Need opinion on TYC projectors
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Need opinion on TYC projectors
I'm going to do an HID retrofit in a TYC projector housing. I have a silver coupe and am torn between the brush silver and the upcoming chrome. I leaning towards the chrome but they haven't been released yet. Does anyone have the brushed silver TYC on their rides? What do you all think?
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i just picked my set of brushed silver ones up from UPS, theyre going on the car tonight. ill also try to post pix tonight or tomorrow. i have a silver sedan BTW. watch the members rides section...thats where ill be posting, as well as my members ride page.
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Go with silver they look nice, just a word of caution.....Reseal them before you install them.
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Rep Power: 0 I bought myself the brushed silver ones from tornactive
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Its all up to what you want
do you want a silvery look?
or a chrome look?
or the black look?
depends what you like
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Its all up to what you want
do you want a silvery look?
or a chrome look?
or the black look?
depends what you like
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[hr]Originally posted by: tornactive
Come on..you know why.
You gave me the wrong card #..we just got this resolved about 20 minutes ago.
They are going out Thursday to Canada.
Thanks
Rob
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[hr]Originally posted by: tornactive
Come on..you know why.
You gave me the wrong card #..we just got this resolved about 20 minutes ago.
They are going out Thursday to Canada.
Thanks
Rob
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Im just sad there not here thats all
BTW it was my dad that gave you the wrong number
[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]Im too busy with school
I had to get him to order because yeah I messed up my headlights while clearing them
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well... you can get them... just seal them up before you swap them in. 
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[hr]Originally posted by: HTOWNBOY
dont get em. they fog up[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: HTOWNBOY
dont get em. they fog up[hr]
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Rep Power: 0 Or you can insert a long rubber tube to the hole that in the high beam reflector so that the housings won't condense. How can resealing the housing weather proof an already sealed design? Has resiliconing any of your housings made a difference to your headlights?
here's an article on headlight condensation
automotive lighting
Condensation phenonomen on the inside of the front glass
Condensation is deemed to happen if ambient temperature is lower than inside the headlamp and humidity inside of headlight is too high.
From a headlight design perspective, you cannot lower ambient temperature. Not much can be done with temp inside headlight either. However, humidity levels on the inside can be reduced. Most designs usually have 2 or 3 air vents to keep humidity below condensation threshold levels.
This might sound complicated, but the phenonomen is exactly the same as windows in a winter home and humdity levels inside. Too much showering, and bathroom window fogs up. Venting will reduce condensation.
You might wonder why headlamps are not designed to be 100% air tight, so that no humidity enters? Well, that would be in an ideal world with no heat losses in bulbs. As the headlights goes through continous warm-cold-warm-cold cycles as you turn light on and off, the air and plastic will expand and retract. This creates pressure changes, which will move a slight amount of air in and out. So instead of forcing the air to be inside, air is moved through controllable passages, so that minimum of road dirt will enter
here's an article on headlight condensation
automotive lighting
Condensation phenonomen on the inside of the front glass
Condensation is deemed to happen if ambient temperature is lower than inside the headlamp and humidity inside of headlight is too high.
From a headlight design perspective, you cannot lower ambient temperature. Not much can be done with temp inside headlight either. However, humidity levels on the inside can be reduced. Most designs usually have 2 or 3 air vents to keep humidity below condensation threshold levels.
This might sound complicated, but the phenonomen is exactly the same as windows in a winter home and humdity levels inside. Too much showering, and bathroom window fogs up. Venting will reduce condensation.
You might wonder why headlamps are not designed to be 100% air tight, so that no humidity enters? Well, that would be in an ideal world with no heat losses in bulbs. As the headlights goes through continous warm-cold-warm-cold cycles as you turn light on and off, the air and plastic will expand and retract. This creates pressure changes, which will move a slight amount of air in and out. So instead of forcing the air to be inside, air is moved through controllable passages, so that minimum of road dirt will enter
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Rep Power: 583 interesting article...
anyways, i put mine on last night...im not sure, but i think im the first silver sedan with silver TYC projectors on the site. woo hooo!!! [IMG]i/expressions/demon.gif[/IMG]
what do you think??
sorry..pictures are a bit blurry...ill try to take more today after work. thanks to Hawk for these tho.
anyways, i put mine on last night...im not sure, but i think im the first silver sedan with silver TYC projectors on the site. woo hooo!!! [IMG]i/expressions/demon.gif[/IMG]
what do you think??
sorry..pictures are a bit blurry...ill try to take more today after work. thanks to Hawk for these tho.
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Rep Power: 0 those silver projectors look great on a silver civic.
i would get them for my silver coupe if only they were more carefully made so you wouldn't have to worry about them fogging up.
definitely they look better than the angel eye projectors, which look good on paper but in real life they don't look so good (someone here has em on his ride).
i would get them for my silver coupe if only they were more carefully made so you wouldn't have to worry about them fogging up.
definitely they look better than the angel eye projectors, which look good on paper but in real life they don't look so good (someone here has em on his ride).
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Rep Power: 0 My BIG question is how do they compare to stock as far as beam pattern and light intensity?
I hear talk that none of them are as bright or that the light is as good... I love the look - got a silver sedan too and was thinking of changing to the brushed ones... but, not if the performance suffers.
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