••ü•• Orion V2 for the E60 24 Hour Special
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Sweet, if mine arrive tommorow I'll be doing the install tommorow. I just bought a 100watt soldering iron. Hopefully the wiring won't be too bad. Can I simply tap into the stock wires with a quick tap or whatever they call them?
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Yes, simple tap into original wires. That's what I did for my testing. Good luck phil. I'm starting the project tonight, hopefully dont by tomorrow. I'm also doing something extra to the headlight. 
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Can't wait! Please let me know any pointers and pics if possible. Our headlights are gonna look so badass. Are you gonna do anything with the orange reflector at all?
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Why thanks for the mention buddy =)
If you have success taking out the amber, do let me know as well. I mean, frick, I might just take mine apart just to address that as well.
And + points for figuring out no resistor is needed. The installs I have done so far, for one reason or another, all have resistors in it already, so I just left them in there, lol.
Oh, and did you end up getting that solder tool you linked me to ebay? That one looked real good for doing this job.
If you have success taking out the amber, do let me know as well. I mean, frick, I might just take mine apart just to address that as well.
And + points for figuring out no resistor is needed. The installs I have done so far, for one reason or another, all have resistors in it already, so I just left them in there, lol.
Oh, and did you end up getting that solder tool you linked me to ebay? That one looked real good for doing this job.
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Nomis, I bought this one:
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...atalogId=10053
Do you think its a good one?
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...atalogId=10053
Do you think its a good one?
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Yup, that will do. A word of warning though, let it get hot enough so that it melt/cuts into the plastic easily. you don't want to be using too much force, as you might damage the gun itself.
Doing my first install, I actually broke a solder gun because I was applying so much force and had the metal point melt the gun itself. That did not smell good at all, lol.
Doing my first install, I actually broke a solder gun because I was applying so much force and had the metal point melt the gun itself. That did not smell good at all, lol.
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ACtually, you dont need resistors. I wired up mine for testing and didn't throw an error code out.
And using a dremel to cut the headlight sounds like u'll be going through a lot of dremel heads. These headlights are tough man. I'm going to do the solder iron route tonight. lucky i have a really sharp point and adjustable temp one so i can put it full blast and melt away.
And using a dremel to cut the headlight sounds like u'll be going through a lot of dremel heads. These headlights are tough man.
I'm going to do the solder iron route tonight. lucky i have a really sharp point and adjustable temp one so i can put it full blast and melt away. You've been a big help. Thanks!!!
