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Joshdub 12-02-2015 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby (Post 1060379)
Sigh. About 20 LED's on one of my angel eye rings was out, almost made it a year on the set I bought from China - Guess its time to go with Umnitza rings for long term reliability - emailed Lightwerkz, will have to have them do the labor for the refitting, as I have zero time for retrofitting nowadays

That blows wang dude.

admranger 12-02-2015 07:12 PM

Received my new radiator, o-rings, water pump, etc. to fix a small coolant leak from the short pipe to the water pump. Radiator is preventative since I just ticked over 100k miles and had to do a coolant change anyway... Hoses have all been done.

Will be doing the changeout this weekend if things go according to plan (do they ever?).

Ricky Bobby 12-03-2015 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Joshdub (Post 1060383)
That blows wang dude.

You're telling me - these friggin rings were so bright and fit perfect too

Serb404 12-03-2015 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby (Post 1060379)
Sigh. About 20 LED's on one of my angel eye rings was out, almost made it a year on the set I bought from China - Guess its time to go with Umnitza rings for long term reliability - emailed Lightwerkz, will have to have them do the labor for the refitting, as I have zero time for retrofitting nowadays

sorry to hear brother :(

at least one of your headlights seems to be in good condition

the outer plastic of mine is all scratched on my driver side from letting someone try to polish them :( fml

no way really to fix that issue other than buy a whole new headlight

tmv 12-03-2015 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by bcredliner (Post 1060382)
Did you order as a replacement or is it better in what ways?

As a replacement. The original one has dead pixel in the center and it's spreading rapidly.

dabenthusiast 12-03-2015 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby (Post 1060420)
You're telling me - these friggin rings were so bright and fit perfect too



Did you bake open the lights or send them out for install first time?

powers1 12-03-2015 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Serb404 (Post 1060423)
sorry to hear brother :(

at least one of your headlights seems to be in good condition

the outer plastic of mine is all scratched on my driver side from letting someone try to polish them :( fml

no way really to fix that issue other than buy a whole new headlight

Do you know exactly what that someone used on headlight?If is scratched ,then you can confidently use 600 grit wet sandpaper,800,1200 ,1500 and finish off ith 2000!Then apply a medium polish ,followed by a fine and to protected it,use a good wax ,to finish!Will last you the life of the car!

Serb404 12-03-2015 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by powers1 (Post 1060455)
Do you know exactly what that someone used on headlight?If is scratched ,then you can confidently use 600 grit wet sandpaper,800,1200 ,1500 and finish off ith 2000!Then apply a medium polish ,followed by a fine and to protected it,use a good wax ,to finish!Will last you the life of the car!

3M kit I believe so probably used the drill bit and applied too much pressure to the headlight, think I found a seller on here that will give me a good deal on a pair of OEM 2005 heads

Ricky Bobby 12-03-2015 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by dabenthusiast (Post 1060454)
Did you bake open the lights or send them out for install first time?

I brought them to a retrofitter and supplied the rings - he was also upgrading the xenon projectors on mine so I had him do the rings while they were open (the lights originally came with CCFL's)

MINIz guy 12-03-2015 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby (Post 1060457)
I brought them to a retrofitter and supplied the rings - he was also upgrading the xenon projectors on mine so I had him do the rings while they were open (the lights originally came with CCFL's)

Is it possible some solder joints broke on the rings?

What is the link to those rings again? I haven't made any moves on my headlights yet and need to assemble them eventually.

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