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Old 10-27-2015, 02:08 PM
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The time has come... I feel confident enough to perform an HID retrofit on my 08 FX4. I'll be going with the FX-R 3" projector and GG shrouds but first... can someone please link some oem headlights to use for the retrofit? I don't want to use some cheap Chinese ones that will fog up easily or anything I just want some regular ones like on the truck to retrofit and probably paint how I want. Thanks in advance!

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Originally Posted by TLM FX4
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The time has come... I feel confident enough to perform an HID retrofit on my 08 FX4. I'll be going with the FX-R 3" projector and GG shrouds but first... can someone please link some oem headlight to use for the retrofit? I don't want to use some cheap Chinese ones that will fog up easily or anything I just want some regular ones like on the truck to retrofit and probably paint how I want. Thanks in advance!
Im looking for oem ones as well, i have a set of OEM ones that have some chromo overlay on them.. if you go to my for sale post
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My truck is black and I'm considering painting the reflector black and leaving the shrouds chrome when I do this. Any thoughts?
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Try Tasca Parts, they may have the Harley Davidson Edition Headlights in stock. Kinda pricey, but they're OEM.
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Yeah they're a little over $400 for the pair. I figured I could snag a decent pair for about $150

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Check out Carid. I got mine off of there for under a hundred and they're better than OEM, but have the OEM look.
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I found these, has anyone tried them with a retrofit? This would save me time painting but I just wonder how well they hold up being 1/4 of the price for an OEM light.
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Originally Posted by TLM FX4
I found these, has anyone tried them with a retrofit? This would save me time painting but I just wonder how well they hold up being 1/4 of the price for an OEM light.
Those are the ones I got. Not sure where I got 90 from haha.
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Just found condensation in mine this afternoon after a month and a half of use
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Originally Posted by JoeyMobile
Just found condensation in mine this afternoon after a month and a half of use
I had those in my truck for maybe 2 months and then they started to fog. I had applied silicon to them right out of the box and they still leaked. Stay away from anything SPEC-D. It's all junk IMO. I hit a deer and smashed them so I told the repair shop to order me a new pair of Harley Lights. I know they were not OEM, but they were not SPEC-D either and they haven't leaked one bit and its been almost a year. Wish I knew the brand so I could help you out, I believe they were around $300 a set. If your trying to save money just bake your OEM and paint the insides...I believe there was a thread on this somewhere before.


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