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Old 03-14-2020, 02:25 PM
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I wouldn't recommend drilling holes in the upper stop supports. I believe it would only degrade the strength of them. I've cut and trimmed four stops from a 1" nylon rod I ordered from Amazon. Now I need to use a Dremel tool to carve out the slot. I'll post photos after I'm finished.
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Originally Posted by eagleman
...I've cut and trimmed four stops from a 1" nylon rod I ordered from Amazon. Now I need to use a Dremel tool to carve out the slot. I'll post photos after I'm finished.
Could you please post the link to it?
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I had a question maybe you guys could help with.

Just installed the driver's side 4eye kit. I put the new nylon vibration stops on the back and cranked the manual **** to put a good amount of pressure on them.. it says until "Very Firm" so I went pretty damn hard on them... after that, I put headlight in and put the new lowstop in, I completely bottomed the bolt out though, that was about where the headlight stopped with the new vibration stops installed. I got everything back together and now when I open the headlights it doesn't fully open to the new lowstop, it stops from the vibration stops being so tight. I can then manually open the lights a little bit more to actually hit the new lowstop, but then there is so much tension that the light will not go down by itself, I have to actually take some tension off using the manual ****. This is making me think the headlights aren't opening far enough...Has anyone had this issue at all? Maybe I went too hardcore on the manual raising against the vibration stops? Any help would be appreciated.
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Update to post #300...

I finally got a dry night last Tuesday and got the car out to test the vibration and to adjust the headlights.
The vibration is way less, I’d say 90% less. I’m way happier. This will do until I come up with a more permanent option. Still waiting on George to make some stops, since the 4eyeC5 guy doesn’t appear to want to sell his.
I also got the luminator low rise HID’s adjusted lower and now I don’t think they are blinding oncoming traffic. At least no one highlighted me on the last couple of test runs after adjusting.
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Lewis, how are the stacked tape pieces kept in place?
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Lewis, how are the stacked tape pieces kept in place?
Its 2 sided tape, so it holds together pretty well and sticks to the OEM bumpstop. Just make sure to leave the peel on the top side where it makes contact.
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Old 04-12-2020, 11:56 AM
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^^^^ Problem is, that excludes those of us that don’t do Facebook.
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Originally Posted by lewislgZ06
^^^^ Problem is, that excludes those of us that don’t do Facebook.
Then I guess you're SOL.

Jesus, just sign up, order the stops and delete the account.
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Originally Posted by lewislgZ06
^^^^ Problem is, that excludes those of us that don’t do Facebook.
do what I do, setup a junk email account and a nam de plume. I use it only for vendors that work the facebook.
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Originally Posted by eagleman
I wouldn't recommend drilling holes in the upper stop supports. I believe it would only degrade the strength of them. I've cut and trimmed four stops from a 1" nylon rod I ordered from Amazon. Now I need to use a Dremel tool to carve out the slot. I'll post photos after I'm finished.
pics??
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Originally Posted by Black_Z28
Then I guess you're SOL.

Jesus, just sign up, order the stops and delete the account.
Originally Posted by Blue Blood
do what I do, setup a junk email account and a nam de plume. I use it only for vendors that work the facebook.
Thanks guys, but I just don’t live that way. If I can’t get them honestly, I can live without them.

I was able to get a response one time from an email another member gave me, but the vendor never would reply back to me after several attempts afterwards when I tried to make the purchase. Seemed shady, but if my hard earned money ain’t the same as people on Facebook, so be it.
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Originally Posted by lewislgZ06
Thanks guys, but I just don’t live that way. If I can’t get them honestly, I can live without them.

I was able to get a response one time from an email another member gave me, but the vendor never would reply back to me after several attempts afterwards when I tried to make the purchase. Seemed shady, but if my hard earned money ain’t the same as people on Facebook, so be it.
What exactly is dishonest about creating a Facebook account to delete it a few days later?

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Originally Posted by Black_Z28
What exactly is dishonest about creating a Facebook account to delete it a few days later?

The point is that I don’t want to have anything to do with Facebook. I’m not giving them any of my info, nor am I willing to create a fake account. End of discussion.
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Has anyone tried a HID kit instead of the LED bulbs he has recommended on his facebook post?
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Wow, a lot of commotion over some dumb headlight stops...

First World problems

Someday I'll buy some Hella lights to finally use the bracket kit that has been sitting in my basement for a month.
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Originally Posted by billy mild
Has anyone tried a HID kit instead of the LED bulbs he has recommended on his facebook post?
A while back before I bought my kit, I did some digging around in the Facebook group for such information... there was a single post where someone mentioned the focal point of a rebased HID bulb is wrong for the Hella projectors. I currently have ACA headlights with Mini H1 projectors and HID bulbs/ballasts, so it would be convenient to reuse the ballasts. Let's just say, my eventual choice was to buy the recommended Hikari LED bulbs.

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Just placed my order for the 4eyec5 setup and ordered the projectors and LED bulbs from Amazon.

Looking forward to putting these things in!!!!
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Just got notification for my shipping of the brackets. SO EXCITING.
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Old 05-12-2020, 10:52 AM
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Default Stuck headlight adjuster when installing 4eyeC5 kit?

For any of you who need a LEFT side horizontal adjuster, I have an extra one. I couldn't get mine freed up, so I bought a new one and installed it. When I got the old one out, I was able to work it free after a few days. By then I had my install finished. I'll put this in the 'For Sale section" in a few days, but I'll give first dibs to the folks doing this install.
Ten bucks plus shipping.


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