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Old 01-06-2009, 05:58 AM
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thats look sthe biz I am gonna do this mod for real!
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your the man eugene thats amazing!!!!
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just bought the bulbs but im nervous lol i wont probably start on it until the weekend....still have to get a couple more materials
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Originally Posted by southgate' post='761165' date='Jan 6 2009, 10:31 PM
just bought the bulbs but im nervous lol i wont probably start on it until the weekend....still have to get a couple more materials
welcome to the dark side........
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Originally Posted by southgate' post='761165
welcome to the dark side........
You mean the white LED side...
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Originally Posted by Eugene134' post='761169' date='Jan 6 2009, 08:36 PM
welcome to the dark side........
lol i kno!!

Eug u said you soldiered the new ones, i really havent tried doing anything that little is it hard as i'm imagining? is there a ways around it?
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Originally Posted by southgate' post='761176' date='Jan 6 2009, 10:43 PM
lol i kno!!

Eug u said you soldiered the new ones, i really havent tried doing anything that little is it hard as i'm imagining? is there a ways around it?

No you have to soldier them in... but its pretty easy.... I never soldiered before and I did it with no problem...
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I'm done. Thanks to John (brabusw209), Mike, and of course Eugene for making this happen. I tried to do it yesterday and was a pain in the a**. So I picked up today 11 more LEDs. Get more than you need. I went home, took out the other headlight and started cutting away. Went to John's house for help.

I'm going to install the headlights tomorrow. It's raining outside Pictures soon to come.

Things you need
Desoldering tool (A must. I tried taking it out with a regular solder tool and the holes weren't clean. Which causes the new LED not to go in)
Solder tool
Glue gun
Razor blades
Screwdriver
LEDs (Get extra. We found about 4 were yellow.

Eugene, count me in for that photoshoot. A white, 2 silver and a black car with the Eugene brows.
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Originally Posted by southgate' post='761176' date='Jan 6 2009, 11:43 PM
lol i kno!!

Eug u said you soldiered the new ones, i really havent tried doing anything that little is it hard as i'm imagining? is there a ways around it?
Its really easy.

You have to solder it, no other way around it.

Definitely have a good desk / workstation. And make sure to have the piece mounted so it doesn't move on the desk. Like a type of clamp or something.

I taped the LED board onto something elevated a bit so that it wouldn't move and i can pull off the old LED's easily and without breaking it.

Get a desoldering kit. It sucks out the excess solder that's on the circuit once u heat it up (to take off the old LEDS). It'll help so much.

And to solder back the new LED's, that's like 20 seconds u can solder it all.

The only tricky one is the vertical LED. You must solder that first because if you put all the other 5 LED's on, it'll be hard to solder the 1 one i mentioned, which is vertical.


Good luck. if you have anymore questions. please let us know.
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Originally Posted by DKNewYork' post='761189' date='Jan 6 2009, 10:55 PM
I'm done. Thanks to John (brabusw209), Mike, and of course Eugene. I tried to do it yesterday and was a pain in the a**. So I picked up today 11 more LEDs. Get more than you need. I went home, took out the other headlight and started cutting away. Went to John's house for help.

I'm going to install the headlights tomorrow. It's raining outside Pictures soon to come.

Things you need
Desoldering tool (A must. I tried taking it out with a regular solder tool and the holes weren't clean. Which causes the new LED not to go in)
Solder tool
Glue gun
Razor blades
Screwdriver
LEDs (Get extra. We found about 4 were yellow.

Eugene, count me in for that photoshoot. A white, 2 silver and a black car with the Eugene brows.
and then there were 4....


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