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Old 9/5/16, 04:41 PM
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Old 9/8/16, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Cavero
Looks great. How do you like the Raxiom headlights?
here's an update for you on the headlights. First time i drove it i had to really lower the beam as it seamed to be pointing up. could just be they were not already adjusted. This time as a dusk drive and could not really tell about the light one the road. Tho nobody beat me up with there high beams.
Second time was just this Monday very early in the morning, not pitch dark but dark when i left the house. beam seamed ok, maybe a little lighter than i would have expected, however when i got on a two lane i noticed every body else had a ton of more light flooding the road in front of there car than me.
I am going to try and lower them a bit more and see if that helps.
I would not say the are unsafe or anything like that but i do have a little issue with the beam. whew, bet you wish you hadn't asked.

However they do look amazing.
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Old 9/8/16, 02:01 PM
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I noticed the same with mine a week or so ago when I had the car out late. I usually am not out at night to notice things, but the Raxiom bulbs they supply with the headlights are not that great. Maybe it's just me, since my 2013 Flex has hid lights and I am spoiled by them, but I think they are pretty crappy. I bought the Raxiom H13 led bulbs from American Muscle hoping that would make the light better, but the connectors on them were defective and I am shipping them back for replacements.

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here's an update for you on the headlights. First time i drove it i had to really lower the beam as it seamed to be pointing up. could just be they were not already adjusted. This time as a dusk drive and could not really tell about the light one the road. Tho nobody beat me up with there high beams.
Second time was just this Monday very early in the morning, not pitch dark but dark when i left the house. beam seamed ok, maybe a little lighter than i would have expected, however when i got on a two lane i noticed every body else had a ton of more light flooding the road in front of there car than me.
I am going to try and lower them a bit more and see if that helps.
I would not say the are unsafe or anything like that but i do have a little issue with the beam. whew, bet you wish you hadn't asked.

However they do look amazing.
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Old 9/9/16, 11:32 AM
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Bromance
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Bromance
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Originally Posted by SeanD
I noticed the same with mine a week or so ago when I had the car out late. I usually am not out at night to notice things, but the Raxiom bulbs they supply with the headlights are not that great. Maybe it's just me, since my 2013 Flex has hid lights and I am spoiled by them, but I think they are pretty crappy. I bought the Raxiom H13 led bulbs from American Muscle hoping that would make the light better, but the connectors on them were defective and I am shipping them back for replacements.
Let me know if the new bulbs are any better when you get them installed.
I don't drive much ant night either but with the seasons changing it gets dark a lot earlier.
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LOL
Wrong forum, but very cool.
Old 9/13/16, 07:37 AM
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If you are talking about my car, here is what it looks like in 4 x 4 mode (aired all up). Normal ride height is between the two extremes.
Ahh my mistake then. I thought you drive around like that all the time.
Thats really cool about air suspension.
Old 9/13/16, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by texasgt/cs
here's an update for you on the headlights. First time i drove it i had to really lower the beam as it seamed to be pointing up. could just be they were not already adjusted. This time as a dusk drive and could not really tell about the light one the road. Tho nobody beat me up with there high beams.
Second time was just this Monday very early in the morning, not pitch dark but dark when i left the house. beam seamed ok, maybe a little lighter than i would have expected, however when i got on a two lane i noticed every body else had a ton of more light flooding the road in front of there car than me.
I am going to try and lower them a bit more and see if that helps.
I would not say the are unsafe or anything like that but i do have a little issue with the beam. whew, bet you wish you hadn't asked.

However they do look amazing.
update
So i really lowered the beams and man what a difference, i can only guess that from Raxiom they are totally out of adjustament.
Old 9/13/16, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by texasgt/cs
update
So i really lowered the beams and man what a difference, i can only guess that from Raxiom they are totally out of adjustament.
Yeah the factory driving lights on my GT came misaligned from dealer, so the Raxioms being out of adjustment doesn't surprise me.

So how would you compare them now to stock or maybe the oem HIDs?
Old 9/14/16, 08:46 AM
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Not that it's all that special but here's my 2012 GT500 S/D. It's special to me. The only thing missing is a nice set of Alcoa's.
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Old 9/14/16, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Cavero
Yeah the factory driving lights on my GT came misaligned from dealer, so the Raxioms being out of adjustment doesn't surprise me.

So how would you compare them now to stock or maybe the oem HIDs?
I would say better than the stock but not as good as the HID's, my wife has a 14 and her lights are much brighter than my Raxioms. However the look is killer.
Old 9/16/16, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by silvercreek
Not that it's all that special but here's my 2012 GT500 without stripes. It's special to me.
I'd say it's very special.
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^^Nice garage!
Old 9/17/16, 08:41 AM
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I'd say it's very special.

It just looks too plain to me. Maybe I'll get used to it.
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Originally Posted by silvercreek
It just looks too plain to me. Maybe I'll get used to it.
It's beautiful bro. Just add some killer matte black stripes and it will look even better!
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New CF Stripes

so finally got her cleaned up and took some pics with the new stripes.
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Old 9/19/16, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by texasgt/cs
so finally got her cleaned up and took some pics with the new stripes.
They turned out great!
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They turned out great!
^^I concur with Gary!


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