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Old 29-05-2006, 03:17 PM   #1
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Default Largest Headlights...

I was staring out the window, bored at work today, when I got thinking: What car has the largest headlights?

Excluding trucks, motorbikes, and 4WD's, I think the AU and the Supra are pretty big... thoughts...

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Old 29-05-2006, 03:36 PM   #2
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XD headlights are pretty big, in a square kinda way...
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Old 29-05-2006, 03:41 PM   #3
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WB Statesman, Rolls Royce Silver Spirit, 70's S Class Mercedes...all had rectangular headlights on them the size of manila folders...well almost.

Lots of big lights to choose from, even the local XE Fairmont Ghia's had big headlight glass on them, ZL Fairlanes etc.
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Old 29-05-2006, 04:14 PM   #4
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Latest Celica, they go halfway up the bonnet....
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Old 29-05-2006, 04:15 PM   #5
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what about those camrys that are rebadged as lexuses (or is that Lexii?) those headlights are bigger than the normal camry i think, good to see you were working hard today...
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Old 29-05-2006, 04:45 PM   #6
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In my opinion, the AU!! Followed a close 2nd by the (just superceded) Magna.
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Old 29-05-2006, 04:56 PM   #8
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The just replaced s class mercedes.
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Old 29-05-2006, 05:09 PM   #9
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Old 29-05-2006, 05:09 PM   #10
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The just replaced s class mercedes.
That is the biggest that I can think of.
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Old 29-05-2006, 05:49 PM   #11
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2nd Gen Rav 4 and last model Honda Integra are fair contenders.
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Old 29-05-2006, 05:52 PM   #12
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ok, after literally, some, minutes of searching, we have several contenders.

The AU Falcon


The Lexus LS 430


The Infiniti Q45


The superceded Mercedes Benz S-Class


The Lincoln Navigator


The Citroen C4


The Peugeot 407


The Citroen C-Sportlounge (although this is only a concept car, not production)


The Lexus ES300


The Toyota Camry Solara


And last and definitely least, the regular, plain, Beige Pants Camry


Without having comparison pics its hard to compare sizes accurately, but my hunch is that the 407's lights are the longest, while the AU Falcon and the Lexus ES300 are probably the 'biggest'.
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Old 29-05-2006, 06:28 PM   #13
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The 407's are defiantly the longest from those pic's but il stick with my my first thought on the superceded S-Class being the 'biggest'

They are defiantly bigger than AU's having seen both cars side by side before.
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Old 29-05-2006, 07:06 PM   #14
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That AU headlight shot is too close up to compare with the full body shots of the other cars. The AU headlight is at least a good half a wheel...

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Old 29-05-2006, 07:13 PM   #15
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people might disagree, but im of the opinion that the the first mondeo that was released here has the biggest headlight...... the headlight housing is actually 1 piece right across the front of the car....!!! with the individual lenses / reflectors on each side.
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Old 29-05-2006, 07:35 PM   #16
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My GF uncle was asked to bring over a headlight from a mondeo from the UK to NZ. Apparently it was going to work out $25 cheaper.

It was harlious to watch them try to stick it into a bag, all ~150+cm of it.
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Old 29-05-2006, 10:05 PM   #17
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VH-VK commodores ;)
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Old 29-05-2006, 10:09 PM   #18
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Mine are .... actually ... Orbit beats me.

The largest I can think of would be the Vintage Merc with those 12-inch odd diamter lights ... any old vintage car had massive lights.
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Old 29-05-2006, 10:49 PM   #19
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cadillac v16 had lihgts that looked like being 12 inchers... massivce things... imagine the current draw and power loss from those suckers...
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