anyone used the headlights for the 35 sedans on ebay that have the black housings??? are they anygood???

anyone recommend any particular ones to buy or avoid?
cheers

 

blksedan4me has them.

 

I wouldn't recommend you buying them I had them I Ended up selling them on craigslist

 

why reason?? didnt throw enough light?

 

You just answered your question

 

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if they are anything like the black housing ebay headlights i had on my old civic about 6 years ago, the coating or something on the clear plastic flaked off and the sills didnt last, air and water leaked in

 

Your going to end up opening them up and doing more work than you wold just painting the oem ones. I would only say go for it if you plan on doing mods to the lights like a retrofit that way you will seal them back nicely and treat that lens because its far shyttier than the already shyty lens that turns **** yellow if not treated once every 3 months. Well maybe that just an issue with me.

 

they're fine but if you plan on keeping them for a long time i suggest 2 things, 1) black sillicone all around the seals to prevent condensation and 2) a clear vinyl protective film on the lenses as the lenses are more delicate and prone to scratches than oem headlights

 

I'm considering just spending the 250 on oem replacements just for the outter plastics...mine are done they are far beyond wet sanding

 

^ the outer plastics are not a direct fit on the oem headlights

 

I have yet to see G35 headlights that are actually beyond wet-sanding

 

i wouldn't buy these black ones if that's what your referring to

 

i had previously smoked my headlights a while ago and to take off the smoke i used goof off and it damaged the plastics on one side pretty bad from sitting too long

 

^have you tried sanding them yet? (I mean REALLY sanding them, starting with like 400 or so on a machine, and then moving up in grit)