HALOs...my own personal HELL

Founding Member Location: Plainfield Posts: 7846

irishrt5.7 wrote:

Man i am glad i didnt have to do any of that shit... really glad...

Me too. Halos will never be going on my car.

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CAMM Pro Location: North Chicago, IL Posts: 904

I'm glad I didn't have any trouble with mine.. Just a misleading that cause about an extra hour of work wiring them up but that's no fault of AAC.. Just my fault for following what someone said on a post on the Z..

CAMM All-Star Location: Chitown Burbs,IL Posts: 2784

irishrt5.7 wrote:

Damn i am so sorry you all had so much trouble i didnt have any really at all w/ AAC...

same here.Actually as far as install n quality AAC did their part.The only problem I had was mine were shipped to wrong address.I called AAC and within days they shipped me a new set!!!I for one live AAC

Founding Member Location: Pandora Posts: 2093

CAMM All-Star Location: Crystal Lake Posts: 3717

The only problem that i had was my led strips didn't ship until 3 weeks after i got my halos... as far as the halos i just need to re solder the one resistor and i will be good to go... hooked up to a 12v switch and that is all... no box to worry about or anything...

CAMM All-Star Location: L.I.T.H. Posts: 2628

Mad Hatter wrote:

Dave, when are you gonna tackle this install? Is plcman local?

Diallo and I will figure that out. Maybe next Saturday, D? Would be nice to have them for the Unlawful Gathering.

plcman is in Florida. But he's happy to talk to anyone and help them. He's got great advice. He'll also PM you.

CAMM All-Star Location: L.I.T.H. Posts: 2628

I don't want to sit here and bash AAC, or Flashtech really either. If you REALLY want to know what went bad with either, PM me.

But I WILL continue to praise plcman. He is THE MAN!

BTW, he told me he's working on another regulator that will make variable voltage easy.

AND, from my talking to him, I'd recommend EVERYONE get a regulator...Flashtech or AAC. AAC rings are made to run on 12v. Put your R/T in diagnostic mode and check how many volts you're putting out when driving. Mine is 14v. Verified it with a meter. Those 2V WILL make a difference in heating up the ring. And the issue is the heating/cooling cycle repeating time after time...that will crack solder joints eventually and yo'll lose LEDs in one or groups of three.

CAMM Member Location: Hazel Crest, Il Posts: 887

Great Info. We'll see if i have mine this weekend as well.

CAMM Pro Location: Marysville, OH Posts: 320

Iguanaman wrote:

Mad Hatter wrote:

Dave, when are you gonna tackle this install? Is plcman local?

Diallo and I will figure that out. Maybe next Saturday, D? Would be nice to have them for the Unlawful Gathering.

plcman is in Florida. But he's happy to talk to anyone and help them. He's got great advice. He'll also PM you.

Damn straight they're going in Saturday!! We waited too long to get the right parts for this. The immediate look will be great, but we're looking for life longevity with these.
This Saturday at my house! The earlier, the better!!

CAMM Pro Location: Marysville, OH Posts: 320

Mad Hatter wrote:

Great Info. We'll see if i have mine this weekend as well.

Need any help with yours, Mo?
After Dave's yours would be my 8 install. Just let me know! My house is always free.

CAMM All-Star Location: L.I.T.H. Posts: 2628

DA H.N.I.C. wrote:

Iguanaman wrote:

Mad Hatter wrote:

Dave, when are you gonna tackle this install? Is plcman local?

Diallo and I will figure that out. Maybe next Saturday, D? Would be nice to have them for the Unlawful Gathering.

plcman is in Florida. But he's happy to talk to anyone and help them. He's got great advice. He'll also PM you.

Damn straight they're going in Saturday!! We waited too long to get the right parts for this. The immediate look will be great, but we're looking for life longevity with these.
This Saturday at my house! The earlier, the better!!

You got it!

Can you post that updated pic with both rings, the Flashtech running at 7v?

CAMM All-Star Location: L.I.T.H. Posts: 2628

DA H.N.I.C. wrote:

Mad Hatter wrote:

Great Info. We'll see if i have mine this weekend as well.

Need any help with yours, Mo?
After Dave's yours would be my 8 install. Just let me know! My house is always free.

That's what I was suggesting to him. If he made the drive up, the three of us could install the 2 sets.

CAMM Pro Location: Marysville, OH Posts: 320

Iguanaman wrote:

DA H.N.I.C. wrote:

Iguanaman wrote:

Mad Hatter wrote:

Dave, when are you gonna tackle this install? Is plcman local?

Diallo and I will figure that out. Maybe next Saturday, D? Would be nice to have them for the Unlawful Gathering.

plcman is in Florida. But he's happy to talk to anyone and help them. He's got great advice. He'll also PM you.

Damn straight they're going in Saturday!! We waited too long to get the right parts for this. The immediate look will be great, but we're looking for life longevity with these.
This Saturday at my house! The earlier, the better!!

You got it!

Can you post that updated pic with both rings, the Flashtech running at 7v?

Here was the most recent pic.

AAC 12volt amber on the left.....................................Flashtech 7volt amber w/regulator on the right

CAMM All-Star Location: Earth Posts: 3077

Rep for Dave for an informative post. Really convinced me to never, ever put these things on my car.

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CAMM All-Star Location: L.I.T.H. Posts: 2628

HiPwr wrote:

Rep for Dave for an informative post. Really convinced me to never, ever put these things on my car.

Thanks, but don't think of it that way. If anything, you'll benefit from me going through this. When we DO finally get to installing these, I plan on putting together the mother of all LED halo install threads, show you how to regulate, where to mount it, how to do EVERYTHING. Answer some questions. IMO, there are far to many unknowns that have been out there for these rings (FT and AAC) to have been out there for this long. It shouldn't be this tough.

CAMM All-Star Location: Crystal Lake Posts: 3717

Personally i think the aac ones are more amber looking then the flashtech

Founding Member Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 3432

irishrt5.7 wrote:

Personally i think the aac ones are more amber looking then the flashtech

yea the color is off but all the flashtech led halos I've seen are much brighter than the ACC ones.

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CAMM All-Star Location: L.I.T.H. Posts: 2628

OK, so what the hell!?

Why SHOULDN'T this saga get weirder?

So today Diallo lit up all 6 Flashtech rings. Guess what...they ARE amber. Even the one that was red:

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CAMM All-Star Location: L.I.T.H. Posts: 2628

Crap. Try this:

CAMM All-Star Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 5439

Geez Dave. Sorry you're going thru so much trouble with this. Sad

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