Are Pop-Up Headlights Cool?

"S65" (granthp) 07/02/2016 at 17:53 • Filed to: Polls

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TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy > S65 07/02/2016 at 17:59

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Pop ups will always be cool.

S65 > TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy 07/02/2016 at 18:04

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I don’t really like them...

TheHondaBro > S65 07/02/2016 at 18:06

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This is your first warning.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > S65 07/02/2016 at 18:06

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It depends on how pointlessly nostalgic you are. I don’t like them because I’m able to understand the reason why I have such fond memories of Mega Man 2 was because I played it during summer vacation and not because of the game itself.

S65 > PanchoVilleneuve ST 07/02/2016 at 18:07

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Mega Man 2 was a good game

S65 > TheHondaBro 07/02/2016 at 18:09

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NA2>NA1

lone_liberal > S65 07/02/2016 at 18:28

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Yes.

jdrgoat - Ponticrack? > S65 07/02/2016 at 18:41

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I guess I like ‘em..

Technology-wise, they were mostly a stop-gap when aerodynamics were important, but laws didn’t allow anything but sealed beams. I am, however, glad that we’re passed that time.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > S65 07/02/2016 at 18:41

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They were a stupid/pointless/unreliable workaround to the incompetence of governments in making/maintaining regulations in action.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > S65 07/02/2016 at 18:46

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No

Dave the car guy , still here > TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy 07/02/2016 at 18:58

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Until they fail to open at night when its pouring down rain and you have to crank one open manually while in a business suit heading to an event.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > S65 07/02/2016 at 19:02

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They are cool, they are different they are special.

S65 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/02/2016 at 19:12

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YES

PS9 > S65 07/02/2016 at 19:30

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Former popup headlight owner here. They’re cool until they don’t work anymore and the company stops making parts to keep them that way.

They’re cool in a picture or a video, but a half-assed design behind them and a $500 repair bill (if you can get them repaired) sucks ass.

Urambo Tauro > S65 07/02/2016 at 19:53

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I’m genuinely torn; I keep going back and forth between yes and no.

Part of me believes that they were simply never a good idea in the first place. It’s such an overly complicated solution, just to avoid incorporating them into the design of the body better. Then again, it’s neat to be able to design a body without having to account for headlamp placement. Some cars look really good with them closed.

Orange Exige > S65 07/02/2016 at 21:05

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I had an AW11 MR2 and NA Miata so of course I think they’re cool...

That said, they worked at that time design-wise and it’s hard to have it any other way for those cars (NA Miata non-popup headlight conversion looks like trash) but realistically, I don’t think losing popup headlights has hindered car design at all. So something like that Vette you posted I think just looks silly.

I accept them as a relic of the past and I think they were a neat feature reminiscent of automobile design trends through the ages, but am not too sad to have seen them go extinct.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > S65 07/03/2016 at 01:18

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YES.

though I wouldn’t add them as you loose your drl and in a low car thats a bad idea.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > S65 07/03/2016 at 04:20

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I don’t know how long my pop up motors are going to last but my headlights are contained in real glass and they are as pristine as the day they were first made (car is 25 years old.)

Nauraushaun > S65 07/03/2016 at 06:51

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I love the popups on my MR2