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Old 09-11-2012, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by jn_h
Ok so here is my passenger side test mounted on the truck on my garage door from 25ft away.

It looks pretty good, I feel as if it slants slightly down from left to right... It should be perfectly level correct? Also there is a X taped on the door, that is the height of the mounted projector on the truck. As far as I can tell I've got the height of my beam in the right spot. Anyone care to confirm or deny?

My drivers side was WAY off I still need to do quite a bit of fine tuning to get it close.
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Originally Posted by tuxedoblack11

Borrow or rent a laser level and you'll get them DEAD on!
Awesome idea! So looking at that picture the left line should be level, then after the step up it's slightly slanted? At least that's what I've seen in other pictures.
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Originally Posted by jn_h

Awesome idea! So looking at that picture the left line should be level, then after the step up it's slightly slanted? At least that's what I've seen in other pictures.
Thanks man, works every time for me! Your cutoff on both sides should be almost perfectly parallel with each other. I ran into this incident with an FXR once, the cutoff was bowl shaped. It might be improper bulb seatment or maybe a bad projector. Power the high beam solenoid a few times to see if it gets better. either that or your clocking is a degree off or two, once you get the laser level you'll be able to tell.
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Ok I'll give it a shot. Thanks! I'll keep y'all posted.
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Ok I'll give it a shot. Thanks! I'll keep y'all posted.
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So through this i've learned that I cant wire/rewire to save my life. lol I want to run my LED Halos as my DRL, how should I go about wiring this up? Also Can anyone post pics of their wire loom set up as far as where you mounted it and how you have the wiring ran. Is there some sort of diagram i've been overlooking that will help me with these questions?

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anyone??
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anyone??
Well I would get a test light and locate your fuse panel under your hood, then have a friend or gf turn the key on and off while you are probing for the switched power source. Once you find one, use an add-a-fuse tap kit to connect to that switched fuse.
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Sorry yall I've been busy with work so my progress has been slow. But after seeing Bilinvic's build for Lilcrazyone last week I ordered a set of Apollo v2.0 shrouds. So now I'm waiting on them to come in.

I'm torn between two paint schemes and its killing me. Option 1: Blacked out to match the truck and it's been my plan all along. I'm just afraid that painting everything black is going to lose/hide a lot of the detail in the lights themselves. Option 2: Leave the headlights black, paint the reflector bowl Dark Shadow Grey and paint the shroud black. I feel like the grey will break everything up nicely and allow the detail to show. The problem with this is that I have no other DSG on my truck. My scheme since I bought it has been blacked out with camo accents here and there to break it up. Ive painted one each way so far and still cant decide (minus the shrouds of course) i'll try to post pics later. Feel free to toss your opinion in.
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I know they aren't the best pics but here are a few mock ups. Ignore the lack of shrouds still waiting on UPS for them.


DSG reflector
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PTM black
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DSG "installed"
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PTM black "installed"
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