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View Poll Results: What do you like better, sleepy lights, or unsleepy lights
Sleepy headlights- YES
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Sleepy Headlights-NO
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Sleepy Lights, Yes? No?

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Old 08-17-2005, 03:27 AM
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I would vote yes only if you knew why they actually started doing it and that was why you wanted to do it.



If you just want to do it because it looks cool on everyone elses car, then I'd have to say no.
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Old 08-17-2005, 10:59 AM
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im not asking to see if i want to do it or not..i used to but night driving got bad. its just a simple opinion/ poll im taking to wonder who is doing it. i do agree that the 240's look sexy with the sleepy headlights, on forumla D i saw one and was like wow, if the rx7 could look that good with it...



i got sleepy eyes with H.I.Ds...its great for night driving and cops dont *** with me.


where did you find HID's for your FC? i've been looking for them. i think HID's are great, my friend has em on his mazda 6 and i've never seen such good looking lights. and the only reason i stopped the sleepy eyes is because of the vision..so i guess if hid's would clear the road a little more it'd solve that problem. lemme know where you found those HID's at. thanks
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Old 08-17-2005, 02:36 PM
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[quote name='SilverSeven' date='Aug 17 2005, 01:27 AM']I would vote yes only if you knew why they actually started doing it and that was why you wanted to do it.



If you just want to do it because it looks cool on everyone elses car, then I'd have to say no.

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I dont know why they actually do it, can you please inform me.
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Old 08-17-2005, 05:04 PM
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[quote name='XeroPistonFC' date='Aug 17 2005, 07:59 AM']im not asking to see if i want to do it or not..i used to but night driving got bad. its just a simple opinion/ poll im taking to wonder who is doing it. i do agree that the 240's look sexy with the sleepy headlights, on forumla D i saw one and was like wow, if the rx7 could look that good with it...

where did you find HID's for your FC? i've been looking for them. i think HID's are great, my friend has em on his mazda 6 and i've never seen such good looking lights. and the only reason i stopped the sleepy eyes is because of the vision..so i guess if hid's would clear the road a little more it'd solve that problem. lemme know where you found those HID's at. thanks

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i got the headlight kit the converts the sealed beam to H4..then, i just got H4 HIDs and....presto!
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Old 08-17-2005, 07:44 PM
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[quote name='piston_killer' date='Aug 17 2005, 06:04 PM']i got the headlight kit the converts the sealed beam to H4..then, i just got H4 HIDs and....presto!

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Those aren't HIDs



Those are just bulb conversions, H4 is just a style of BULB
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Old 08-17-2005, 07:56 PM
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you can buy a h4 hid converson kit, because they don't sell sealed beam hid bulbs if you want hid you need to do it. but i just cheapped oput and bought the Silverstars, work freaking awesome.
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NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO







simply, no they make your car look broken.
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Old 08-17-2005, 10:01 PM
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my lights are always up, my car is broken, but it adds to the sleeper look and no one wants to steal from me
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Old 08-18-2005, 03:12 AM
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[quote name='Baldy' date='Aug 15 2005, 11:46 AM']If there's a modification where they only pop up halfway but with new lights (like small round ones), I like that. But not with stock lights, it's just not good.

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Old 08-18-2005, 08:30 PM
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[quote name='drunkin_idiot' date='Aug 17 2005, 11:36 AM']I dont know why they actually do it, can you please inform me.

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It originated with drifters who reallized that a sideways car doesn't get nearly as much air in through the grill, so the idea is for the headlights to act like little scoops to help move air through the radiator and engine compartment.



Now, it's just a fad.
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