2011 Headlamp Bubbling Defect
12-04-11, 11:35 PM
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That's impossible. They would have to crack into each assembly to repair the bubbling problem, which would never work. Seems to me they have found the most cost effective way to fix the issue. The lights are fine. If your IS had come stock with the newer "eyelashes", this wouldn't even be a topic of conversation as you wouldn't have noticed a problem to begin with.
12-05-11, 07:31 AM
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My new 12 has the new lights and I see what might be the start of the bubble starting on each side. I will have to watch this and see what happens. I will take pictures now and again in the future to see if it changes.
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12-05-11, 07:37 AM
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Oh great. Not what I wanted to hear. Now I might have to wait even longer before I get mine changed out. This should be interesting to see how the 12's play out!
12-05-11, 09:13 AM
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That's impossible. They would have to crack into each assembly to repair the bubbling problem, which would never work. Seems to me they have found the most cost effective way to fix the issue. The lights are fine. If your IS had come stock with the newer "eyelashes", this wouldn't even be a topic of conversation as you wouldn't have noticed a problem to begin with.
If a better painting process or material was used to prevent this "High Heat" Bubbling Defect... The new rippled lense would have not needed to be designed or created...
At this point the parts out there that are showing this defect, will never be repaired.. The entire housings will be replaced with this newly updated housing & lense... (for those who see & complain about it
)So Lexus wouldn't be cracking open to repair any of these to begin with.!!
I have personally seen many of these 2011 & 2012 Headlight Housings... Some show the defect greatly... Some show the defect minimally... Some do NOT show any defect what so ever..
My personally opinion is that during the painting process there must be some type of "Quality Control" fail that is slipping by the housing manufacturer and Lexus.
I have even seen some of these painted areas with paint drip marks too.
It might even be that when the Manufacturer HEATS the headlight components to merge together, the painted area can not withstand the heat in that curved area..
^^ This is purely an opinion, since we already have another case of this issue with the newly desgined lense.. :
Regards,
~ Joe Z
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12-05-11, 03:25 PM
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I went to the dealership today to pick up a couple clips and checked out the 2012's to see the new lights. All the 2012's had then on...the definitely have a new glossy black paint instead of the flat black on the 2011's. Also, none of them showed any signs of having bubbling starting. To me, the eye lashes don't look AS bad in person.
12-05-11, 04:01 PM
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I went to the dealership today to pick up a couple clips and checked out the 2012's to see the new lights. All the 2012's had then on...the definitely have a new glossy black paint instead of the flat black on the 2011's. Also, none of them showed any signs of having bubbling starting. To me, the eye lashes don't look AS bad in person.
12-05-11, 04:12 PM
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We'll see. I noticed my first 2011 had bubbles at about 100 miles...so it probably began earlier and my F-Sport had it when I took delivery at 60 miles...it doesn't take much. I'm trying to hold faith in these new lights.
12-05-11, 11:08 PM
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Why is that impossible??
If a better painting process or material was used to prevent this "High Heat" Bubbling Defect... The new rippled lense would have not needed to be designed or created...
At this point the parts out there that are showing this defect, will never be repaired.. The entire housings will be replaced with this newly updated housing & lense... (for those who see & complain about it)
So Lexus wouldn't be cracking open to repair any of these to begin with.!!
I have personally seen many of these 2011 & 2012 Headlight Housings... Some show the defect greatly... Some show the defect minimally... Some do NOT show any defect what so ever..
My personally opinion is that during the painting process there must be some type of "Quality Control" fail that is slipping by the housing manufacturer and Lexus.
I have even seen some of these painted areas with paint drip marks too.
It might even be that when the Manufacturer HEATS the headlight components to merge together, the painted area can not withstand the heat in that curved area..
^^ This is purely an opinion, since we already have another case of this issue with the newly desgined lense.. :
Regards,
~ Joe Z
If a better painting process or material was used to prevent this "High Heat" Bubbling Defect... The new rippled lense would have not needed to be designed or created...
At this point the parts out there that are showing this defect, will never be repaired.. The entire housings will be replaced with this newly updated housing & lense... (for those who see & complain about it
)So Lexus wouldn't be cracking open to repair any of these to begin with.!!
I have personally seen many of these 2011 & 2012 Headlight Housings... Some show the defect greatly... Some show the defect minimally... Some do NOT show any defect what so ever..
My personally opinion is that during the painting process there must be some type of "Quality Control" fail that is slipping by the housing manufacturer and Lexus.
I have even seen some of these painted areas with paint drip marks too.
It might even be that when the Manufacturer HEATS the headlight components to merge together, the painted area can not withstand the heat in that curved area..
^^ This is purely an opinion, since we already have another case of this issue with the newly desgined lense.. :
Regards,
~ Joe Z
I will, however, gladly take a new set.
