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Old Sep 8, 2005 | 06:56 AM
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Looks great. The color theme really looks good on your car.
Old Sep 8, 2005 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by dubledee
that looks really good. how is the cut off of the light?
Look on the first page... there are photos.
Old Sep 14, 2005 | 12:59 AM
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all i can say is keep up the extreemly tight work...ive seen other examples but this is the most professional..
Old Sep 16, 2005 | 01:17 AM
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final update with a few pics of capping the back side with a 3" pipe cap from ace. and thank you all for the kind words.
Old Sep 16, 2005 | 03:02 PM
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hey maxiumus

pics arent working
Old Sep 19, 2005 | 02:19 AM
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bandwith exceeded?!?!
Old Sep 19, 2005 | 02:41 AM
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well, i emailed the pics to scionlife to be hosted on their server...so as soon at they do that the pics should be back up.
Old Sep 19, 2005 | 10:05 PM
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Looks good . . . must have taken alot of time to do that.... keep us updated want to see the end result . . . your TC'c headlights looking good
Old Sep 20, 2005 | 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by streamline_jdm
Looks good . . . must have taken alot of time to do that.... keep us updated want to see the end result . . . your TC'c headlights looking good
well, that is the end result...i took me about 3 week of on and off working on it.
Old Sep 20, 2005 | 03:52 PM
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what kind of class would I need to take at a community college to learn how to weld, install LEDs, know what to put between the voltages, and know what heat shrinking is ? Amazing setup btw!
Old Sep 20, 2005 | 04:27 PM
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wow... i think i will try to do what u did altho i know i will run into many troubles.
Old Sep 20, 2005 | 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by miraclecreator
wow... i think i will try to do what u did altho i know i will run into many troubles.
I agree with miracle...... When are yougonna post pics of the light reinstalled on the car?? I wanna see how the lights finished and on your ride....
Old Sep 20, 2005 | 05:15 PM
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____ING NICE!
Old Sep 22, 2005 | 02:33 PM
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pics are fixed and all should show up now.
Old Sep 22, 2005 | 03:25 PM
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Mad props to your great work!
Old Sep 22, 2005 | 04:43 PM
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hey maximus,

you showed the back of you setup how well is the seal going to hold up??. it looks like your ignitor is going to be exposed
Old Sep 22, 2005 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by freeflowing
hey maximus,

you showed the back of you setup how well is the seal going to hold up??. it looks like your ignitor is going to be exposed
yea, the ignitors exposed because the cap is not deep enough to cover the ignitor too. The only way i saw to get around was to drill a hole to fit the ignitor thru. i didn't wash the car last weekend cus i got lazy. i'll wash on sat. and see. i think it should hold up pretty well. the cap is on pretty snug. the back side of the ignitor is pressing pretty hard on the cap and i think that should form a nice seal there.
Old Sep 22, 2005 | 08:39 PM
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why dont you just seal it up because you shouldnt have to make any adjustments at least for 2 years right? the way im gonna do mine is a 3 inch shrink with heat resistant silicone
Old Sep 22, 2005 | 08:44 PM
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If you seal it up, there's no way to change the light bulb.
Old Sep 22, 2005 | 09:01 PM
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the hid light bulb has at least 10,000 hours of operation which roughly puts it at at least 8 years before it needs to be changed . can you now see my point.. unless you drive at night for 4 hours or more every single day it makes sense to seal it or cut the existing rear 9006 housing out and extend the rear and make the cut out the cap with grooves you need.



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