Oh boy, ebays headlight housing...

[mattyhfd]

Saw on eBay last night that the sell a late variety of different aftermarket headlights for the 14' Ram1500. I actually liked the looks of a lot of the "smoked" lights. My question is this, they ranged between $100-$200. They were just the housing, the light output would be virtually identical. Is $100-$200 for a smoked headlight housing a cheap crappy product? Or is that an avg price for a housing. Anyone get headlight housing from eBay?

 

[HLram]

Sounds kinda cheap to me. Seems like they'd be a little more costly. Hit up JJ at Retroshop on here he can modify your stock lights to look bad ass.

 

[powderbrad]

Stock headlights or variants that aren't LED or the new style sport housings, are pretty inexpensive. 200$ typically.

Add projectors and whatnot (CCFLS, LEDS's, etc) and the price goes up.

I ordered some spyders at one time for my 2008 3g ram...I wasn't impressed and sent them back immediately.

 

[sausec17]

don't get anything with a smoked lens, trust me. I was running 55w HIDS in a pair of tinted lens and the light output was just like stock. Hit up JJ and get a pair all blacked out like mine...

 

[audio1der]

^ Good advice. Taking apart and blacking out the interior of the housing is a LOT of work, but won't cut down on the light output. Our headlights are terrible and can't afford any less output.
I bought a pair of mint, stock quads for $100 on Kijiji and with about $30 of parts and much frustration got'em blacked out without hint of a leak or condensation.

 

[kdarr1]

got these...200...plug and play for my 13.

look very nice. Black crystal euros

 

[jbr]

got these...200...plug and play for my 13.

look very nice. Black crystal euros

Are those headlights quads or duals?

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[kdarr1]

09 12 Dodge RAM 1500 2500 3500 Euro Black Diamond Headlight Pair | eBay

Got these on Ebay...same as stock, but black

 

[Heywood]

09 12 Dodge RAM 1500 2500 3500 Euro Black Diamond Headlight Pair | eBay

Got these on Ebay...same as stock, but black

I like those. Nice find.

 

[mattyhfd]

Having any issues with them? Leaking water/moisture getting inside? How's the light output?

 

[sausec17]

I've had those, 3 sets of them, sent all of them back due to condensation.

 

[FancyStancy]

Use silicon to seal up the housing before you put them in! Helps with condensation.

 

[mattyhfd]

Ya that's what I've done with the lights on my wrangler when I bought a snorkel and decided to start playing submarine. Lol

 

[Passt]

I found these on Protuninglab. Will be purchasing this week.

09-12 Dodge Ram 1500 2500 3500 Crystal Headlights (Clear Reflector) -Black

I chose these because I liked how there is no amber reflector. Not to take away from JJ, his work looks amazing. I'm not just prepared to shell out $450-$850, depending on what you order.

Would someone who's sealed their housings before installing, provide a link to what product you used? I've never done that before, and would like to get it right the first time.

 

[HLram]

I found these on Protuninglab. Will be purchasing this week.

09-12 Dodge Ram 1500 2500 3500 Crystal Headlights (Clear Reflector) -Black

I chose these because I liked how there is no amber reflector. Not to take away from JJ, his work looks amazing. I'm not just prepared to shell out $450-$850, depending on what you order.

Would someone who's sealed their housings before installing, provide a link to what product you used? I've never done that before, and would like to get it right the first time.

Mine cost $235. He (JJ) just painted my stock lights. He can remove the reflector if you don't want it.

 

[Passt]

Mine cost $235. He (JJ) just painted my stock lights.

I emailed him last night, and his response this morning was $415 for the stock housings painted satin black. To add projectors and HIDs to that, it would cost me $840. Maybe he likes you more lol. I am now wondering if maybe he assumed I'd need a brand new set of housings to be painted, and not the ones currently in my truck...hmm. Yours turned out awesome according to your sig.

 

[HLram]

Yeah there must have been something he misunderstood. LOL. I had mine done just maybe a month and a half ago maybe two at most. Try him again. Good luck!

 

[JohnD72]

The TYC headlights he sells on his site run about $200, so yeah, he probably assumed you wanted a new set painted.

 

[Passt]

Alright, thanks for the heads up fellas. I'm glad I figured that out before I pulled the trigger on the ones I linked. I'll email him again and make sure that's what happened.

 

[mattyhfd]

JJ has a site? Can someone post it if that's the case? Thanks fellas