Headlight disaster folks - I did a thing.

eastwest2300 · 10-24-2012, 05:41 PM

What are yall planing now duuude?

dmhenderson · 10-24-2012, 06:04 PM

Nothing. Just moving the timeline back a bit because the powder job is taking longer than I thought. I won't be able to get with Daedalus until next week some time.

eastwest2300 · 10-24-2012, 06:20 PM

Yeah custom work can do that to ya.

eastwest2300 · 10-30-2012, 05:20 PM

After a good hurricane hitting the area, it would be a perfect opportunity to check your headlights for condensation.

dmhenderson · 10-30-2012, 06:57 PM

If you leave your car out in a hurricane you are a crazy person.

Anyway, D&V still has the car. Figure Finishing didn't return Kevin's call today so I'm still in car limbo.

Talked to the guys at Daedalus and they have already broken down the salvage lights. The only bad news they have so far is that the black housing on one of the lights is trashed (I already knew that). The clear plastic housings are fine as are the lenses, reflectors and the rest of the innards are fine.

Anyway, they're ready to go as soon as I get the car back. They have my halos in too. Decided to go the single halo route. Apparently, the ones they are using are some new flexible ultrabright gapless halo kit rated for ~35k hours or something. They don't look like BMW lights at all which is what I was trying to avoid.

With a little luck I should have the car back from Sterling tomorrow/thurs and then the headlight project begins.

Edit: Ironically, I could have shipped the wheels to Mike and had them back by now and at this point the price is a wash.

eastwest2300 · 10-31-2012, 03:43 AM

Custom work = flexible times

b1adesofcha0s · 10-31-2012, 08:11 AM

Well it looks like one of my headlights may be out. Noticed when I got out of my car this morning that it wasn't working. It was the one that had all the condensation in it. I'm hoping it will work if I can suck all the condensation out of it. Parking light was working fine, just the main headlight bulb was out.

weiboy718 · 10-31-2012, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Well it looks like one of my headlights may be out. Noticed when I got out of my car this morning that it wasn't working. It was the one that had all the condensation in it. I'm hoping it will work if I can suck all the condensation out of it. Parking light was working fine, just the main headlight bulb was out.

Hello guys! Troll is back again.

Try removing the ballast cover and blow dry it out. You'll need a torx bit for that cover. It happened a few times on some guys headlights over at the G forum and he also had condensation. I gave him my advice and it worked for him.

Worth a try before spending more money on a ballast.

b1adesofcha0s · 10-31-2012, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by weiboy718

Hello guys! Troll is back again.

Try removing the ballast cover and blow dry it out. You'll need a torx bit for that cover. It happened a few times on some guys headlights over at the G forum and he also had condensation. I gave him my advice and it worked for him.

Worth a try before spending more money on a ballast.

Well for now I was thinking of throwing some sort of dessicant pack in there through the parking light hole. Hoping it will absorb the moisture without me having to take the light out.

weiboy718 · 10-31-2012, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Well for now I was thinking of throwing some sort of dessicant pack in there through the parking light hole. Hoping it will absorb the moisture without me having to take the light out.

If you have a leak that wouldn't solve the problem. Over time it'll come right back!

b1adesofcha0s · 10-31-2012, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by weiboy718

If you have a leak that wouldn't solve the problem. Over time it'll come right back!

Yeah, but it should fix it for now though. Gonna reseal it once I get the lens from DM and then fix both of them.

eastwest2300 · 10-31-2012, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Well for now I was thinking of throwing some sort of dessicant pack in there through the parking light hole. Hoping it will absorb the moisture without me having to take the light out.

Its probably NOT the ballast, ballasts are made to be pretty durable, i.e, wet cold hot, if anything, it could be the bulb, you could just buy a new bulb, what you do wanna do is reseal the headlight AFTER you replace the bulb.

dmhenderson · 10-31-2012, 08:22 AM

I should have your parts by the end of the week.

b1adesofcha0s · 10-31-2012, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by dmhenderson

I should have your parts by the end of the week.

Sounds good.

Dee are you gonna be working on your lights again? Need to find some time/place to work on mine. Maybe I can do it at Bobo's place since we have some other work we need to do to my car.

eastwest2300 · 10-31-2012, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Sounds good.

Dee are you gonna be working on your lights again? Need to find some time/place to work on mine. Maybe I can do it at Bobo's place since we have some other work we need to do to my car.

Im still up in the air whether I need to work on mine or not, im perfectly happy with mine, honestly..

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eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 91,027 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684552	After a good hurricane hitting the area, it would be a perfect opportunity to check your headlights for condensation. __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

10-30-2012, 06:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 27	If you leave your car out in a hurricane you are a crazy person. Anyway, D&V still has the car. Figure Finishing didn't return Kevin's call today so I'm still in car limbo. Talked to the guys at Daedalus and they have already broken down the salvage lights. The only bad news they have so far is that the black housing on one of the lights is trashed (I already knew that). The clear plastic housings are fine as are the lenses, reflectors and the rest of the innards are fine. Anyway, they're ready to go as soon as I get the car back. They have my halos in too. Decided to go the single halo route. Apparently, the ones they are using are some new flexible ultrabright gapless halo kit rated for ~35k hours or something. They don't look like BMW lights at all which is what I was trying to avoid. With a little luck I should have the car back from Sterling tomorrow/thurs and then the headlight project begins. Edit: Ironically, I could have shipped the wheels to Mike and had them back by now and at this point the price is a wash. __________________

10-31-2012, 03:43 AM	#6 (permalink)
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b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 142	Well it looks like one of my headlights may be out. Noticed when I got out of my car this morning that it wasn't working. It was the one that had all the condensation in it. I'm hoping it will work if I can suck all the condensation out of it. Parking light was working fine, just the main headlight bulb was out. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

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