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Old 08-24-2009, 10:41 PM
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I say go for it. There are always going to be people who oppose an idea simply because it hasn't been done before and seems overly complex and unnecessary. I'm sure that's the way it was when the first person decided to lift an xj, but that has become second nature to most people on this forum. If it feels good, do it. And who knows, maybe you could start a new trend.
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Originally Posted by fantic238
What emphasis and determination... I have an almost stock ckee, need some love too...
Aways luv for the stocker ... because we all started there!
(Kin ya believe this forum has no smiley for Luv? Or even a group hug. Unbelievable!)
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Originally Posted by _StationWagon_
Aways luv for the stocker ... because we all started there!
(Kin ya believe this forum has no smiley for Luv? Or even a group hug. Unbelievable!)
That is a shame, as a premium member i will push for having love and group hug smileys, so that we can love each other spontaneously.
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Let's not kill the thread now!! Lol
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Go for it! Put HIDs in them when you get done that would look real good!
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i bought them off ebay got one for 25 and other for 29 after shipping came to like 75$$. i was looking on getting the hella H4 conv lens and they where 55 for one so i got both of these for less going to take some work but at least i know im not the first so i know it can be done.. as of now cause i dont really know yet cause i dont have the light in my hand im going to put HID in the top and the bottom was for the high beam im just going to put one of the amber blubs in there should come out really nice i looked and for the stock front bumber you deff have to trim the stock plastick ends where the light hangs down should look nice tho my xj is defff not stock at all tho lol so its just a nother modd for this one. mounting might be a little of a pain but thats where jb weld steps in lol
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I'm a HUGE fan of the look.

I'd probably prefer to do it on a darker coloured xj with all chrome trim however.

...this will be what I do on my 86 MJ when I finish buiilding the supercharged 3800 for it.
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im glad someone actually did it. i have always wonderedwhat it would look like. i have also considered trying to do the same and not have the huge front lens on it. black housing with chrome rings around the light. or in my case, i painted the grille and headlight housings grafite. i agree a darker color would appeal to my taste a little better. with TJ flares i can stand to do away with the orange light and try to make it another bright *** light.
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that looks so good...deffinatly like he brightness factor too
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Looks great ! I saw that same picture and wondered how hard it would be.... on a scale of 1-10 what would you say the difficulty level is.
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So, how is it mounted? I like the look of it. About to steal my neighbors headlights :P
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I kinda like this idea as well. I wonder if they would still look as good behind a grille guard? This way you worry a little less about breaking them on the trail!
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Awesome job making them fit!! Glad you did it and proved all the "haters" wrong!!
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well from 1 to 10 i do not really know lol all i know was i grabbed a dremel and went crazy lol took me sat and sun all day and monday night i put the bumper on needed to be trimmed a little i had to put the amber lights in the high beam spots cause in nj if you dont have them its one more thing to get pulled over for.. the hid beam pattren looks great way better then the h4 converson i had in my other jeep a nice cut off line and lights up a lot infront of me the headlights have a ajuster in side that says L and R i thought it was left and right and when i mounted them flush with the front of my jeep the first one was pointing to look at plains.......... then i took it back out to mess with everything and see if i could make a custom ajuster and found out that all i had todo was turn that all the way down and BAM lol pointing at the ground.. now this jeep is getting a 5" lift witch is going to make everything look WAY better lol cause right now all my friends really like the lights but to big for the jeep but when i take a jack out and put my other tires on the front and look at it its wayyyy better looking brings everything togeather i dont think XJs where ment to be stock at all haha..


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