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Old Nov 7, 2012 | 01:38 PM
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So I noticed that a couple of my LEDS went out in my headlights. I was just wondering if there is a way to replace these or am I just S.O.L.
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Old Nov 7, 2012 | 01:40 PM
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Sorry forgot to post the picture

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Old Nov 7, 2012 | 01:45 PM
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what does the back side of the light look like?
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Old Nov 7, 2012 | 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 01f1502wd
what does the back side of the light look like?
It has 4 screws but I already took them out and tried to pull it apart. And it wouldn't even budge
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You're going to have to bake them apart. You can replace all of the diodes reletively easily with a soldering iron and a little time, but you're not looking at something easy like a headlight bulb.

Oh, and I'd recommend doing ALL of them with high quality diodes from superbrightled.com or somewhere like that. The ones in there are probably $.25 specials from Chiner.
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Old Nov 7, 2012 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Lenn
You're going to have to bake them apart. You can replace all of the diodes reletively easily with a soldering iron and a little time, but you're not looking at something easy like a headlight bulb.
Yeah that's what I figured and I think its a little too much work for a couple of LEDS. Might just buy some new heads
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