PM sent with tracking info

 

no you should have received a tracking number from fedex, which would have been sent to the email address you paid from. I dropped yours off last tuesday so its probably getting close. I'll have scrub PM you the tracking number.

 

someone can't read

 

You've been an awesome customer to deal with! No doubt about that.

You guys should have emails from USPS tracking #'s They said sometimes it could take a day or so to register, so if you don't have one yet just give it a bit. Sorry again for the shipping wait.

 

I recieved my set today and they look great now all I need to do is get them installed. I currently have them set up on the core support for testing and my dumbass looked directly at one(accidenly) now I'm blind. do you have any plans for a seeing eye dog?

 

I never thought to put that disclaimer in the instructions.... maybe I should consider it

Just a reminder in case you can't find them...

INSTRUCTIONS!

 

An addendum to the instructions:

A few customers from the last round said the ground lengths on a few of the harnesses were not long enough. To ensure no possible issues this time around, extra length was added, and a protective abrasion-defeating nylon mesh cover. The added ground length now allows the the thin ballasts to be mounted within or underneath the headlight bucket for a cleaner install .

I recommend using the following to mount the ballasts (available at most hardware stores)

(for better adherence, clean mounting surfaces with rubbing alcohol)

printer friendly instructions
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds32mrv_47fb7wngfw

 

Hell of a great packaging job! These things look great. Two finals to go and hopefully I can install them. I hope you guy's can continue to produce these things, seriously what great option to keep things the way they are and have top notch visibility. Thanks again for getting me in last minute.

 

Thanks for the new toys, thanks for ALL of your assistance

 

No problemo, if you guys have any questions that haven't been answered in the instructions feel free to PM me or Heath. BTW, get some pics of your car with it's new stance

-Dan

 

I just got mine. I can't put them on until my engine bay is done with the wire tuck and new paint. They look nice though.

 

Yeah when you guys get these things installed, lets see some pics! As always, questions, comments, issues.... we're here to help.

 

Looks like you will be very busy, the FC interest list is filled up and the FB list is almost there

 

unfortunately yes, very very busy.
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I just couldn't wait and had to install them last night. It's so easy I can do it, lol. These not only look great but they are damn amazing for the reason I bought them, HUGE improvement in visibility!

 

Damn your garage looks like it's a decent size. Did you take the pic with the lights on a few seconds after turning them on?

 

The garage is open span 32x42, cause supports beams are just annoying, with a 12' ceiling so when the lift goes in you can really put a car in the air. Those were just some pics right after getting them in that I took with my cell phone at 3 in the morning when I finished, lol. I have a anatomy and physiology exam today and drill this weekend but will get some bette pics up as soon as I get a chance. The cut off is so crisp that when driving you can see all the movement of the light bouncing around. Do you think new springs in the fourth corner would help this?

 

I guess I am not the only one noticing the bounce after all! I mentioned to Heath, checking the adjustment of the rubber stop is important - if it is too loose when the lights are in the up position, the bucket will definitely bounce more. That stop takes out most of the slop in the linkages once they are up. If you do adjust the stop, check your aim afterwards because it may be affected.

But I think that a popup assembly (as opposed to fixed), combined with age (looser linkages), and probably suspension modifications on most FDs, means there will be some bounce. The sharp cutoff really highlights any bounce you are getting. I am going to try putting some closed cell foam rubber blocks behind each screw to see if there is any improvement.

 

Exactly, you don't see the bounce on standard lights as much because there is no cutoff. Sometimes if the highway isn't the greatest I wonder if one of the springs on the headlight assembly came loose, but then the road flattens and all is good. I don't know if new springs would help, but did you use the spring receiver from your original lights?

 

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this and it really isn't important, just thought I'd throw it out there. Although the h4 conversion housings (reflectors) are crap with HID's that's because they were designed for a halogen bulb. Some cars did come factory equipped with Reflector HID's. However they were specifically designed to work with HID bulbs. Hence the reason for D2s (projector) bulbs and D2r (reflector) bulbs. The D2r's have a shield of some sort on the outside of the bulb itself to help prevent glare. If interested, check out this link for more info: http://www.autolamps-online.com/gasd...techcentre.htm Again, I'm just throwing this out there in case it was not known. And beautiful job on the lights man!

 

Thanks
Yes I do realize that there were D2R bulbs for reflector housings, but as far as I know the automotive industry has moved past that bandaid and adapted projectors as the new standard. Correct me if I'm wrong though. I remember some of the old Lexus cars had reflector type HID setups as well as some other vehicles.

-Dan

 

True. We should have qualified our statement with.... all GOOD oem lighting setups come with projector HID's

Check out the prius, that's a great example of a ****-poor oem reflector HID system
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I just finished up helping one of the local guys (Dave) install a set of FD lights, and he was kind enough to let me play with the FC prototype on his turbo FC as well . So, I've been using a dremel with a cutoff wheel this whole time to modify the buckets as there is little to no debris/dust to clean up after... but we got frustrated with the slow pace and breaking wheel after wheel so we decided to try the drill-type cutting spindle. While it did throw more debris around and make a bigger mess, it went 1000x faster.. so throw some towels down around the cutting area and rock one of these guys on your dremel for a faster and easier time modifying the buckets

I'll post up a few pics of our day on friday. It's nice to get to meet all the local guys... I forget how many FD's we have in CA, let alone the huge numbers in the bay area alone!!!




So for all intents and purposes the last GB is finished, but lets see some more pics of the installed lights on your rides . Here is the current (GB#2) list. :

1. the_glass_man
2. bb6 -2- fd3s
3. Samjai
4. 93SilverBullet (this time its definite)
5. 7racer
6. faster11
7. fendamonky
8. Porschepilot79
9. HalfSpec
10. RENESISFD
11. Ruler_Mark
12. 13BMANIAC
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We're gonna run this second GB list for another two weeks and then close/finalize the GB as everyone signed up here has been waiting for awhile. This will be the last GB we will be running on these lights for some time and I can't say for sure when we'll be making another batch, as we have many other parts we would like to move on to.

Get 'em before you can't

GB#2:
1. the_glass_man
2. bb6 -2- fd3s
3. Samjai
4. 93SilverBullet (this time its definite)
5. 7racer
6. faster11
7. fendamonky
8. Porschepilot79
9. HalfSpec
10. RENESISFD
11. Ruler_Mark
12. 13BMANIAC
13.
14.
15.
16.
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18.
19.
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21.
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24.

 

GB#2:
1. the_glass_man
2. bb6 -2- fd3s
3. Samjai
4. 93SilverBullet (this time its definite)
5. 7racer
6. faster11
7. fendamonky
8. Porschepilot79
9. HalfSpec
10. RENESISFD
11. Ruler_Mark
12. 13BMANIAC
13. BoostedPenGuin
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15.
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17.
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19.
20.
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