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Old 09-03-2008, 10:23 AM
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Default CCFL Halos took dump......

I have the CCFL ebay projector headlights and my driverside halos stopped working. They are less than a year old, and of course the ebay guy I bought them from won't replace it. It's my own fault though because even when I first bought them, the driverside halos always took longer to turn-on and become as bright as the passenger side.

I searched on here and couldn't find anyone that tried to fix these....so anyone out their have to repair their CCFL halos yet???? Thx

Anyone know where I can get replacement CCFL Halo's?

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Just an LED replacement bulb im sure.
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It's the projector style with CCFL(cold cathode fluorescent) halos, no LEDs
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Yep no LEDs. Could you measure the size of the CCFL? I know of a good place to order CCFL halos from
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Yep no LEDs. Could you measure the size of the CCFL? I know of a good place to order CCFL halos from
OK, I'll attempt to take to headlight apart and measure the CCFL. The headlight is still in great condition and I remember reading somewhere that taking a headlight apart involes "heating in an oven" I'll search some threads on here about headlight disassembly, then I might give it a shot. Thanks for the responses
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do a little search for the whistler mod that will show you how to get it apart
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Use a heat gun man. Its alot easier, and less chance of melting the housing.. Dont ask how i know
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Originally Posted by Dabeztz28
Use a heat gun man. Its alot easier, and less chance of melting the housing.. Dont ask how i know
haha, alright gotcha thanks man. Yea since these are aftermarket Tiwanese, they prob melt quicker than the stockers, lol
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I'd use the oven. Way easier. I've taken headlights apart about 20-25 times
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Originally Posted by Brian2006
Yep no LEDs. Could you measure the size of the CCFL? I know of a good place to order CCFL halos from
could you PM me fhat place if you don't mind? thx bro
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Originally Posted by Dabeztz28
Use a heat gun man. Its alot easier, and less chance of melting the housing.. Dont ask how i know
That's how I did it on mine, with a heat gun because I only have a mini-oven (too small). It worked fine.
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i hate to say it but thats what you get with most **** from ebay.
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Originally Posted by DirtyBird222
i hate to say it but thats what you get with most **** from ebay.
Yea I know, it sucks cause the headlight itself works great and look awesome, but no halo on driverside. I'm having trouble finding a replacement CCFL's
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Hey, i had the same problem. my passenger side halo's just stopped working for no reason. took everything apart and there is a little box inside the lights, i can almost bet ya thats your problem. Thats what was bad on mine. I will have to find where i ordered the little box from. your halo's themselves are not bad, they say those things are good for like 40,000 hours or something stupid. you just need this little box. i will pm you later where i got them. i also got smart and ordered two, just in case the new one was brighter.
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Originally Posted by mrburnout81
Hey, i had the same problem. my passenger side halo's just stopped working for no reason. took everything apart and there is a little box inside the lights, i can almost bet ya thats your problem. Thats what was bad on mine. I will have to find where i ordered the little box from. your halo's themselves are not bad, they say those things are good for like 40,000 hours or something stupid. you just need this little box. i will pm you later where i got them. i also got smart and ordered two, just in case the new one was brighter.
Cool thx man, thats probably it! I'm guessing that box is the inverter?
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My passenger side stopped working randomly. Went back to stock headlights after that. Very disappointed with them.
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Originally Posted by shiv15
My passenger side stopped working randomly. Went back to stock headlights after that. Very disappointed with them.
I just purchashed new inverter boxes, they're actually a lot cheaper than I thought Thanks again mrburnout81
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Originally Posted by nseldy
I just purchashed new inverter boxes, they're actually a lot cheaper than I thought Thanks again mrburnout81
Can you send me the part number and where you got it from?
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Originally Posted by nseldy
I just purchashed new inverter boxes, they're actually a lot cheaper than I thought Thanks again mrburnout81
No problem I thought i was so screwed when my halo's stopped working I searched and searched to find out what was wrong and to find a replacement part. So if there is anyone else out there, that has the ccfl halo's and they stopped working, just pm me and i can help ya out.
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so was it an easy fix? Im completely on the fence about ordering these, and after reading this thread i just dont know. it seems to be hit or miss but as long as im not gonna spend 50 bucks every 6 months to change out an inverter ill prob get em


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