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Old 08-12-18, 09:42 PM
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Hello everyone, I have a question since I'm new to Lexus, I did search but found nothing.
Are these yellow flares a normal thing on these LED headlights?
Old 08-12-18, 10:25 PM
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It is reflection off your floor tiles. Try on other surface
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Originally Posted by jennypenny
It is reflection off your floor tiles. Try on other surface
It does that in any surface, I had an accident a week after I got the car and I didn't notice this before, it seems like yellow flares shooting up everywhere.
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I'll see if I can go check mines in a while and take a picture as well for reference.
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Originally Posted by premier3IS
I'll see if I can go check mines in a while and take a picture as well for reference.
That would be awesome! Thanks, I have a few days to bring it back to the body shop.
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Not too sure if this helps since I took it from inside of the garage, but here you go. I'll try to get another picture when I'm further away from the outside of the garage when I go out.
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I'm almost positive mine doesn't flare like that. I've paid close attention when I get the opportunity against a flat non reflective surface.

If it does it's not as much. Idk what would cause that so long as the housing is clean inside/out
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Originally Posted by premier3IS



Not too sure if this helps since I took it from inside of the garage, but here you go. I'll try to get another picture when I'm further away from the outside of the garage when I go out.
This helps, thanks! I can see the flares although I don't see any yellow.
I guess this is normal, I bought this car last month, I must be used to my former BMW's projector cut off.
Thanks for taking the time to do this!
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My car's a 17 but should be fairly similar. Keep in mind that its not very easy to focus several sources of light with a single bowl. You'll get some scatter. Your bmw likely had xenons which was a single source for 1 bowl. With what i've seen so far on LEDs, I still prefer a proper set of xenon projectors than a LED setup. Brighter, wider, and much cleaner cutoff
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Here is another picture with a more distant look... Mines looks similar to the post above ^



I hope these give you a better insight. Looks like the flare is not as bad as your picture, but you can decide since different angles can make the lighting scatter look different.
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Originally Posted by premier3IS
Here is another picture with a more distant look... Mines looks similar to the post above ^



I hope these give you a better insight. Looks like the flare is not as bad as your picture, but you can decide since different angles can make the lighting scatter look different.
These look like what I believe mine look before.
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