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triz

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Apr 22, 2013
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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.

Looking good man you gonna paint the shrouds as well?
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,
 

Mounce

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Mar 29, 2014
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Tuscaloosa, AL
That's weird. I handled my shrouds all over with bare hands and multiple times and never had any defects apart other than scratches.
 

triz

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Apr 22, 2013
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Mounce said:
That's weird. I handled my shrouds all over with bare hands and multiple times and never had any defects apart other than scratches.
Yeah. This one seemed to rub off pretty quickly. The other was handled just as much and its 100%. I did send TRS a picture of it. Not really expecting anything, but more like hey this happened.
 

littleblazer

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Jul 6, 2014
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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 is the issue woth the strips? The heat from the hid cooks the led panels I guess?
 

Mounce

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littleblazer said:
What is the issue woth the strips? The heat from the hid cooks the led panels I guess?
What are you talking about? What strips? I'm lost on your post lol


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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Jul 6, 2014
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Mounce said:
What are you talking about? What strips? I'm lost on your post lol
The leds inside the shroud for the demon eyes I suppose? I know that isn't reccomended.
 

triz

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Apr 22, 2013
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littleblazer said:
What is the issue woth the strips? The heat from the hid cooks the led panels I guess?
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.

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.
 

Mounce

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Mar 29, 2014
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Tuscaloosa, AL
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.
 

littleblazer

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Jul 6, 2014
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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.
 

Mounce

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Mar 29, 2014
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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. :suicide: 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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Sib

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Sep 6, 2014
3,446
How is the output for those projectors? Similar to the circle lenses you have?
 

Aarkon

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Nov 6, 2013
5,607
Smitty did those bake apart? Ive bought so many sets of envoy lights and still haven't found any that are butyl
 

Tiggerr

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Jun 6, 2013
1,324
Perrysburg, OH
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.
 

Sparky

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Dec 4, 2011
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Eagle Eyes are all butyl sealed. Depo has been for other cars also, not sure about their GMT360 lights.
 

Aarkon

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Nov 6, 2013
5,607
Depo is what I used for the lt lights but when I bought a set of depos for the voy they ended up being vision brand just like the other three sets I bought
 

Sparky

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Dec 4, 2011
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Seller sent you wrong stuff then.

Vision is permasealed like OEM. Sucks! Never buying them again if I'm going to do a retrofit. Bought some to redo my retrofit, saw they were permasealed, and gave them to Kyle instead lol.
 

Aarkon

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Nov 6, 2013
5,607
Ya I wasn't very happy when I got them and when you ask any vendor about their product they seem to have no idea about it or refuse to give you any information I guess that just seems silly too me
 
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smitty5150

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Nov 18, 2011
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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.
 

littleblazer

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Jul 6, 2014
9,265
I have to get the passengers side cutoff straightened out. The curve bothers me.
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littleblazer

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Jul 6, 2014
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Got some color in that cutoff. [emoji2]
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