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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 06:59 PM
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Ok, so the halos on my passenger side are burnt out, and my driver side is still ok. if i disconnect the parking light, will it stop power to ONLY the halos or will it stop power to the halos AND the amber side marker?

i.e. if i turned on my regular headlights would my amber reflectors still turn on?
Old Oct 14, 2008 | 08:30 PM
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anyone?
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do you have the anzo's?
Old Oct 14, 2008 | 08:31 PM
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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 08:33 PM
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my driver side just freaking went out too. No I couldn't figure out how to just shut off the halo's so the amber side markers go out as well. And you will have no parking lights. Time to call Anzo. Atleast thats my plan seeing as how I've had them like a month.

Figures the pair that doesn't fog up goes bad...
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DAMMIT!

and OMG mine dont fog either right out of the box! WTF!
im about to say screw it and just not have the amber either. i think HID's will be bright enough... unless
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sayyy itttt
sayyy itttt

I need ideas too, and yes the 6k hids are amazing, even with bad cut offs lol
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is there any way to get to teh wiring for the halos w/o baking them open? if not screw it im just gonna disconnect them
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pshh just disconnect it, it actually doesn't look bad, cause no one can see that you have halo's at night, and it looks so bad just running one side...
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yea.... my bro was behind me and my mom 1 night and the passenger side looked MEANN w/o the halos. im just gonna disconnect em.

u have any pics with ur hids? im planning on doing 6k too
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https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=239569

Theres alot of pictures with mine on there, you can see the leds went out first.

Don't have any night pictures but they are bright as hell and look awesome. And yea I did notice that they don't look bad at all without halos.
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omg my LEDs are retarded

the passenger sides halos are burnt out but 3 leds are still flickering
the driver side halos are fine and teh leds are all burnt out.
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lmao i say just unplug em. Still look good during the day and at night...no one even knows =]
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Yeah if you disconnect the parking light for the halos, it will stop the power to the amber reflector lights and your parkign lights.

time to call up anzo or get new lights.
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yea thats what im gonna do...

now, HIDs or grille? lol
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hmm, I say hids!
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HID's it is then!
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Well damn that was easy lmao
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YOU CAN DISCONNECT THE HALOS!

the halos and ugly LEDs connect to the parking light socket on the headlights, just thought that would be a good tip to others!
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