What's up guys! My car is being worked on by the body shop that I work at right now. I kind of had a feeling my headlight would be damaged after the accident and I just found out it was. The bracket is broken so I have the choice of either buying another OEM 06-07 projector headlight for the passenger side or just go aftermarket on both. I like the idea of going aftermarket because one won't look newer/cleaner than the other but I want to make sure if I do decide to go that route I pick the right one. My car is ivory pearl and looks bone stock right now (19" forged rays). Any suggestions?

 

OEM is best

 

Exactly what I was thinking. Since it must be replaced I’m gonna have my shop order a refurbished OEM one for $725. Its in good condition and I will probably pay much less than that. Thank you for confirming for me! I already kinda knew that OEM>aftermarket in terms of headlights for our cars but just wanted to be sure.

 

$725 is a lot for one headlight. You can get them on ebay for around $200, just get a headlight restoration kit for few bucks and save yourself some money.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2003-2007-I...be03198d19e736


https://www.ebay.com/itm/2006-2007-I...AAAOSwvT5dET3a

 

Thank you so much. I will probably go that route instead. Saved me lots of $$$

 

find people parting cars. just passed on a pair of 06 projectors for 150$ bec there was some spider webbing cracks on the lenses.

lol polish you are still around? i remember you were the first person i ever met up to buy car parts. bought an hr y pipe from you hahahah

 

Im gonna end up biting the bullet and doing the $725 for the refurbished ones. I would typically use ebay for other types of parts but headlights are important and I want these to last (have a warranty). I probably won't even pay half of the price of them when I get the bill for fixing my car tbh. And I'm getting a fresh new respray on my front end Thanks guys for your help though I really appreciate it. OEM headlights FTW!

 

$725 for a headlight....holy craps!!

 

You get what you pay for... I know its a lot but my car only has 58k miles so I only want the best for my baby! I don’t trust ebay quality on headlights tbh

 

If you have the money to dish out then go for it. But I think that's robbery. There's a SET here now for 200(no ballast or bulbs). You could buy a used set and refurbish them for cheap to get them looking almost new. Sand and clear coat will bring them back for years down the raod

 

Trust me I know its robbery but the extra money is worth the peace of mind for me. And my shop might cover all of it so theres no reason not too.