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Old 12-28-2015, 11:27 AM
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I believe the Evo XR projectors bolt right in to those spyder housings. That's what I plan on going with.
The EvoXR's DO bolt right in (obviously test them for sharpness and alignment before bolting them in the housing). If you have them open, and have factory xenons, they are definitely what you should go with.

Tecn1k - do me a solid and double check your turn signal sockets on those lights - when my retrofit was complete, the one side was fogging up on me at the first sign of rain. I thought the turn signals were snugged in place and locked in position, but my turn signal socket was 1/4 turn off from its "sealed" position, once I did that, its rained a million times and not a hint of moisture. And to be honest it wasn't noticeable at all that the socket was not in place, it was tight against the housing.

You would be surprised, the smallest pressure differential can make them fog up, your moisture looks like mine did. Once I fixed that, all the fogging was gone by the next morning and never returned.

Another tip, with these lights, swap over as many parts from your stock lights as you can (gaskets, bulb covers, vents, ballast tray, etc) as most of the parts swap over from the OEM lights - the self level motors for example will bolt right up.

Also, never had problems with the adjusters on mine, they looked to work as well as factory for me, we unscrewed them all the way as well to remove the projectors when I did the retrofit - Tip is to use the proper sized allen wrench on the adjusters, don't use a philips head screwdriver
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Old 12-28-2015, 08:15 PM
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You would be surprised, the smallest pressure differential can make them fog up, your moisture looks like mine did. Once I fixed that, all the fogging was gone by the next morning and never returned.
So everything was sealed up tight, except for a vent hose (see same on OEM) and this huge honkin opening on the low beam. WTF is this, it's wide open to dust and moisture?

Edit - here's an OEM Xenon light (I have OEM Halogens) There's a boot that appears to go over that... I do not have one, or did one come with these...

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/sEQAAO...tI/s-l1600.jpg



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