gs300 q45 retrofit question
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I'm in the same boat. Unfortunately, the rear of my retrofit (LS460 bixenon) stick out too much to allow the stock cap to cover it so I was going to order the TRS covers.
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I used some plastic caps in my car secured to the light with the same butyl rubber I used to reclose the lights, downside there is I had to shave a little metal in the engine compartment behind the lights. If you use the TRS rubber boots be careful with them, they rip very easily, but I have used them successfully on another set of lights. I also did a set the same way you have it with silicon to fill the gaps as monkey92 suggested.
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Not at all, but I think for some piece of mine I would like to cap them off.
I'm in the same boat. Unfortunately, the rear of my retrofit (LS460 bixenon) stick out too much to allow the stock cap to cover it so I was going to order the TRS covers.
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But if you look from the rear, they stick out further than the stock cap would allow once the bulb and plug are added
I don't know the size difference between the single- and bi-xenons, so I really don't have anything to compare them to. But I'd guess they'd be larger just for the fact the hi beam solenoid is there.
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NorthStyle, you're Oem housings are different than halogen when it comes to this. The plastic caps on them don't give any flexibility like the rubber boots on halogen lights that can be stretched around the projectors. That's why I ended up using extended caps, similar to what is pictured a couple posts above except one solid piece.
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I've been running my retro's without the caps for one winter and two summers now and haven't have any problems with moisture.
I couldn't get the TRS rubber caps to fit properly otherwise I would have put them on.
I couldn't get the TRS rubber caps to fit properly otherwise I would have put them on.