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    Tricky choice

    My car has Black projector headlights, To be honest, sometimes I look at them and think 'they look great, looks mean', then sometimes I think....'hmmmm, just looks a little to aggressive'.

    I have just been offered enough for them to get a 19T.
    What would you do? keep the projectors and remain with a nice 16T or....
    Put a mint set of regular healights back on and bung a 19T on the car. I have a map to suit a 19T and blue injectors that I can put into an ecu to get the best from the turbo.

    Just a simple 'what would you have'.. Lights or turbo?
    .....sooper moose. '97 850R manual. Yum yum.

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    a 19t just isn't laggy enough
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    i'd snap there hand off & get the 19t, you can always get another set later on if you don't like the look back with the standard lights. I've been thinking about getting a pair for BT

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    19T without a doubt mate, especially as you have a map and injectors for it already!
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    no brainer 19t all the way mate
    now you see me OPPS now ya dont lololol

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    yep 19t as u can get a set of projector lights easily enough and cheap enough

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    I think your car would look so much better with immacualte dtandard lights and if its going to be quicker to boot then for me thats a no brainer... them lights are fugly !!

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    19t all the way

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    Tuuuurrrrbbboooooo! Hahahhaha!
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    Yup, turbo without a doubt!




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    or niles a third option sell the ecu? and use the money to treat the mrs

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    thats the decision made. Thanks guys.
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    I know you've made your decission but I thought I'd quickly add....


    Aftermarket headlights don't look as good as the originals on yours and if someone is prepared to give you a 19T for them then I'd have ripped their arm off before I'd even finished posting on here


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    Better to BE aggressive than just look aggressive.

    Just ask anyone who's ever tried to feed a honey-badger

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    Keep the headlights on.... Give me the details of the person willing to swap the 19T for them and I can have it.... Simples :-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nealevo View Post
    Keep the headlights on.... Give me the details of the person willing to swap the 19T for them and I can have it.... Simples :-)
    i was gonna say that lmao


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    turbo............end of

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nealevo View Post
    Keep the headlights on.... Give me the details of the person willing to swap the 19T for them and I can have it.... Simples :-)
    pm me mate. happy to help you out.
    .....sooper moose. '97 850R manual. Yum yum.

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    Quote Originally Posted by theflyingbrick View Post
    i was gonna say that lmao
    and you mate. pm me. free advice. lol.
    .....sooper moose. '97 850R manual. Yum yum.


 

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