The old headlight and tail light thread was going out of date, and all the pictures are missing, so it's time for a new one. If anybody has a problem with me using a picture of their car as an example let me know and I'll take it down.
First of all,
all cobalt head lights fit all cobalts and g5s
1st generation projectors
These use H1 bulbs for both the high and low beams
2nd Generation Projectors
These use H7 bulbs for the low beams and H1 bulbs for the high beams
3rd Generation Projectors
These use H1 bulbs for the high and low beams
4th Generation Projectors
These use H7 bulbs for both the high and low beams.
These headlights are still emerging, so I'll put up some better pictures of them when I find some
Blacked out stockers
On the stock lights, the 05-06s have amber turn signal reflectors. On the 07+, they're chrome. Also, if you have an 05-06, your parking lights are your DRLs. If you have an 07+ your headlights are your DRLs. So if you put hids in an 07+, pull the DRL fuse to avoid problems.
To repeat myself because some of you out there on .net don't read through all of this, if you have an 05-06 Cobalt, your parking lights are your Daytime Running Lights. If you have an 07-10, your low beams are your daytime running lights. The type of headlight you have does not matter
If you get LED turn signal bulbs, a resistor such as
these will be required. Switchback Leds are awesome too. They are white when driving, then switch to amber for the turn signals
I got mine on 3bspec.com. They are two types of them. Type 1 has it set up so when you turn your turn signals on, they flash between white and amber. Type two turns off the white and just flashes amber, then turns the white back on when you shut off the turn signal. Here's two videos as examples
Type 1
Type 2
Type 1 can be found on
3bspec.com here
Type 2 can be found on
v-leds.com here
Both can be found on vleds but remember that 3bspec is one of our supporting vendors. You will need to buy
these load resistors to keep them from hyperflashing.
The best head lights possible though, are retrofits. These are OEM projectors that are fittied in from BMWs, Acuras, G35s, etc. They cannot be picked up from a supporting vendor and I don't think they can be found on ebay. The average cost from a member on here is around $600+. The possibilities are endless here, which is why I won't go into too much detail with them. While not technically a supporting vendor, Mkulrey13 runs the site
BUYHIDS.COM HID Lights HID Kits Xenon Headlights Kit HID Headlight Kits HID Conversion Light, where you can order retros that come with new headlight housing, retrofitted projectors already installed, and an hid kit already installed for $400, which is a hell of a deal if you ask me They are pictured below.
Anyone with retrofits is invited to post pics of theirs here..
here's what the buyhids.com ones look like.
Our fog lights use H11 Bulbs
2 door coupe led tails
These come in a variety of black/red/chrome mixes
These come in red too
4 door sedan tails
These come in a variety of black/red/chrome mixes
^^ These come in chrome too
To help clear up confusion that often pops up around here, the sedan tail lights are not the same as the G5 coupe tail lights, and are not interchangeable.
All of these lights can be found from various supporting members. eBay will be the cheapest place for all of these lights, but our vendors are the most reliable. The quality for these lights is the same no matter where you go, they all come from the same respective factory, as in all the 1st gens are made in the same spot, etc.
Vendors such as:
Modern Performance
PFYC
3Bspec
Cobalt-Addiction
Turbo Tech Racing
ZZP
all sell at least some of these lights. If any other vendors sell them let me know and I'll add them to the list, these are just the ones I know off the top of my head.
all of these lights can easily be found on ebay
Here are some helpful how to's
How to paint your headlights
How to paint head lights with CLEAR corners (Missing pics)
LED 3rd Brake light
Method 1
Method 2
3rd brake light relocation retrofit
How to Tint Your lights
How to replace a burnt out halo
How to wire halos
3rd Gen anti glare mod(pictures are missing, but hopefully you'll get the idea)
How to swap to CCFL halos
How to remove + tint Sedan tails
How to make retrofit headlights
"Ultimate High Beam Mod"
How to remove your headlights
"Skyline Tail light mod"
How to change fog light bulbs
How-To: Replace a Burnt Out Halo
Electrical How-To: Replace a Burnt Out Halo - Cobalt SS Network
Let me know if I missed something. Also,
if anyone has a request for pics of certain lights on a certain color car, post it and I'll do my best to find one.
If anyone has any questions feel free to post them!
