triz
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triz
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Hindsight forgot to drill the hole to pass the wires through after I had painted so had to break out a detail brush to get the white plastic off the black. I may have to do some minor modification in the back later on, but I wont know till I get mount them up and start the aligning process.
Probably not. Unless the "chrome" starts to rub off pretty badly. I have one shroud that started to rub off slightly, not really crazy noticeable. The other is 100% intact. I took a lot of care not to touch them with my bare hands, and gripping them from the inside. But still seems to have rubbed a bit,
That's weird. I handled my shrouds all over with bare hands and multiple times and never had any defects apart other than scratches.
smitty5150
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That's why I started using latex gloves. I'd noticed the chrome rubbing off of the low spots on a couple shrouds when cleaning prints off.
triz
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I was treating these like babies. I think I might have touched them twice to snap a pic. Other than that I've had a barrier.
Putting the project to sleep for tonight.
Putting the project to sleep for tonight.
triz
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Working on my clear corners.
Contrary to what my brain was telling me and advice to stay clear of. I did them anyway. I just wanted to something special for my first retro.
Contrary to what my brain was telling me and advice to stay clear of. I did them anyway. I just wanted to something special for my first retro.
littleblazer
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What is the issue woth the strips? The heat from the hid cooks the led panels I guess?triz said:Working on my clear corners.
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Contrary to what my brain was telling me and advice to stay clear of. I did them anyway. I just wanted to something special for my first retro.
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What are you talking about? What strips? I'm lost on your post lollittleblazer said:
Dur, I figured it out lol.
Really no issue that I've heard of unless you have them in the path of light because it literally cooks them (blckshdw has a pic of such).
littleblazer
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The leds inside the shroud for the demon eyes I suppose? I know that isn't reccomended.Mounce said:
triz
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Yes. At least from the older style LEDs. I think the problem is that some of the LEDs fail over time and start to look like crap.littleblazer said:
These are the XCs that come in different size rings. I mounted them on the inside of the shroud. If they start to fail, the chances of me opening the lights up to replace them is going to be pretty slim. It took some modifying to the shroud and projector assembly to get them in there. Proud of myself for that one.
Check my edit lol. I'm dumb.
But really never heard of an issue other than Carlton had some get cooked from the HIDs. I've got a strip running a circle around the inside of my shrouds and haven't noticed a problem yet.
Cob halos though, stay away from them.
But really never heard of an issue other than Carlton had some get cooked from the HIDs. I've got a strip running a circle around the inside of my shrouds and haven't noticed a problem yet.
Cob halos though, stay away from them.
littleblazer
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Got you. So they're the halos sized small.
They look great by the way.
Saw the correction. Sorry, I was a little vague.
They look great by the way.
Saw the correction. Sorry, I was a little vague.
The cob halos issues are that they can't stand heat at all. Thus, you have to wire them so that they're never on when the HIDs are, and even then if you're as lucky as me, you'll still have one mess up. 
It's not completely out but about a centimeter is. CCFL is the answer in my book lol. Not gonna try cob halos again.
It's not completely out but about a centimeter is. CCFL is the answer in my book lol. Not gonna try cob halos again.
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One of the many sets I'm working on here. Doing these for a member. Not close to finished yet.
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Still haven't been able to find a single person who's done a retro on Rainier lights. Love to see a set. Guess I'll be the 1st when I get to them.
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Vision isn't perma, but it's not reuseable. You just need to heat it up enough and work quickly. I had a vision set open in less than an hour today with no cutting. But if you're looking for eagle eyes, visit headlightsdepot.com. their cheapest options are eagle eyes and they ship quick.
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Check bulb alignment, hotspot looks low on the passenger side.
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