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Old 04-12-2012, 01:28 AM
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papismado15: Nice job on that picture! At first I thought you met up with AZN and installed the headlights on your car.
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im really torn in between getting these or not mostly due to the fact that the leds are 43k and might not match with the 5k set up im currently running but if i were to get in on the buy i would want to swap out to the 8k set if have laying around. any pics of what these look like with a 8k set up (low's eyebrow sidemarkers). also is 26 the price drop cutoff because i dint even think we would hit that mark...theres no 30 mark discount lol =D
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yeah, sorry, no more price drop milestones. We're at the 26+ $305 which is a great accomplishment.I would like to get a few more though just to be safe in case someone who signed up all the sudden decides to not pay or changes their mind which screws everyone else.
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omg........ so tempted to pull the trigger....... CHROME OR BLACKOUT?...
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Originally Posted by dadangman
omg........ so tempted to pull the trigger....... CHROME OR BLACKOUT?...
I'm having the same dilemma ,
I put chrome for now to have more of an OEM look...
but the other 25 chose black so....
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Originally Posted by papismado15
I'm having the same dilemma ,
I put chrome for now to have more of an OEM look...
but the other 25 chose black so....
ooo damn nvm... I have bi-xenon... it won't work for my car .... but .... the black would look really mean and AMG like
Old 04-14-2012, 09:22 PM
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1.kip999 black
2.kHuNkHuNa ~ black (10+)
3.sdchrisc (black) (10+)
4.eliteskill - black (10+) or much better pricing vs what ebay shows now.
5. Briiannj - black (10+) or the above stated ^^
6. blackie707 - black
7.kitt34 - Black (10+)
8.papismado15 - chrome (10+)
9. Jmoniz615 - Black (10+)
10. stark.1 - Black
11. cycosis - Black please! Calgary, Canada
12. spreadmo - Black, Honolulu, Hawaii
13. Spec_Davis - Black
14. ncglock - Black
15. bomberman89 - Black
16. mikedaman - Black
17. AK-Benz - Black - Eagle River, Alaska (20+ C'MON!)
18. gary_youngster (black )
19.Mr Ak (Black)
20. mercguard87 (Black)
21. Red350 (black)
22. Ockolby (black)
23. Uluahunter - (Black) - Honolulu, Hawaii (26+)
24. Caligreenzzz (black)
25. Dee-AMG - (black) - UK - London.

Just had someone pull out so we're back down to 25. Need to get one more to re-hit the milestone in the next 2 days.
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I'm still on the fence. Just to confirm, if an LED burns out a year from now, the only way to replace it is to purchase a new headlight, right? The LEDs are non-replaceable?
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Let's get to 26 to get a good price.
Old 04-15-2012, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by forevr5688
I'm still on the fence. Just to confirm, if an LED burns out a year from now, the only way to replace it is to purchase a new headlight, right? The LEDs are non-replaceable?
Well, looking at the unit, the LED itself shouldn't "burn out" as the ballast is a separate from the strip so if anything, it'd be the LED ballast that goes which looks to be easily replaceable as it's external. Generally, I'm not concerned about LED units burning out when it's integrated housing type lighting as you can design safeguards built in. Like you're not worried about OEM LED tail lights burning out or front fog LED strip burning out as those have built in safeguards being a housing unit.
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Originally Posted by AZN Optics
Well, looking at the unit, the LED itself shouldn't "burn out" as the ballast is a separate from the strip so if anything, it'd be the LED ballast that goes which looks to be easily replaceable as it's external. Generally, I'm not concerned about LED units burning out when it's integrated housing type lighting as you can design safeguards built in. Like you're not worried about OEM LED tail lights burning out or front fog LED strip burning out as those have built in safeguards being a housing unit.
so basically it wont be the LED bulbs to go out but the ballast instead right?
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Originally Posted by bomberman89
so basically it wont be the LED bulbs to go out but the ballast instead right?
I'm not going to say 100%, but odds are highly it'll be the ballast that goes and not the LED unit itself from the way the unit is designed.
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[quote=AZN Optics;5149131]1.kip999 black
2.kHuNkHuNa ~ black (10+)
3.sdchrisc (black) (10+)
4.eliteskill - black (10+) or much better pricing vs what ebay shows now.
5. Briiannj - black (10+) or the above stated ^^
6. blackie707 - black
7.kitt34 - Black (10+)
8.papismado15 - chrome (10+)
9. Jmoniz615 - Black (10+)
10. stark.1 - Black
11. cycosis - Black please! Calgary, Canada
12. spreadmo - Black, Honolulu, Hawaii
13. Spec_Davis - Black
14. ncglock - Black
15. bomberman89 - Black
16. mikedaman - Black
17. AK-Benz - Black - Eagle River, Alaska (20+ C'MON!)
18. gary_youngster (black )
19.Mr Ak (Black)
20. mercguard87 (Black)
21. Red350 (black)
22. Ockolby (black)
23. Uluahunter - (Black) - Honolulu, Hawaii (26+)
24. Caligreenzzz (black)
25. Dee-AMG - (black) - UK - London.
26. Wazu - (black)

ok I'm in.
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need help ,
black or chrome???
Thanks
Old 04-15-2012, 11:13 PM
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YES, thats 26 people, and drop buy ends at 11 tom right!?

time to pay off my visa :P
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Originally Posted by papismado15
need help ,
black or chrome???
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Black
Old 04-15-2012, 11:26 PM
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Black?

Chrome?


i would get black, but i did a quick photoshop job so you get an idea,
i just threw led's on your stock headlights for the chrome look btw :p
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Thanks for the help!

Don't you think that the chrome blends in much nicer?
and looks more OEM?
I'm scared the black one will stick out to much?
What you think?

Thanks!
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Originally Posted by papismado15
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black or chrome???
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Black for sure hommie
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Originally Posted by papismado15
Thanks for the help!

Don't you think that the chrome blends in much nicer?
and looks more OEM?
I'm scared the black one will stick out to much?
What you think?

Thanks!
that is what it thought as well, but if you want them too look oem why not just keep the stock headlights

in the end its what ever you will be happy with, I'm more towards the black ones because i wanted to black out my headlights, and this gave me the opportunity to do that and add led's without modding my stock headlights.
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Originally Posted by kHuNkHuNa
YES, thats 26 people, and drop buy ends at 11 tom right!?

time to pay off my visa :P
Actually, you have till 1pm PST tomorrow (Monday) for those last minute people to post during their lunch break
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Originally Posted by AZN Optics
I'm not going to say 100%, but odds are highly it'll be the ballast that goes and not the LED unit itself from the way the unit is designed.
makes sense to me
oh one question, so how did you mod it to have hids?
did you drill a hole in the cover that seals the bulb?
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Really easy because dust caps are rubber so just cut cross shape slits with scissors to feed through.

Originally Posted by bomberman89
makes sense to me
oh one question, so how did you mod it to have hids?
did you drill a hole in the cover that seals the bulb?
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@ Mike (AZN) ~ Did Spyder specify what projectors they were upgrading to? Do you think that it'll be better than our OEM's?

@ kHuNkHuNa ~ Sorry man, I forgot to email those pics for your help with photoshopping the black housings. After seeing the other examples, I'm 90% sure I'm sticking with the black. I'm just 10% leery of the strict recon and safety check laws in Hawaii. The black housings are sweet, but not if they are going to cause headaches with the cops. We'll see...
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4 more hours for group buy

At the end of the group buy today, I'll send out a PM to each person with further instructions on ordering and payment.

Originally Posted by Uluahunter
@ Mike (AZN) ~ Did Spyder specify what projectors they were upgrading to? Do you think that it'll be better than our OEM's?
No, they did not specify which projector they'll be using and I don't have my hands on them so can't compare to OEM, but OEM projectors aren't really all that great to begin with IMO.


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