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- Nov 12, 2016
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- Location
- Philadelphia, Pa
- Ram Year
- 2020
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7L
Yea I'm actually just going to order a set of tyc's from rock auto. By the time I drive either the 1 hour each way for the one set for $400 or the 2 1/2hrs each way for the other $400 set I'm going to use more in gas and the possibility of them being beat up once I get there.Retro'd my stock 14 projector headlights with FXR kit from retrofitsource. The bolts sucked ass. Took a weekend and getting the old permaseal out was a PItA. Take your time and be careful. There is a reason they have chrome shrouds, they went to black but then back to chrome bc of the warranty issues with the black paint bubbling and peeling on the inside of the chrome shroud. The heat from the bulb and the beam heats the black paint up and ruins it. Dodge will warranty this by replacing it with a chrome shrouded version. The chrome reflects the light and doesn't heat up. Jeremy at retro shop won't paint the inside of the shroud and he leaves them chrome now.
No need for the silicone on the outside. The butyl will be overkill if I use the morimoto retro rubber and it will ooze out more than the permaseal and you can heat it up with a heat gun and manipulate or add more later. As long as you do a continuous bead and press down hard when you heat it up to to soften the butyl and then press the lense in hard. That butyl is sticky as hell. I left my black stock internals alone and the chrome shroud as well.
I retro'd my vertical fogs with 7.0s and the TYC replacement was not easy to open up. The other one I got a cheap DEPO and that opened real easy. So don't think the TYC will open easier.
So I figured f-it and just ordered a set of Black tyc's from rock auto .com
Once I'm done painting them and putting in the switchbacks and fx-r projector, my next project will be retrofitting the Morimoto Matchbox projector into the 09-12 fog lights. I'm going to buy a cheap set of the $60 lenses off ebay because they will most likely be super easy to open up. I'm going to paint the Fogs housing and Shrouds to match whatever I do with the headlights.
Can't wait... gonna be awesome!!
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