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Headlight refurb. Overdoing it?

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Headlight refurb. Overdoing it?

Post by Reamesy » Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:42 am

Fantastic results. Good effort Chris :thumbsup:
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Headlight refurb. Overdoing it?

Post by Lucidnonsence » Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:17 pm

They look brand new, but as you took them all apart did you consider adding in angel eyes?
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Headlight refurb. Overdoing it?

Post by Chris_D » Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:57 pm

Reamesy wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:42 am Fantastic results. Good effort Chris :thumbsup:
thx fella.
Lucidnonsence wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:17 pm They look brand new, but as you took them all apart did you consider adding in angel eyes?
nah. too much of a faff as it means separating the headlight.
plus, I would have only gone with LED's not CCFL's as LED's are brighter. But then, one of the LED segments will randomly decide to burn out and you're left with a janky looking LED ring after you spent all that time faffing about. The effect would be a bit like this;
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You still would, but it would bug the hell out of your OCD.
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