All these aftermarket housings are relatively flat in my experience. Even the Hellas have a very mild dome (almost flat).

BTW if Rich and Kent see this they are going out today

 

That is how the ones on my car are. I think they look great! Maybe you should reconsider and change your mind to 'like' them. I think they will look great on your vehicle...

 

Steve,
Do you have any close up pictures of yours you could post?
I'm curious because I also always assumed that they would have a convex shape, and just envisioning it flat doesn't seem too appealing to me.
Thanks,
Jim

 

See what?

As my Battlefield 1942 friends would say... "F1 F1".

 

I located three digital pictures of the tribars installed in my car. PM or email me with your email address (sometimes users use a false address in their profile) and I'll send them to you. Each file is about 400k.

 

When I was looking....flat was all I found. I wanted ones with a red center of course ...so I looked at plenty!

 

Al the Tri-Bars I've seen are nearly flat, with only a slight dome. Not really noticable once they're on the car. I think the flatness actually HELPS the front end appear less "bug-eyed". I found a couple pictures of mine.

I noticed that "Southern Rod Parts" was advertising Tri-Bars at $60/pair in the new Good-Guys magazine (don't remember their url though)....

http://a0.cpimg.com/image/E4/EE/18410980-c27e-028001E0-.jpg

http://a0.cpimg.com/image/AC/0D/18308780-a602-0235019A-.jpg

 

The Tri-Bars are flat, flat, flat. This does not impact their light emitting ability, but it does directly impact their ability to catch rocks (pun intended).

Mind you, I have not broken one in the year that I had them on the car.

On a side note: Beware the blue dot. One of my buddies just got a ticket for having the blue dot Tri-Bar lights on his car. In California the blue lights are illegal unless they are original equipment.

 

What is the appeal of "Tri-Bars"? It seems to me you can get a pretty bright light for a heck of a lot less.

Just curious why these items are so "hot"?

John Harvey

 

The other benefit of these different setups is that they are housings and not sealed beams. A modern H style bulb goes in them so you have limitless choices on what bulb you run. Does this make it clearer? Tough to explain, I may have a pic if you need it...

 

Not tri-bars these are the zenon bulb knock offs.

Factory with a dome:
http://www.dodgestang.com/images/light1.jpg

New knock off with flat front:
http://www.dodgestang.com/images/light2.jpg

Once they are installed you don't even notice they are flat. And the tri-bar or zenon knock offs are so much brighter it doens't really even matter...the benefit FAR exceeds the imperceptable styling cost

old:
http://www.dodgestang.com/images/light7.jpg

new
http://www.dodgestang.com/images/light3.jpg

 

Trying to get away of the every day look, one reason I like the look of the clear tri-bars, to bad they don't make them domed!

 

I felt the same as you when I first opened my box of new Tri-Bars. I felt they were too flat but I installed them and glad I did, what a difference. Now I can actually drive at night and see where I am going. a BIG difference. Well worht the effort and money. Well spent!

See the bottom of this article
http://www.inficad.com/~moneymanager/rewiring.htm

Doc the moneymanager
http://www.inficad.com/~moneymanager/tribar3.jpg