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02-12-2009, 09:36 PM | #1 |
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Smoked my front turn signal housing and removed the orange headlight LED
I baked my headlight units open earlier today and smoked the clear turn signal housing. The result came out looking fantastic. We're going to reseal the entire headlight unit with silicone adhesive later this week to make sure no moisture ever gets in.
And here's the part a lot of people will like: I removed the orange LED and its circuitry from the headlight unit. The best news about removing all of this is that it causes NO error messages on iDrive. Pull the LED, wiring, and circuitry out, and you have a clean headlight unit. |
02-12-2009, 10:10 PM | #2 |
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nice! looking forward to see some installed pics
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You can probably solder out the amber LED and solder in a new white LED.
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please post installed pics soon!
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That's true, you definitely can judging by what I saw. I decided to just leave it empty. By removing the LED, it exposes a piece of silver metal that the LED sat on. I painted that metal black to match the turn signal housing. BTW, thanks for the deposit! |
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cant wait to see this done, today i was looking at my buddys c63, and i think my favorite part is that the headlights are basically BLACK! looks awesome.
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What are your plans, just to ditch the one yellow/orange LED in each headlight? Nice work Eric, you are really modding away. |
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I'm ditching the orange LED and waiting on JLeviSW to release LED front turn signal bulbs. |
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I'll have installed pics tomorrow.
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Maybe I'm too anal, but the LED is the DOT-mandated side marker light that lets others see you from the side. Not sure I want to decrease safety for a minor/questionable aesthetic. But, whatever pushes your buttons. That being said, I did paint my front reflectors, so I guess I'm not too consistent in my reasoning!
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