Epic's UK Eyebrow Upgrade Part 2
04-22-2009, 05:01 AM
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Right.... some of you may have been following my first post about installing eyebrows... What a pain in the arse that was!!!!
Basicly, long story short. i trusted my friend to solder the new LED's in place that were kindly sent to me from the US.. and he killed the board!!!!!
Okay.. so board is now dead as a do-do! So i thought bollocks, iv broken it now, might as well carry on breaking things.. so i took a drill to it and ramed 6 holes in and put 6 2 pin LED's in each hole, wired them up directly as they are 12v LED's and bob's your uncle!! Much easyer than all this 4 pin stuff
Have only been doing this mod on my drivers side so far.
Now i got the LED's sorted i just need to get rid of the condensation, tidy up a few bits a seal it all in. then i will be sorted.
Heres a few pics of whats iv managed so far and how much condensation i have to sort out! Im hopefull tho! Will never give up!!!
P.S. You gota give me 10 points for trying
Basicly, long story short. i trusted my friend to solder the new LED's in place that were kindly sent to me from the US.. and he killed the board!!!!!
Okay.. so board is now dead as a do-do! So i thought bollocks, iv broken it now, might as well carry on breaking things.. so i took a drill to it and ramed 6 holes in and put 6 2 pin LED's in each hole, wired them up directly as they are 12v LED's and bob's your uncle!! Much easyer than all this 4 pin stuff
Have only been doing this mod on my drivers side so far.
Now i got the LED's sorted i just need to get rid of the condensation, tidy up a few bits a seal it all in. then i will be sorted.
Heres a few pics of whats iv managed so far and how much condensation i have to sort out! Im hopefull tho! Will never give up!!!
P.S. You gota give me 10 points for trying
04-22-2009, 05:06 AM
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Fair play mate for doing that!! Looks good!
04-22-2009, 05:56 AM
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congrats!!
04-22-2009, 08:50 AM
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Great idea. For the other side just find a comparable material for a board and match its shape to the OEM board. Drill your holes, and wire. True plug and play.
04-22-2009, 10:06 AM
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damn those look bright!!! The 5 leds on mine are bright but the one that goes down in the prism is dull...Its hard to see it now...I dont know whats up with it....Looks good!!!G/l with the condensation..I had that problem on one light....I finally got it out with a blow dryer and canned air that doesn't freeze when you hold it upside down....I put a couple of straws together to blow air in further....I had to replace the one headlight because after it dried, I sealed it and a little condensation got in before it completley sealed...Now that it was sealed, I had some work done to my car...My car was gone for a few weeks...Well long story short, I got a haze cloud on the inside plastic...No matter what I did, I couldn't get rid of the cloud...I ended up buying a used light off ebay...Re did the mod and let it dry for 3 days...Everything is perfect minus the dim prism....Somebody should start a sided buisness soldering the boards...The lights are extremely easy to open....Once open just send the board to some one and then they ship it back with the mod...Then seal it up...
For effort and not giving up. Looks good. Can't wait to see when it's done.
