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Old 10-10-2018, 03:44 PM
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You should take a trip to Lightwerkz in Oakland NJ - dude knows his stuff and the game is much different than 5 years ago, but he is definitely not the "cut a hole and JB weld it" type, they always use mounting screws and nuts on the bowls and double and triple check alignment before - he aligns well off or on the truck, marking the reference points on the housing and he told me 99.9% of the time its spot on, save for your adjustments.


Hard to explain I'll have to post up a pic, but Lightwerkz did tell me when he was doing the install that the aftermarket housings on the Spyder lights were not as precise as OE and he knew without finishing the install I might have a slight rotation issue, its never bothered me enough as on the road its barely noticeable unless you know what you're looking for.


Almost like when looking out at the beam pattern at 25-30 feet the DS projector is twisted a bit counterclockwise, around 2:00 if you will, while the PS projector is about 3:30 - I've used the adjusters to take most of it out, so its about 90% and drivable, but one of those things -



I may send the pair back to him and pay him for the upgrade to the new EvoXR 2.0 along with replacing the ring (I'm getting too old to spend half a day hemming and hawwing with lighting adjustments and baking headlights), and hopefully he can adjust them to have the rotation be 100%



The light housings have bolt on mounts for the Hella E55 style projector so it was different than a traditional install using screws on the reflector
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