here's the gap issues I had with them when I first installed them...
All these pictures are before I started shaving down grooves and adding washers but you can see how they fit...



Touches the Grill shell where he reflector starts.


Same thing here


The inside gap was soo big I could fit my finger in between the headlight and the grill.


And as you can see they don't point straight ahead, they end up crossing beams about 8 feet in front of the truck and they point downward. I was able to rectify the angle of the beams but not the direction.
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Originally Posted by TchargedLS1TA
Are there any good projector style aftermarket headlights for the Sierras that arent ricer or gay looking with all the LEDs and halos and ****?
I haven't found any yet but it doesn't mean there aren't any out there.
Old 11-06-2007 | 04:31 PM
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I haven't found any yet but it doesn't mean there aren't any out there.
Yea, the market is flooded with crap. The only ones I looked at that I thought might be decent were from StylinConcepts, but after reading the customer reviews on the 2 types they sold, they sound like crap as well.
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Spoolin,
mine fit pretty good.
I shimmed them a little to get the beams from crossing each other, but yours seem pretty crooked.
Old 11-06-2007 | 05:09 PM
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Yup yup, I don't wanna say they all don't fit which isn't true. Looks like I got a particular set that just were of bad quality! I've seen some fit pretty good but none will fit like OEM does. Even the denali Headlamps I have stick out more but that was how deanli wanted them.


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