I look at them as trying to fill out the hood line. I think they would look a littl better if they were thinner on the inside to match the line where the hood sits when closed. (By the way, the hood is not closed all the way. That is why there is such a gap.) I was playing with them to move them up close to the hood and toward the center to line up the outside corner with the hood lines. I does kind of give the headlights a 'mean' squint. I'll move it outside and take a couple more pics and see what it looks like.