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Old Feb 28, 2016 | 07:56 PM
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OPT7 LED base model headlight bulb replace

Hi,
I have OPT7 CREE 80w H4 9003 LED 6000k replacement headlight bulbs I installed and they work great except there is a gap in the light pattern. Right side is perfect. Light just in front of the car, along the far right side, and down the road quite a ways. Left is fine except a considerable black rectangle on the left mid way out, and far out slightly into the center. If starts probably 30 feet forward, then is crisply cut off. I don't think I can adjust the left light to the left much or the far center part will blind oncoming drivers.

Anyone encounter this? What did you do to resolve t?
 
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Old Feb 28, 2016 | 08:15 PM
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You might have to rotate the bulb in the base. Compare it with the other side
 
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Old Feb 29, 2016 | 12:26 PM
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I had to return these. Too much glare for on coming traffic if you don't have a projector lense and I couldn't get the beam pattern right either. They flickered for a few seconds on start up and are not DOT legal. I liked the color a lot but just didn't work out. Went with PIAA's xtreme white. Better than stock and are DOT legal.
 
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Old Feb 29, 2016 | 01:20 PM
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I had to return these. Too much glare for on coming traffic if you don't have a projector lense and I couldn't get the beam pattern right either. They flickered for a few seconds on start up and are not DOT legal. I liked the color a lot but just didn't work out. Went with PIAA's xtreme white. Better than stock and are DOT legal.
Ahhhh. I don't have projector lenses. Did not know they were not DOT legal. Thanks for tip on the PIAA
 
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