The headlights that were used on my first retrofit had the absolutely worst fit on my car. Large gap between the lens and hood as well as some gaps between where the headlight lens meets the quarter panel and bumper. Im going to give it another shot with new lights but wanted input from others that have bought new headlights for their retrofits. If any of you have bought lights that were a perfect fit, where did you buy them from? Any help appreciated!

Thanks

 

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...=317622&page=1

They say somewhere in that thread what brand it is.

 

The thread just says "eBay" and there are a bunch of different sellers of stock lights. Looking for something more specific, the lights in that thread did fit pretty damn well though.

 

according to riceburner, he gets ebay headlights for retrofits and says even the same buyers have no consistency in what brand they are selling, and that he hasnt had any issues with any of the ones he bought.

i grabbed a set from ebay last week for my retrofit, they showed up today. they are made by vision headlights. they seem decent so far.

 

Hows the fit on the car? Thats what I am most concerned about.

EDIT: So apparently there is a difference between base model headlights and SS headlights??

 

To my knowledge, SS and basemodel are the same. 05-07 had orange reflectors. 08-10 had chrome and a very thin layer of tint. Correct me if im wrong.

 

Yeah theres some differences; the REAL oem ss headlights are lightly tinted same thing with the reflectors stated above. As far as eBay goes there no difference really. Most fit great.

 

i havent fit mine yet, i pulled them out of the box, disassembled them and tossed them in the oven. had them baked apart within 15 minutes of the fedex guy dropping them off.

the headlights i got are tinted ss reproduction lights without the orange lense.

 

Keep us posted. Also post some pics when you can. I'm looking for headlights mod ideas also.

 

Let me photobomb you

 

Rice you need to re align your bumper.

 

The speed does that and automatically aims the lip down for downforce, you need to realign your train of thought

 

 

my bumper is close to that

 

i aint got no gap

 

That happens when you remove your bumper to many times

 

yeah mine was only off once and i took out the styrofoam insert because weight reduction (didn't do crap anyway) but my bumper always fit like crap so who cares; more low!

 

Lol exactly

 

What brand are yours? On Amazon I can pick and choose what brand I order as opposed to eBay where apparently the just ship you whatever the can get their hands on.

 

I have no clue whatever brand Bass_waves used lol

 

Me either

 

Not bashing his retro work, but thats who I got my initial retros from and the fit was absolute **** from day one.

Someone with good filament please pull your lights out and just look for a brand name lol. Please.

 

Hmm that's weird mine fit good I need to realign my passenger headlight tho but with the painting the car and all the stuff my headlights and bumper aren't in the best spot just haven't had time to fix it but they fit good when I first put them in

 

Mine have like a full inch gap between the lens and the hood, and the corner where the bumper/quarter panel meet don't fit right either....its awful honestly and looks like ****.

I spent $500 on headlights and have had more issues with them than anything else I've ever installed on the car. Now I am having to spend another 3-400 to make brand new ones with new bulbs, projectors, halos etc and and going to end up trashing the old set.

 

Why didn't you just buy the headlights and transfe6everything over since it is the headlights that sucks