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armysoldier1073
08-01-2009, 09:14 AM
Since installing the ecodes, occasionally at idle or upon starting to move my left bulb looks like the filament is vibrating. They work but it is annoying. I have checked to make sure the housings are secure and they are. Anyone know how to fix this or what is causing it?
My adaptive's do that almost at every start.
JamezHill
08-01-2009, 12:55 PM
Same thing here!
brownishwater
08-01-2009, 06:15 PM
Same here. I remember someone had fixed it a while back, but I cant seem to find the thread right now.
armysoldier1073
08-04-2009, 08:02 AM
Well i contacted Jens. This is what he told me to do.
The problem you told me is unfortunately not too uncommon with B7 bixenon housings. It is surely very annoying - no question.
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> I have investigated this myself once ago when I wrecked an old light to figure it out. In easy words you can say each light has an outer housing and an inner frame with projector. The leveller moves the inner frame up and down ( not in your case as they aree retrofitted). Picture of the frame attached. To allow a movement the inner frame is connected with ball joints to the outer main frame. So far so good. Unfortunately they used a lot of plastics for this and earlier or later we have wear and movement. In worst case the whole thing may vibrate under certain rpms. This is not a damage - there is nothing broken. As from my experiences the problem is fixable in 3 ways:
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> - We replace the whole housing and hope another one is better
> - You open the housing and attach some heavy grease to all joints
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> The best and most practicable solution:
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> - You open the main rear cover on the back and take some hard foam (possibly the white stuff I used to protect the upper tabs during shipment) and place it between projector and headlight bottom directly under the bulb. This takes 3 minutes and will eliminate all vibrations forever. Since we do not use any levelling mechanisms in your car the projector will not move up/down so this would not create any problems. I can take a picture for demonstration if you like.
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> I know it possibly might sound unprofessional but it's very effective though. I can only apologize for this matter. As I do not manufacture any lights I have no way to influence the design of the headlights. All I can do is to show you the tricks.
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> If you need anymore support and/or pictures don't hesitate to email me anytime again. I really hope this helps.
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> -Jens
If anyone needs the pic, PM me and will email it to you.