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Old Sep 15, 2018 | 09:22 PM
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Anybody have these? Doesn't look too bad.


 
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Old Sep 15, 2018 | 11:25 PM
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The LEDs appear out of sync with the normal turn signals in the video. They don't let the clip run long enough to see how bad it might be. Could be pretty annoying, and confusing to oncoming drivers.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2018 | 01:56 AM
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I bought a similar pair of leds(the long one's) a little more the a year ago but when I tested them in daylight they were way to dim IMO. That's why he filmed it inside the garage, in the sun they would hardly be vissible.:-) I would like something like that on my car but it has to look and shine more factory like.
 

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Old Dec 18, 2019 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by peterv8
I bought a similar pair of leds(the long one's) a little more the a year ago but when I tested them in daylight they were way to dim IMO. That's why he filmed it inside the garage, in the sun they would hardly be vissible.:-) I would like something like that on my car but it has to look and shine more factory like.
You can't see the regular HID lights on during the day, either. I mean, you can tell they're on, barely, in the right overcast sky. It was a major point of contention with the local Jaguar dealership for me when my adaptive headlights failed to adjust, and they tried to demonstrate the issue by turning the lights on during the day, in the parking lot, and saying they couldn't tell that there was an issue. 🤦‍♂️

I had to tell two different people to turn the lights on at night or in a darkened garage to see the coverage gap in the beams which clearly showed one light not fully actuating.

On the subject at hand, I think these look pretty cool. Definitely a potential way to breathe a bit more life and modernity into the cars. The rear halo lights on Takuya_XKR's car from Japan look very striking, and these follow a similar anesthetic.
 
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Old Dec 18, 2019 | 04:05 PM
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I was actually looking to do something like this. Looking at buying thin LED strips and gluing them over the oval outlines of the head light units. Not sure if it would come out good though!
 
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Old Dec 21, 2019 | 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by resident_fng
You can't see the regular HID lights on during the day, either. I mean, you can tell they're on, barely, in the right overcast sky. It was a major point of contention with the local Jaguar dealership for me when my adaptive headlights failed to adjust, and they tried to demonstrate the issue by turning the lights on during the day, in the parking lot, and saying they couldn't tell that there was an issue. 🤦‍♂️

I had to tell two different people to turn the lights on at night or in a darkened garage to see the coverage gap in the beams which clearly showed one light not fully actuating.

On the subject at hand, I think these look pretty cool. Definitely a potential way to breathe a bit more life and modernity into the cars. The rear halo lights on Takuya_XKR's car from Japan look very striking, and these follow a similar anesthetic.
Rear halo lights?? Please tell me more I'm definitely interested in this
 
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Old Dec 21, 2019 | 02:11 AM
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Originally Posted by steve_k_xk
Rear halo lights?? Please tell me more I'm definitely interested in this
Steve there are thousands of them on ebay, very easy to do.
However if I had your car, I would be putting the halos on the fog lights, also very easy to do.
Here is a bad example. Just look for projector lens shourd drl. They make them with switchback too.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/White-40-SM...sAAOSw0-NdrzIO
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-Car-3-Sq...YAAOSwDmxcQCgj
This is the store you need. LXD-lighting | eBay Stores
 
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Old Dec 21, 2019 | 03:36 AM
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Thanks Q&C they even have the red push start button available for our car .

Not to fussed with the angel look up front although it would be nice I'm quite interested to see how it looks on the tail lights .
 
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