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Not a problem, these look great, can't wait to put them on.
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05-11-2011, 07:25 PM | #266 |
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Really bad BB picture... sorry for the quality. In real life, these look fantastic!! I'm very happy with them.
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05-12-2011, 09:09 PM | #268 |
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Anyone saying they installed these in 10 minutes is a farkin liar!...
It will take 10 minutes just to figure how to work the bulb into the housing...I have small hands and I couldnt get my hands in there to have any leverage to turn the back of bulb...you cannot just push bulb down by holding it and put it into the housing. And marking with sharpie doesnt work now as the heat sinks are black...and if you mark it with anything else when you grab and twist ink/paint(or whatever you used) rubs off so you are essentially doing it blindly just as if you didnt mark it to begin with. can anyone tell Im abit frustrated?......this is much more difficult than installing an entire HID kit which I have done many times, as there are severe access issues here. This kit would be better if the heat sink wasnt completely round ...ie, the H8 bulb has a part angled out 90 degrees so its obvious which way its supposed to line up....the heatsink needs a handle part so you "know" which part should line up where when you insert and twist....this last part Im being totally seriously about. Anyone want to see a pic of my frikkin halogen oem angel eyes?, they are really frikking impressive looking!... |
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05-12-2011, 10:42 PM | #271 | |
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back the lux unit into the housing, so bulbs facing forward/towards you, then push the lux bulb into the bulb socket. Now in terms of lining up the tabs, I simply remembered how the OEM H8 halogen bulbs tabs looked before removing them, so I could position the lux tabs the same way, then I used a flat head screw driver and placed it in the vertical grooves along the heat sink and used that to tighten the bulbs in...voila...
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I still call BS on anyone saying they did this in 10 minutes...it would have to go completely flawless and no delays to do this in 10 minutes...and anyone who tells me they back in the bulb with their hands and then push into socket either is lying or they have the smallest hands on the planet!....
You cannot back that bulb with your hands...you would have to have extremely long fingers(hence no hand in the hole) or very small hands(hands in the hole)...in order for me to get the bulb into the socket I had to let it fall freely, then use a tool to tilt up at awkward angle and slowly work the tip and then grab the length of unit(not heat sinks) with fingertips to work it in...then the frustration of not being able to twist it in cause I had no grip or leverage whatsoever. I am thinking of dremeling the tabs down abit by shaving it down abit and applying vaseline on the tabs too...I did notice one of the three tabs was abit smaller than the other two...wonder if that tab goes on top/superior. Anyone who thinks they are going to grab the end of LED light and simply just push it into the socket is going to be in for a real treat haha.... |
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05-13-2011, 12:04 AM | #274 |
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no need to get all pissy, sorry you are so frustrated...yes I was able to back the bulbs in and no, I'm do not have the hands of a child...I held the lux's by the bulbs (between my index and middle finger) not the heat sink when backing them in, then used the same fingers to grab the base of the heat sink to push in and maneuver the bulbs into place....and yes it did take 10 minutes the second time around...first time was about 15 maybe it's because I've installed a few regualr H8 bulbs in before, trying different brands prior to the lux. Sounds like you are having some trouble lining up the tabs. Whatever the case, seems the majority of us have gotten them in without too much aggravation. The fact that you call BS on people's install times bewilders me a bit tho. Not sure why anyone would do that or even want to.
GL with your install...hoping future mods are much less time consuming for you...
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05-13-2011, 12:09 AM | #275 |
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ha..yes, finally...let me know if you need some help getting these installed bro, I highly doubt you will tho
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05-13-2011, 12:19 AM | #276 |
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Just installed mine last night.
In day time, my inner rings are really bright just like LCI's but outer rings are really dark. It's not getting enough lights. Maybe 50% brightness of the inner rings in regular standing position. If I look straight to angel eyes, it seems better (maybe 80% brightness compare to inner rings). Am I the only having this issue? PS- I couldn't install them myself. But a forum member (girl) did it for me. Funny.
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05-13-2011, 12:34 AM | #277 |
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outter rings are definitely not as bright as that's the design of the oem unit..outter rings get reflected light, looks like lux attempts to address this by having one of the bulbs point directly into the tube that lights the outter ring, if you look closely at your lux's installed, is that bulb pointing directly at that tube leading to the outter ring?
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You do know what smiley faces are correct?.......I am well aware that many have installed them without incident, hence my frustration. Also, I just read how you applied pressure twisting(ie-using flathead screwdriver), now that might work...I take back everything I said about ya... |
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05-13-2011, 08:07 AM | #279 | |
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We did design the light to maximize the brightness to the outer ring so it should be almost as bight as the inner one. Double check yours and let me know please
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I'll double check tonite but is that possible to install bulbs in the socket wrong way but still works (installed wrong direction but still works- brighter inner ring, dimmer outer ring)?
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05-13-2011, 02:09 PM | #283 |
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The 3 tabs on the LUX allow for it to be installed only in 1 position. Please refer to our install guide on the website because it has a few tips.
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Yeah... doesn't look right. Compare your picture to mine here where the inner and outer rings are much more uniform. Also, they look quite dim overall. Seems like something is up with them compared to most other installed pictures I've seen.
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