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Old Mar 9, 2015 | 02:16 AM
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Eyebrow light problems after painting headlight housings

Hi guys just got done painting my headlight housings. Took way longer then anticipated just because of the amount of problems I ran into. Anyways after installing the headlights again I noticed that only one eyebrow light works. If you move the bulb around to different sockets it works there but the others don't work. I'm pretty sure three didn't randomly fuse within a couple of hours someone please help me. Also here are some pics of the finished product.








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Old Mar 9, 2015 | 11:01 AM
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It looks killer!! I like it.. And as for the lights. I would put new ones in. If like you said the working bulb works in all the sockets then its a bulb issue. If the working bulb did not work in any of the socks that would be a different issue.
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Old Mar 9, 2015 | 04:19 PM
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im not sure if this help. but im guessing its the bulbs itself. when i install led eyebrow lights and one socket wouldnt light up cause it wasnt making any contact. after many try i gave up. switch back to oem bulbs and it didnt work. so i took one bulb from one side and change them and it works. so i was like great its just the bulb. after testing i just swap them back and then the bulb die. didnt light up. so i just order like a bunch of these bulbs oem from dealer. after install everything was fine. i think its because i touch the bulb with my dirty hands. try to avoid touching the bulbs as little as possible.
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Old Mar 9, 2015 | 07:01 PM
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Thanks guys I'll make a run to the store to grab some and try them. Fingers crossed they work!
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Old Mar 9, 2015 | 11:15 PM
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I know my comment is not gonna be helpful at all. I just want to say it looks very sick!!! I love it!!!

You might wanna paint the mirrors too, just to make them all balanced out
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Old Mar 10, 2015 | 12:03 AM
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Looks good. What kind of paint did you use? Would you recommend trying this process?
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Old Mar 10, 2015 | 12:12 AM
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if you want to see a full shot of the car go look at my other other post that I'll put up of some full shots.
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Old Mar 10, 2015 | 12:16 AM
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Looks good. What kind of paint did you use? Would you recommend trying this process?
I used a semi gloss paint. Any paint that has relatively high heat resistance and a paint that bonds to plastic.
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Old Mar 10, 2015 | 12:25 AM
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Cool. Was the casing difficult to get into? Have you noticed a major difference in night visibility?

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I used a semi gloss paint. Any paint that has relatively high heat resistance and a paint that bonds to plastic.
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Old Mar 10, 2015 | 12:31 AM
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Cool. Was the casing difficult to get into? Have you noticed a major difference in night visibility?
Opening the casing after baking at 235 for 10 mins it popped right open with some pressure. Visibility wise i did not paint over the lens so that was not effected.
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Nice. What did you use to glue them back together? High heat silicone?

Need to get some LED eyelids to match you low beams, and paint the side markers black.
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Nice. What did you use to glue them back together? High heat silicone?

Need to get some LED eyelids to match you low beams, and paint the side markers black.
I just reheated the old glue and put it back together. Also I've heard a lot of bad things about those LEDS..
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I just reheated the old glue and put it back together. Also I've heard a lot of bad things about those LEDS..
No leaks so far?

I've had my LED eyebrows for almost 2 years. Got them cheap off ebay. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.
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No leaks so far?

I've had my LED eyebrows for almost 2 years. Got them cheap off ebay. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.
no leaks so far only been a few days. But I kind of like the colour of the eyebrows right now.
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