Question about headlight, Noobie Celica owner Options

[Hope604]

After i browser for an hour in this site, i only see people with clear lens projector...is there any way to get clear lens without projector?

since our headlights are like mesh....so i am thinking to get a clear one....

Thanks for now

[Mstoochn]

yes, you can buy custom clear lenses

[richee3]

Yes, you can get custom clear lenses. But they turn your high beams into something like a flashlight- the light is directed at one specific spot instead if spread out. The low beams will be useless.

[johnnehh]

Yes, you can get custom clear lenses. But they turn your high beams into something like a flashlight- the light is directed at one specific spot instead if spread out. The low beams will be useless.

Why would they be useless?

[richee3]

Yes, you can get custom clear lenses. But they turn your high beams into something like a flashlight- the light is directed at one specific spot instead if spread out. The low beams will be useless.

Why would they be useless?

As I understand it, the diffusers inside the headlight lens spread the light out evenly. With the high beams and custom lenses, the light gets directed at one spot. With the low beams and custom lenses, the light scatters everywhere, so you wouldn't have enough light on the ground to be able to see with. You'd also blind everybody coming down the road at you. The JDM high beams are designed to still be useful and effective at spreading the light out without the diffusers, and the projector inside the low beam does the job of directing the light.

[dabazied]

I don't have clear lenses persay, but one of my lenses broke so i have clear plexiglass over it, so it counts..... the light is dimmed a smidgeon and spread a little bit by the stock lenses. The clear is much clearer/brighter but is not quite as spread. Vision is fine with mine, you just have to readjust where it's pointed to make up for the lack of spreading. I see just fine with mine. I plan on getting some silver/chrome foil to help with reflection of the beam which I would think would help a little(I know it wont help a lot, but every little bit counts).

[ajmorris1977]

After i browser for an hour in this site, i only see people with clear lens projector...is there any way to get clear lens without projector?

since our headlights are like mesh....so i am thinking to get a clear one....

Thanks for now

thnak you for asking this question, i was thinking about doing the same and would not have thought about how the light works as much as how it would look, just saved me from a huge waiste of time and money i think.

[dabazied]

I've got one clear and one stock, I'll take a pic of the beams soon and post em up so you can see the difference. It's definitely not as spread of a beam, but it's still driveable and am able to see just fine.

[Hope604]

I've got one clear and one stock, I'll take a pic of the beams soon and post em up so you can see the difference. It's definitely not as spread of a beam, but it's still driveable and am able to see just fine.

wow thanks alot, is it possible to take a picture of the beam shooting out on a wall or road as well?

Thanks =D

For the reason I wanted to change the lens to clear, it was because I think the beams are not bright enough, i cant really see the road at night...so thats the reason i wanted to change, i will wait till the picture is up and decide =D

Thanks for everyone's reply

[dabazied]

To do it against a wall/road will have to wait until tomorrow night. As you can see, its a lot more focused. I personally think with more reflective in the inside of the housing and maybe even altering the little round thing that goes around the bulb in the housing and flaring it out, you should be able to have it spread more instead of a directed beam. If that last sentence didn't make any sense, let me know and I'll try re explaining with pics on the way to fix the "not enough spread" issue. I plan on toying with my bulb surround(thing around the bulb that directs the light) to see if I can make the spread a little better, it could use improvement, but its still a dealable amount of light coming out as of now for me.

First one is in the car, second pic is from just outside the door. I still need to readjust my driver side beam(the one with the clear plexiglass) to get it to the correct aim. I figured I'd wait on that until I play with the bulb surround first. It is a great deal brighter though. I'll get some more pics that show distance later.



This post has been edited by dabazied: Jan 9, 2010 - 7:03 PM

[Hope604]

To do it against a wall/road will have to wait until tomorrow night. As you can see, its a lot more focused. I personally think with more reflective in the inside of the housing and maybe even altering the little round thing that goes around the bulb in the housing and flaring it out, you should be able to have it spread more instead of a directed beam. If that last sentence didn't make any sense, let me know and I'll try re explaining with pics on the way to fix the "not enough spread" issue. I plan on toying with my bulb surround(thing around the bulb that directs the light) to see if I can make the spread a little better, it could use improvement, but its still a dealable amount of light coming out as of now for me.

First one is in the car, second pic is from just outside the door. I still need to readjust my driver side beam(the one with the clear plexiglass) to get it to the correct aim. I figured I'd wait on that until I play with the bulb surround first. It is a great deal brighter though. I'll get some more pics that show distance later.

thats HID i believed..Am i right? in the other choice, if i want better vision i should just get the HID instead of clear lens, since its going to hurt someone's else eye...haha....atm...im still thinking...i will let u know what am i going to do =D

[dabazied]

I just have regular bulbs, oem. HID should help a decent amount with visibility. I'm gonna work on the bulb surround to see what I can come up with to allow spreading of the light better and will post up pics/progress. Upgrading bulbs can always help though.

[Hope604]

thats only the regular bulb? it looks so bright to me =D lol

what kind of material r u going to use for the bulb surrounding?

[dabazied]

Yep, those are the cheapo oem replacements, not any special silverstar crap, nothing special, just $5 a piece bulbs. I'm going to look into some shiny leaf type material for the inside of the housing, but for the bulb surround I'm planning on using some wire cutters to make little cuts in the metal so I can flare the ends out, that way it will be less directed and more spread out.

This post has been edited by dabazied: Jan 10, 2010 - 11:55 AM

[dabazied]

Ok, here we go, here's one in the parking lot entrance. One outside of my car cuz my window is dirty, one inside the car. Again, just remember I need to readjust the alignment of the driver beam which is the clear one, but the clear one overpowers and gives enough lighting period. I still do plan on making those adjustments to alignment and to the housing to let the beam spread more.
Sorry about the interior one being blurry, I moved at the last second lol

And these were taken on my crappy cell phone, just for reference, the tree is about 3.5 car lengths ahead bumper.



This post has been edited by dabazied: Jan 10, 2010 - 7:37 PM

[Hope604]

wow it looks not bad.....

its so hard to decide now...haha....hoping to see after the housing things are done...lol

[dabazied]

I should be able to finish working on the housing by the end of the week to see what I can come up with.

[dabazied]

Had some issues with work and other variables that have slowed me up, I will post up some progress on the work to my housings asap.

[davidfang]

Yes, you can get custom clear lenses. But they turn your high beams into something like a flashlight- the light is directed at one specific spot instead if spread out. The low beams will be useless.

Why would they be useless?

As I understand it, the diffusers inside the headlight lens spread the light out evenly. With the high beams and custom lenses, the light gets directed at one spot. With the low beams and custom lenses, the light scatters everywhere, so you wouldn't have enough light on the ground to be able to see with. You'd also blind everybody coming down the road at you. The JDM high beams are designed to still be useful and effective at spreading the light out without the diffusers, and the projector inside the low beam does the job of directing the light.

sory everone . read means so difficule I could be slowly RELY