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These turned up earlier, I bought from the link at the start of this thread... are they correct? Where do I put the ballast, how can I take them apart?

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Halfway through the job an had an issue with the metal heat sink hitting the plastic. Did you guys cut away parts of the heat sink to fit ?
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also here’s some comparison shots to the standard bulbs
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I think that someone said in another thread that you can reverse the heatsink, so that the larger portion is nearer the headlght which means it can clear it
 
giryan said:
I think that someone said in another thread that you can reverse the heatsink, so that the larger portion is nearer the headlght which means it can clear it
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Exactly that, it even tells you to do this in the paperwork that comes with the bulbs. Not that anyone reads instructions :ROFLMAO:.

Everything fits within the headlight bucket with no mods. I may have posted a pic in my build thread back in 2016 of it all installed but cannot remember for sure..
 
Ceylon said:
Exactly that, it even tells you to do this in the paperwork that comes with the bulbs. Not that anyone reads instructions :ROFLMAO:.

Everything fits within the headlight bucket with no mods. I may have posted a pic in my build thread back in 2016 of it all installed but cannot remember for sure..
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haha my bad :oops: I'll go make a cuppa and finish the other side,

cheers!
 
To anyone with the Cabus LED sidelights.
Dont bother removing the resistor across the terminals as it makes F-all differance to the current draw.
The ones i had drew 0.25 amps with the resistor and with it removed they drew 0.2 amps.

There was a significant change in the resistance across the terminals but that didnt seem to translate to any differance in current draw.

I will say i dont really know why that is the case as i dont have a back ground in electronics but at the risk of burning fingers or buggering up LEDs i would say not to bother!
 
I took mine off.... Literally showed it the Iron and it fell off.... nice if you dont need to bother though.
 
Not gone so easy for me... First, someone had screwed my height cover on with Tek screws!! Second, almost all the screws holding the other headlight cover have rusted and can't take the lead of my screw driver. I've doused them with WD40 and will try again next time I have 30 minutes spare xD.
But does anyone know where I can get a new set of screws for when I put headlights back together? I'd rather not use these crusty old things
 
Ridiculous Red Trousers said:
Not gone so easy for me... First, someone had screwed my height cover on with Tek screws!! Second, almost all the screws holding the other headlight cover have rusted and can't take the lead of my screw driver. I've doused them with WD40 and will try again next time I have 30 minutes spare xD.
But does anyone know where I can get a new set of screws for when I put headlights back together? I'd rather not use these crusty old things
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Headlight covers are held in with M5 bolts, the rest of the hardware are M6. Just go nuts on Ebay for sourcing them.
 
initialDean said:
I think they are just like Self Tapper type screws, not machine screws... ill check as mine are still off the car.
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My car had self tapper screws in one of the holes but the others had M5. I replaced mine with M5 since there's a threaded portion that fits M5 perfectly. Replaced all 8 bolts between the 2 headlights and they all fit perfectly so I don't think it was a coincidence haha
 

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