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Old 11-03-2003   #1 (permalink)
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Why arent my halo's working?!?!

I got them this weekend and installed them Friday. They are from RSversion.com and they were hot. The bulbs I bought were sick looking and the halos are a LED white. good color. Well I had them directly wired to the parking lamp bulb and they worked fine for two days. I am almost home last night from VA and stop for gas, I go to the front the check them out and here is what I see.

One halo has only one LED lit up very fainltly, the second one is completely out. The other halo has one lit up brightly and the other is flickering faintly.

Was my wiring job not good? I used crimpes and electrical tape and got a nice tight connection.

WTF is wrong with them, Im about to call the company and flip cause my gf just paid $200 for these things! And their 3 days old!
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they are known to break really easily... Make your own halo's there is a DIY on it. Then you can chose what color u want it to be, and will be A LOT brighter
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i went through 5 sets and never got two of them to work right
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halos have a crappy rep. just dont have them hooked up and it will still look cool if people look.... I had halo headlights before, and dident even bother hooking them up becasue I knew they would break. Ive also got halo tials, btu Im not hooking those up either
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**** that their 3 days old, they should work, if not Im gonna raise hell at the company.
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you cant really raise hell with RSVERSION..

if you were to search up the site and see that many people have problems with these particular projectors, then you would have never had this problem.

yes i understand they were a nice gift from the g/f, but this has nothing to do with why the halo rings arent working..

many ppl on this site would have told you to DIY paint OEM or get some TYC Projectors.. yes a little bit more pricey, but well worth the money..

so you call up RSVERSION and they will help you at no extent.
good luck with your problem though..
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halos have a crappy rep. just dont have them hooked up and it will still look cool if people look.... I had halo headlights before, and dident even bother hooking them up becasue I knew they would break. Ive also got halo tials, btu Im not hooking those up either

yup. LED are supposed to be strong and durable, but the ones that were used with these halo projectors aren't really good. I didn't hook mine up either, but I bet the bulbs are burnt out anyways (I bought them used from a member here)

I only chose the halo projectors because they look neat and orderly. I don't really care for the halo itself. It sort of adds a nice border
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yup. LED are supposed to be strong and durable, but the ones that were used with these halo projectors aren't really good. I didn't hook mine up either, but I bet the bulbs are burnt out anyways (I bought them used from a member here)

I only chose the halo projectors because they look neat and orderly. I don't really care for the halo itself. It sort of adds a nice border
True, true. I feel the same way with mine, but I still wish they worked.
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Im gonna follows that DIY with the plastic window shade poles. Ill make some for my high beams as well and they will be twice as bright as these were.
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pm me if u need any help i did the diy.
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I found a DIY on this site that some kid did to his CRX, looked pretty easy and sweet when he was done. He used that clear plastic pole that is for blinds. heated it up to bend it.

What was your deal, let me know how you did yours I would be very interested to know.
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hey wheres the diy forum???
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http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...threadid=65054

look at page 4&5 =] other ideas... Maybe easier?
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its more than likely not the led thats bad, it probably the resistors in there that went bad on the one that lights up barely changed resistance, and the one thats blown the resistor broke im willing to bet... thats what went wrong with mine i changed the resistor and they work fine ... they use cheap POS resistors in there and just cause someones had issues doesnt mean a company shouldnt take care of someone espically within the first 30 days
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research parts before you buy them. if you had, youd of known that 1. rsversion.com sucks ass and 2. halos are cheap and crappy. id go with tyc.
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yup halos suck ass...only reason why i got them is cuz a friend bought them for me for a christmas present last year...
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ya man i have angel eyes too. they are crap. hate them. they are notorious for going out or what not! if u want the best just buy the real thing. AKA a BMW M5!!! thats the shit right there. late
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u been bad they took them back
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I think the LEDs themselves are fine its just a matter of resistor replacement.

They obviously use cheap ones that cannot handle it. I am gonna pull them apart sometime and take a look to see, If I can just put some Radio Shack 200 resistors in there, they should work just fine.

I dont feel like taking them off tonight though, I just got my nose mask put on and dont feel like playin around takin it off.
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