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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 02:40 AM
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they look sick but there's one thing i'm concerned about


the passenger side bulb has like a little black line on the ground right in front of the car. i tried readjusting the bulb, and nothing! the left side is fine it looks perfect. but my right side almost looks like its dimmer as well. could i have gotten a 5K and 4300K bulb?hmm

does anyone have any idea what my problem is?

heres a couple pictures. sorry for the camera phone shots its all i have haha.


Old Feb 24, 2009 | 03:07 AM
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what black line?
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 03:10 AM
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on the groundon ther right side.
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 03:11 AM
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look fine to me. are you running projector housings or no? I run mobileHID 5k as well in 06 headlights and OEM fogs.
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 03:13 AM
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it looks just fine to me!
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 03:14 AM
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its projector housings, yes its an 09. maybe that black line is annoying the ____ out of me hahaha hmm maybe i should give cliff a call.
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 03:21 AM
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make sure the bulbs are in the housing correctly. other than that...idk. does your headlight have dirt on it? lol
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 03:22 AM
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if its a projector housing, then its probably the projector that u want to adjust if the cutoff line is uneven.
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 03:23 AM
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i made sure both bulbs were in perfect.and they are. and no my headlight is clean lol it looks like its the little metal strip over the bulb. you can see the refelction of it when looking right at the headlight housing on BOTH sides but only on the right side is when it shows on the ground. idk its weird.
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 03:46 AM
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Im not 100% sure what ur talking about but you could check the bulb to make sure you didnt scratch it while putting it in. In the 08-09 projector housings there kinda hard to get in and it could possibly be scratched.
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 03:50 AM
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Swap the bulbs- easy way to find out if its the bulb (unlikely) or your housing.
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 12:38 PM
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some distortion of the light is going to appear,you will never get HID perfection in a Halogen projector,look at the positive you can no see a lot better in the dark.......
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heres a picture of the cut off on my garage. notice the black line on the right side.
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 03:44 PM
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show the picture to cliff. post it here: https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...060&start=3060
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 04:44 PM
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I see it. Wow that's odd. Have you tried swapping bulbs?
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 04:47 PM
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nah i think i might try that today and see how it works out. i posted the pic on cliff's ad thread so hopefully he can help me out.
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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Yeah cliffs a great guy, he'll help you out. He's got great customer service.
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