'11 F-Sport headlights...
06-16-11, 10:57 AM
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Everyone who is checking there - make sure it is in the shade or your garage. I checked mine the other day in the light and couldn't see it at all...when I looked this morning in the garage it was right there.
06-16-11, 11:12 AM
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2011 HID Headlights w/ LED Strip - (not just F-Sport)
Sadly, it seems to be an issue in the same spots of each Headlight..
This tells me the hid wiring shoved in there underneath, it is heating up to a point where it's causing the Black Chrome finish to detach from the plastic frame.
Definitely a design flaw on what is heating up OR a design flaw on the manufacturing process of the Black Chrome Frames.
Or the manufacturer who makes them for Lexus is screwed!!!
~ Joe Z
Sadly, it seems to be an issue in the same spots of each Headlight..
This tells me the hid wiring shoved in there underneath, it is heating up to a point where it's causing the Black Chrome finish to detach from the plastic frame.
Definitely a design flaw on what is heating up OR a design flaw on the manufacturing process of the Black Chrome Frames.
Or the manufacturer who makes them for Lexus is screwed!!!
~ Joe Z
Last edited by Joe Z; 06-16-11 at 11:18 AM.
06-16-11, 07:26 PM
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I went to my dealer today and showed them the problem. We also checked the new ISs in the lot and they all had the issue, too. The service manager was quite surprised. They wrote up in my record and the Lexus database that I reported the problem for documentation purposes and gave me a printout for my records. I urge everyone to go their dealer and do the same... be sure it gets entered in the national database.
Next step is to email Lexus with a photo attached.
Next step is to email Lexus with a photo attached.
06-16-11, 07:31 PM
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2011 HID Headlights w/ LED Strip - (not just F-Sport)
This tells me the hid wiring shoved in there underneath, it is heating up to a point where it's causing the Black Chrome finish to detach from the plastic frame.
Definitely a design flaw on what is heating up OR a design flaw on the manufacturing process of the Black Chrome Frames.
This tells me the hid wiring shoved in there underneath, it is heating up to a point where it's causing the Black Chrome finish to detach from the plastic frame.
Definitely a design flaw on what is heating up OR a design flaw on the manufacturing process of the Black Chrome Frames.
06-16-11, 09:33 PM
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are some of the cars you guys are seeing on the lot, are they brand new? as in like less than 20 miles? Im asking because there is an obvious problem. Im just wondering if its the heat from the Projector. I just wonder if they are coming fresh off the truck with this problem already visable.
06-16-11, 10:59 PM
#73
thats whats I was guessing at, it being at the same spot on all the lights. Poorly painted lights + heat from the projector would cause the paint to bubble in these specific spots. I dont think its the sun, but the new cars having it throws me for a loop since the lights havent been used.
