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      01-18-2018, 08:47 PM   #1
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F30 RetroFit LED into Halogen Housings

Tired of these yellow lights and need them gone, what do i need exactly for a led retrofit, please make i.t easy with links bc i'm a noob, just want white lights until i can find a pair of angel eyes for sale lol, thanks and please try to get ones i don't have to code and don't throw errors.
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      01-18-2018, 09:27 PM   #2
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Ballasts eliminate errors, but coding out warm/cold checks is still a necessity you can't get around, no matter what the advertising may claim.
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Ballasts eliminate errors, but coding out warm/cold checks is still a necessity you can't get around, no matter what the advertising may claim.
what happens if i don't code these out
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Ballasts eliminate errors, but coding out warm/cold checks is still a necessity you can't get around, no matter what the advertising may claim.
what happens if i don't code these out
You get a bulb malfunction error constantly displayed.
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You get a bulb malfunction error constantly displayed.
You won't if there are drive ballasts. That's what 'plug and play' means. But you still need to code, because:
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what happens if i don't code these out
I guess you didn't read the linked post where I said: The cold and warm checks will cause the LEDs to periodically blink.
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do the leds have a better light output than the halogens?
That's also in the linked post. For chrissake, I posted the link so you could get the answers you're looking for, read it already.

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you will have worse patern..
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you will have worse patern..
If you don't tell people which bulbs gave you that result it's not helpful.
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you will have worse patern..
Might try twisting those to different spots to get a better pattern. HID are 360 light so they tend to work better with the OEM reflectors since they are designed around 360 H7 halogen bulbs...
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