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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 03:33 PM
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Lightning Heads too Rice?

I recently ptm my grill surround and added some Hella 500FF lights behind the grill. The fog lights look "clear", and w/ the chrome bumper, I'm thinking my stock headlights look a little cloudy. I'm considering some Lightning headlights, but I'm concerned they'll look a little ricey on my truck ... any opinions?

 
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 03:38 PM
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i think theyll look really good and not ricey on there
 
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 03:40 PM
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They'll look good. Go for it
 
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 04:54 PM
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Lightning heads and corners will finish the look. IMO
 
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 05:04 PM
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go for it!
 
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 06:32 PM
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definitely go for it.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 06:53 PM
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CycloneCrew has what your thinking of.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 12:55 AM
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I vote Lightning heads! The light output will be much better over stock anyway.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 09:12 PM
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Thanks for the comments/pics. I really like the Lightning heads on street trucks and heavily modified 4X4's, but I'm still not sure if they'll look out of place on a basically stock truck like mine ...
 
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 09:20 PM
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if you think the lightnings would look like rice, you could look into the STX headlights



 
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 09:32 PM
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I have even contemplated switching to STX headlights and L corners on my truck, and ditching the black lights.....but I still don't know if I will....
 
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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Expy4X4, Thanks for the suggestion/pics ... I was not aware that STX's came w/ different lights (I guess I need to get out more often). Are they very common, I didn't come across any when I looked on ebay the other day. One of the things I like about the lightning heads is the round appearance they have looking at them from the front, which will tie in well w/ my round grill lights.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 09:35 PM
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actually STXs lights (to me) are as rare as the harley headlights but don't cost as much, they design is the same as the harley headlights but without the amber strip at the bottom
 
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by expedition4x4
actually STXs lights (to me) are as rare as the harley headlights but don't cost as much, they design is the same as the harley headlights but without the amber strip at the bottom
I was just looking at a set of OEM harley lights for sale in the classified (too steep for me), and noticed the same thing.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 10:02 PM
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Harley heads are spendy.
 
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