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Old Jan 23, 2006 | 12:19 AM
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These are my headlights in the attached photo. My problem is with the Halos and only the Halos. A few months after having a friend install them on my car, one of the Halos started to flicker, just the left side of the Halo while the right side stayed lit. After some time goes by a few other halos started flickering at random speeds or just go out. I've been told by several people its probably bad wiring which may be the case, but are there any other known problem with halos i am not aware of? It is extremally annoying to look at. The wires are twisted together with black electrical tape.

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Old Jan 23, 2006 | 01:08 AM
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sounds like they aren't grounded properly to me.
 
Old Jan 23, 2006 | 01:16 AM
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mine did that and so did my friends i believe that they are just faulty
 
Old Jan 23, 2006 | 03:26 AM
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ORIGINAL: sbowers

mine did that and so did my friends i believe that they are just faulty
so what did you and your friend do? just get new headlights?
 
Old Jan 23, 2006 | 02:16 PM
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gound wire mabey...i have the same headlights as you and when i was installing them that happend to me, it tuned out where i had my ground wasent attached tightly
 
Old Jan 27, 2006 | 01:22 AM
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Well it wasn't the ground wire, I guess the next step is http://www.clubcivic.com/board/showthread.php?t=58742
 
Old Jan 27, 2006 | 08:50 AM
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Good find, and good read.
 
Old Jan 27, 2006 | 10:32 AM
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REALLY good find man!!![sm=hail.gif][sm=hail.gif][sm=hail.gif]...you no how many days i have been on the net searching for somthing like that, now i dont have to worry about my halos crappying out and not being able to fix that
 
Old Mar 27, 2006 | 01:45 AM
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After having taken my headlights apart I see there were no resistors behind the LED's, maybe thats why they didnt last very long.
 
Old Mar 27, 2006 | 08:38 AM
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Mine flickered for a while too and finally went out. that happend like a month ago and i havent looked at it yet
 



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