hey guys i just thought i would post pics of this alternative.
i dont knwo if any1 has done it b4.im guessing they have.

but its just a alternative.looks ok.and way cheaper than the real thing. $25!!!!!sure beats $300+..

i have a series 2 tj.these are ment for a Kh verada i think.all i know its not from the same verada model as my car would be if it were 1.

they look ok...but would much rather the para's, they have a better "shine" than the normal ones aswell

they dont look too bad what are they some sort of sticker???

but looks sort of like a blind man compared to parabolics if you know what i mean :P

tint? nite shades?

look crap sorry

Its a mod, and it looks different to stock.. thats the point of a mod.

looks good man, what did u use anyway? can we get some more piccies?

not a big fan sorry :gtfo:

also the one peice parras have a better shine then the 2 peice .

Its a mod, and it looks different to stock.. thats the point of a mod.
No, a mod for a mods sake is no mod at all. There's way too many 'mods' that get done without thinking about the aesthetics. Just because it's different or unique, doesn't make it fine to do. Sure, the owner of the car has the right to do whatever they want but they should think about whether it actually looks good or not. Unfortunately this might look okay in this photo but guarenteed it's tacky when you look at it for real. It's not better than some boddy colour coded head and tail lights.

They don't look like they fit properley..

or is that just the photo?

I was thinking about doing this ages ago, but figured it would probably look ****. Though that does look alright.

form the angle the pic was takin at and the quality of the photo it looks alright, but from seening these black borders out on the road they look horrible i would rather have my stock headlights without those then try have parabolic tryhards stock lights, sorry guys this one just dont float my boat

why you tottally black yours out with black headlight covers then simon?

No, a mod for a mods sake is no mod at all. There's way too many 'mods' that get done without thinking about the aesthetics. Just because it's different or unique, doesn't make it fine to do. Sure, the owner of the car has the right to do whatever they want but they should think about whether it actually looks good or not. Unfortunately this might look okay in this photo but guarenteed it's tacky when you look at it for real. It's not better than some boddy colour coded head and tail lights.

and who are u to judge whether what people do to their car looks good or not? judging people on how they do their car up is like judging them on what clothes they wear. a bit low brow dont ya think. :)

he wouldnt of done it, and shown it to everyone here if he didnt think it looked aiight.

He wants peoples opinions, so saying it doesnt look good to him is aight.. I wont object there.

anyway, who wants to argue over this.. ive said my opinion on them. :D

and who are u to judge whether what people do to their car looks good or not? judging people on how they do their car up is like judging them on what clothes they wear. a bit low brow dont ya think. :)
Umm... I'm not judging him, it's not my place to do so and I did say that the owner of a car is free to do what they want but too many don't consider the aesthetics of what they are doing. I'm calling a spade a spade.

its all good
:)

its all good
:)
No it's not man... I'm out to get you :D

Anyway, you should have seen this gutted out BA at the drags the other night. They had plastic lenses with photocopied lights behind them :bowrofl:

Anyway, you should have seen this gutted out BA at the drags the other night. They had plastic lenses with photocopied lights behind them :bowrofl:


mm.. weight reduction lol

before i bought my parabolics, or even knew i was able to use them on my car, i was thinkin about opening the lenses and putting in a black cut out to make em look like paras lol woulda cost me $5

instead i buy actual ones that cost $450 :nuts:

Hey I thought parabolic headlights came out in TJ series? I know my TJ II has them as standard but maybe thats because its a VR-X.

Hey I thought parabolic headlights came out in TJ series? I know my TJ II has them as standard but maybe thats because its a VR-X.

nah, only came on vr-x, ralliarts, and veradas.. for all model magnas

so whats the deal, these things are verada 2 peice parra's? i thought they were stickers...........they seem to be off centre

hey its only headlight protectors hey.people chill out.i dont mind if you hate them or not its your choice.i just thought it was different to the normal ones thats all.

they come like that,i didnt paint them,they fit properly and they are ment for real parabolics i dont know why the shaded them in black.peresonally i think they look better than normal ones,but thats only my opinon.

its either put them on and have them crack and fork out $30 for a new set of pay $300 for new lights.go figure

nah, only came on vr-x, ralliarts, and veradas.. for all model magnas
And on sports models too TJ that is dont know bout earlier models

hey its only headlight protectors hey.people chill out.i dont mind if you hate them or not its your choice.i just thought it was different to the normal ones thats all.

they come like that,i didnt paint them,they fit properly and they are ment for real parabolics i dont know why the shaded them in black.peresonally i think they look better than normal ones,but thats only my opinon.

its either put them on and have them crack and fork out $30 for a new set of pay $300 for new lights.go figure

i agree they deffinately look better than standard, like you said parra's are insanely expensive! but still the bomb.

haven't sifted through this entire thread, have you told us where to get them from? for $30 i'm willing to put them on and see if they look any good :D

hey man.well when we go to the drags you can try them there?how about that?

i got them from a repco outlet.for all of you guys in brisbane there is a repco store out at lawnton that get all the old stock and sells it for like at least 50% off. its a pretty good little spot.they sell everything from dash mats(i got mine for $3.no crap it was $3.even really cheep stero gear like new stackers from $99etc) to tools and all the other sorta stuff u c in repco.i dont know why it goes there or why its so cheep but it has good stuff in it occasionally.

yeah i also agree that the para's look way way way better but fot $300+ im gonna invest that into the exhaust system.

but oh well personal choice just like mag wheels i suppose.

hey man.well when we go to the drags you can try them there?how about that?

i got them from a repco outlet.for all of you guys in brisbane there is a repco store out at lawnton that get all the old stock and sells it for like at least 50% off. its a pretty good little spot.they sell everything from dash mats(i got mine for $3.no crap it was $3.even really cheep stero gear like new stackers from $99etc) to tools and all the other sorta stuff u c in repco.i dont know why it goes there or why its so cheep but it has good stuff in it occasionally.

yeah i also agree that the para's look way way way better but fot $300+ im gonna invest that into the exhaust system.

but oh well personal choice just like mag wheels i suppose.

sounds good dude, thanks for the heads up about the store :)

oh ok, so there just plastic with tinted surrounds, they just clip on............

hey its only headlight protectors hey.people chill out.i dont mind if you hate them or not its your choice.i just thought it was different to the normal ones thats all.

they come like that,i didnt paint them,they fit properly and they are ment for real parabolics i dont know why the shaded them in black.peresonally i think they look better than normal ones,but thats only my opinon.

its either put them on and have them crack and fork out $30 for a new set of pay $300 for new lights.go figure

Stick it to em! :)

My thought is do what you want, what you want. If you like your ride that is all that matters :)

Personally I'd prefer paras though but they don't look too bad :)

hey thanks mate.

i 2 would also prefer para's.im not denying that they look better...but i cant justify spending so much money on headlights.

all im saying is that the $300+ ive saved on real para's i can now spend on somethign that makes my car go actually faster or handle better.

like i said para's look awesome but i dont think that i'll be forkign out the extra for them.


well not in this life time anyways.

sorry to hijack the thread but have you guys been to the drags yet hmmmmm suppose i should look in the queensland section ay ........ :D

not yet mate.im still trying to figure out how to get there.

About these alternatives... I don't mean to throw a negative in here but I think people should seriously think about this one. By inserting these I believe you would surely be dramatically reducing the amount of light emitted from the head lights... I might even go so far as to say that they might make the headlights non ADR compliant as a result.

Headlights are designed quite intricately and rely a lot on the chromed reflectives behind the lens.. by putting these in you surely cannot be able to adjust the direction of the beam and get any serious and adequate results, as they would still be going through this same restrictive path. I used to work for Hella Australia, and I know what testing they did on their headlights to ensure they were emitting the necessary amount of light and in the right quantities and directions... just from what I know I believe this could be a hazard.

ps...I know, lets not talk about my tail lights lol... different story.

edit... i just quickly drew a crude pic... the darker yellow is what I would imagine the product will resrict and the lighter yellow is what the unmodified might differ... (top down view)

About these alternatives... I don't mean to throw a negative in here but I think people should seriously think about this one. By inserting these I believe you would surely be dramatically reducing the amount of light emitted from the head lights... I might even go so far as to say that they might make the headlights non ADR compliant as a result.

Headlights are designed quite intricately and rely a lot on the chromed reflectives behind the lens.. by putting these in you surely cannot be able to adjust the direction of the beam and get any serious and adequate results, as they would still be going through this same restrictive path. I used to work for Hella Australia, and I know what testing they did on their headlights to ensure they were emitting the necessary amount of light and in the right quantities and directions... just from what I know I believe this could be a hazard.

ps...I know, lets not talk about my tail lights lol... different story.

edit... i just quickly drew a crude pic... the darker yellow is what I would imagine the product will resrict and the lighter yellow is what the unmodified might differ... (top down view)



na its all good.you picked up on somthign good there.i looked at that before i baught them too.
it isnt actually a solid "colour in" on the outlines of the head light protectors.the pattern is like a mesh on the protectors,so it still allows light out.i got a pic its a crap one cos its been all squished to fit it in

Ahh well that's better than solid for sure, didn't realise they were meshed... I would still be curious about compliance as they would be a bit restrictive... but yeah... not knocking your work, just everytime I get asked about my frosted tail lights when someone wants to buy them, I always do the speech, just so people think about it. :cool:

Edit: i would be curious to see what that looks like at night!