LED strip in the headlights.

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sewlow

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Once you get the lenses off of the lights, especially if you have aftermarket headlights, DO NOT attempt to clean or wipe the chrome reflective material. That 'chrome' is barely millimeters thick. One rub, & it's gone, leaving nothing but black plastic, severely reducing the H/L's effectiveness. And it'll just look ugly too!
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That was a rather expensive lesson! Doh!
 

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Once you get the lenses off of the lights, especially if you have aftermarket headlights, DO NOT attempt to clean or wipe the chrome reflective material. That 'chrome' is barely millimeters thick. One rub, & it's gone, leaving nothing but black plastic, severely reducing the H/L's effectiveness. And it'll just look ugly too!
Hmmm...how DO I know this?
That was a rather expensive lesson! Doh!

Good tip, thanks

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Once you get the lenses off of the lights, especially if you have aftermarket headlights, DO NOT attempt to clean or wipe the chrome reflective material. That 'chrome' is barely millimeters thick. One rub, & it's gone, leaving nothing but black plastic, severely reducing the H/L's effectiveness. And it'll just look ugly too!
Hmmm...how DO I know this?
That was a rather expensive lesson! Doh!

Good to know lol
 

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Yeah dont touch the chrome at all. even the black paint on mine was flaking around the lens housing. Not in spots where it was noticable though. Also, I have ebay headlights and theres a little plastic divider between the high and low side. I had to slightly trim the bottom to get the led strip to fit perfectly flush. I used angle cutters and a razor knife. It was easy.
 

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Look's good, I would like to see what 2 of those strips would look like in the parking light, instead of oe bulbs.
 

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Cool I plan on doing this but in a little different way. I'm going to run the lights around the perimeter of the lights like so:
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Cool I plan on doing this but in a little different way. I'm going to run the lights around the perimeter of the lights like so:
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Im gona do the same in red
 
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