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DIGItonium · 06-08-2011, 01:19 PM

I would like to revive this thread in regards to the section of the housing in front of the turn signals in which the paint melted and cracked.

I had a new set of headlights modded with projector lens for the turn signals, and the same section showed signs of damage after a week of driving. I had to ship one of the headlights back for repair, and the modder discovered that the projector lens in the turn signals was casting an image directly onto the damaged site no matter where the light source was at. So this pretty much concludes that the combination of the matte black surface and the sun shining through the projector lens melted the housing.

So for those of you who would like to convert the turn signals to a projector style, mask of the section of the housing in front of the turn signals and leave it chrome. That will reflect nearly all of the projected sunlight from the lens and keep it from melting.

It was a bit late in the design for my headlights, so I will keep this in mind if I ever work on Version 3.0 of my headlights.

I stand corrected that CinCity was NOT at fault for this issue.

06-08-2011, 01:19 PM	#16 (permalink)
DIGItonium A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 3,800 Drives: 09 Z34-TT 6MT Rep Power: 42	Turn Signal Projector Lens + Sunlight = Melted Housing I would like to revive this thread in regards to the section of the housing in front of the turn signals in which the paint melted and cracked. I had a new set of headlights modded with projector lens for the turn signals, and the same section showed signs of damage after a week of driving. I had to ship one of the headlights back for repair, and the modder discovered that the projector lens in the turn signals was casting an image directly onto the damaged site no matter where the light source was at. So this pretty much concludes that the combination of the matte black surface and the sun shining through the projector lens melted the housing. So for those of you who would like to convert the turn signals to a projector style, mask of the section of the housing in front of the turn signals and leave it chrome. That will reflect nearly all of the projected sunlight from the lens and keep it from melting. It was a bit late in the design for my headlights, so I will keep this in mind if I ever work on Version 3.0 of my headlights. I stand corrected that CinCity was NOT at fault for this issue.