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My Retrofit Attempt

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Old 11-27-10, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Jokster
Yea take'em out

I highly recommend getting some amber LED's to fit in there Thats what I did, and the look fantastic

(click pic for video )

does ur blinkers hyper-flash from using the led?
Old 11-27-10, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by sleeper408
Which amber LED did you use? I'm using a chrome/amber bulb I had laying around and it sucks during the daytime.
I used the bulbs that have 48 leds in them, but I guess they dont sell them anymore, here is what they have now:

http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/P...10365-1-2.html



If you get them, make sure these will work for your front signals. The 1998-2003 GS uses these for the front turn signals the 04+ uses the above bulbs:

http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/T...48463-1-2.html



unfortunately they dont sell the larger ones with 48 leds anymore. I just sold a pair (cause I bought the wrong ones ) but I'm sure these will light up just fine

Originally Posted by 5t341th
does ur blinkers hyper-flash from using the led?
Absolutely do Just got the LED flasher relay to take care of that I even put them in the rears:


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Old 11-28-10, 12:11 PM
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Ok almost done.... Just waiting for night time.... This was a lot easier than I thought it would be.
Old 11-28-10, 01:18 PM
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double check on that bulb reference for the turn signal.
Old 11-28-10, 04:25 PM
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Ok Pics coming
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Old 11-28-10, 04:35 PM
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heres me taking them apart
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I had gotten glue on the bezel... if you are going to keep it chrome then you must take extra care not to let the glue hit. me im going with black painted headlights so i just sanded down that part i got glue on
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Projector Mounted in Headlight
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Heres a good shot while it was still daylight of one headlight
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ooo forgot to show the headlight before it was fully put back together... this is in the oven so the glue could melt again and be reused. I didnt have to use any new glue it had quite a bit in there to begin with
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And heres what they look like at night

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Its a big improvement from this.....
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overall id say that this wasnt as hard as i used to think it would be. The head lights are extremely easy to open up. the hardest part to be honest was taking the headlights out of the car.
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Looks great i might just have u make me a pair


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