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Old 01-26-2014, 04:22 PM   #1
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What's this thing for and is it removed as part of the projector retrofit?

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What's this thing for and is it removed as part of the projector retrofit?

That's the gauge for aiming the light and yes, it is removed during retrofit (if you want) since it is no longer useful.
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Are most of you sanding and painting the reflector bowl? Black?

For those of you that have done that, did you keep the high beam bulb operational?

If so, are you getting any noticeable light output from it?

Especially, are they functional when flashing with low beams (xenons) off?
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Are most of you sanding and painting the reflector bowl? Black?

For those of you that have done that, did you keep the high beam bulb operational?

If so, are you getting any noticeable light output from it?

Especially, are they functional when flashing with low beams (xenons) off?
Kept my high beams functional and replaced with a small H7 size LED tower. Meant to warn/flash in day time only.... and yes useless in night time! But who needs high beam with those projectors anyway

RE paint; can't see clearly from the pic but those are painted in the same blue code as the car. Absolutely brilliant idea I say. never thought of that. Hope to see a summer shot with a bit of sun light in there... got to look good





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Kept my high beams functional and replaced with a small H7 size LED tower.
Can you post a link to these, Fred?
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Can you post a link to these, Fred?
Hey Norm

Got the 25w LED tower with mini-built-in projectors as below for my high beam. Got the 25w for heat management. Although underpowered they are still stupid bright and output brilliantly I'm just assuming that the high power 50W LED tower are ridiculously HOT so careful there.

I didn't replace the fog with those but perhaps should have done so. You'd think that they are cheap here in Shanghai but they are not so I passed the fog lights idea for now.



Here a link of the same from a USA based seller. Surely they are also available locally in BC, CA.
H7 25W Cree High Power LED Projector FOG Light Lamp Daytime Running Driving | eBay
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Hey Norm

Got the 25w LED tower with mini-built-in projectors as below for my high beam. Got the 25w for heat management. Although underpowered they are still stupid bright and output brilliantly I'm just assuming that the high power 50W LED tower are ridiculously HOT so careful there.

I didn't replace the fog with those but perhaps should have done so. You'd think that they are cheap here in Shanghai but they are not so I passed the fog lights idea for now.



Here a link of the same from a USA based seller. Surely they are also available locally in BC, CA.
H7 25W Cree High Power LED Projector FOG Light Lamp Daytime Running Driving | eBay
Fred,

Your reflector bowl is painted black, correct? Do these LED's still put out enough light for flashing? Just curious. I would like to go with black rather than keeping them chrome, I think it will look better with my Lapis Blue. Thanks.
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That's the gauge for aiming the light and yes, it is removed during retrofit (if you want) since it is no longer useful.
So how the heck does it come out? I can pull on it until it, and maybe something else, breaks, but that seems too barbarian.
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