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      03-17-2015, 10:48 AM   #89
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I've had eBay bulbs fall apart on me, so I just avoid them now. I'll pick up the ones from Horizon since I gotta order front turns too, and then that'll be it. I'll be full LED and won't need to do it again unless one goes out.
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I've had eBay bulbs fall apart on me, so I just avoid them now. I'll pick up the ones from Horizon since I gotta order front turns too, and then that'll be it. I'll be full LED and won't need to do it again unless one goes out.
I hear ya! Though Zain has already told me Horizon sources their LEDs from Asia as well. The trick is to of course find a good ebay seller but for the big price difference I am willing to take the chance.
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But wouldn't you rather stick with Horizon for peace of mind? The warranty is really cool too, more peace of mind. I tend to stay away from eBay products, due to the fear of bad manufacturing, all it took for my friend's X5 to light up was a wire to be faulty, so could be the same with a bulb.
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As long as you brought up Horizon, I heard from Zain yesterday. 50W brake bulbs will be available the beginning of next week. He's expecting them this Friday.

Another $21 in shipping.
Only if I knew, ordered more H21's for rear fogs. Well, gonna buy them when they come out, and transfer the 25W H21's to our F01 or F10. I'll figure it out but only if I knew around a week ago haha
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Finally arrived and installed, the difference is amazing.
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Well done my friend! I think we are finally done with this LED project!!

Now I am just worried that the dealer will eventually upgrade my car so I wont be able to code things like the flicker!
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Well done my friend! I think we are finally done with this LED project!!

Now I am just worried that the dealer will eventually upgrade my car so I wont be able to code things like the flicker!
Hahaha, I am thankful to be in a place where the dealership does not know how to do anything to a car besides the usual checkup (oil, air filter...). What's next though?
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Just realized we aren't actually done haha, The 50W brake light bulbs are arriving soon. Once you start upgrading a car, you'll never stop.
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Hahaha, I am thankful to be in a place where the dealership does not know how to do anything to a car besides the usual checkup (oil, air filter...). What's next though?
You are indeed lucky in this regard! My car needs to be brought in for service in a few months so I hope they dont upgrade the software.

Whats next for me are the M4 side sills. I finally got them painted. This weekend I will prep and hopefully install.


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Just realized we aren't actually done haha, The 50W brake light bulbs are arriving soon. Once you start upgrading a car, you'll never stop.
I forgot about the 50W brake lights!!! I am still using my 25W. I forgot, did you get the 50W from Horizon or Ebay?

And you are right about upgrading. Once I am done its time to get another car!!!!
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You are indeed lucky in this regard! My car needs to be brought in for service in a few months so I hope they dont upgrade the software.

Whats next for me are the M4 side sills. I finally got them painted. This weekend I will prep and hopefully install.




I forgot about the 50W brake lights!!! I am still using my 25W. I forgot, did you get the 50W from Horizon or Ebay?

And you are right about upgrading. Once I am done its time to get another car!!!!
I got the 25W's. All from Horizon but they're the same strength on the brake lights and weaker on rear fogs, so I didn't install them on the rear fogs, once the 50's come out, I'm ordering them. According to Zain:
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Thank you for the email. Okay I see what you mean, we actually did get them in yes, but now we have sent them back because they were not as good of quality. They had flickering issues after 5 days of bench testing them.

We wil get the revised model in about 2 weeks time so I will let you know when they come in to us."

Patiently waiting...
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He told me the same thing. I'm impatiently waiting, because I need those before I tint my tails.
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He told me the same thing. I'm impatiently waiting, because I need those before I tint my tails.
I want to slightly smoke mine too, so making the light weaker is out of the question; why i'm holding back on it.
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