Finally Finished my HID Retrofit - MY05
02-11-2006, 05:26 PM
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Do you happen to have any pictures of how you secured the projectors in the headlight? Especially from the back of the headlight. Also, how did you aim them?
Thanks,
Oleg
Thanks,
Oleg
02-12-2006, 10:18 PM
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Looks good.
Do you have any pics of the back of the housings? Were TSXs short enough to be able to keep the whole thing closed, and how far is the lens from the front plastic on the housing? I've been thinking about this for a while. I did a S2000 retro on my previous car, an e46 bi-xenon on the car before that. The JDM sti housings I have put down a decent bit of light (I have a perfectly horizontal cutoff after adding a little to the shield, no flare, they bleed enough to light signs), but nothing does light like a good set of OEM HID projectors.
Did you just paint the trim rings, and did you have to hack them at all?
I have a set of bosch projectors, and a single valeo sitting in my garage, I've kind of been waiting for someone else to do it. Also if I did it, I'd do it on my JDM housings because I like the idea of keeping the leveling switch.
Do you have any pics of the back of the housings? Were TSXs short enough to be able to keep the whole thing closed, and how far is the lens from the front plastic on the housing? I've been thinking about this for a while. I did a S2000 retro on my previous car, an e46 bi-xenon on the car before that. The JDM sti housings I have put down a decent bit of light (I have a perfectly horizontal cutoff after adding a little to the shield, no flare, they bleed enough to light signs), but nothing does light like a good set of OEM HID projectors.
Did you just paint the trim rings, and did you have to hack them at all?
I have a set of bosch projectors, and a single valeo sitting in my garage, I've kind of been waiting for someone else to do it. Also if I did it, I'd do it on my JDM housings because I like the idea of keeping the leveling switch.
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02-12-2006, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by illusion
Looks good.
Do you have any pics of the back of the housings? Were TSXs short enough to be able to keep the whole thing closed, and how far is the lens from the front plastic on the housing? I've been thinking about this for a while. I did a S2000 retro on my previous car, an e46 bi-xenon on the car before that. The JDM sti housings I have put down a decent bit of light (I have a perfectly horizontal cutoff after adding a little to the shield, no flare, they bleed enough to light signs), but nothing does light like a good set of OEM HID projectors.
Did you just paint the trim rings, and did you have to hack them at all?
I have a set of bosch projectors, and a single valeo sitting in my garage, I've kind of been waiting for someone else to do it. Also if I did it, I'd do it on my JDM housings because I like the idea of keeping the leveling switch.
Do you have any pics of the back of the housings? Were TSXs short enough to be able to keep the whole thing closed, and how far is the lens from the front plastic on the housing? I've been thinking about this for a while. I did a S2000 retro on my previous car, an e46 bi-xenon on the car before that. The JDM sti housings I have put down a decent bit of light (I have a perfectly horizontal cutoff after adding a little to the shield, no flare, they bleed enough to light signs), but nothing does light like a good set of OEM HID projectors.
Did you just paint the trim rings, and did you have to hack them at all?
I have a set of bosch projectors, and a single valeo sitting in my garage, I've kind of been waiting for someone else to do it. Also if I did it, I'd do it on my JDM housings because I like the idea of keeping the leveling switch.
I know the JB Weld is kinda messy, but it does its job
02-12-2006, 11:38 PM
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Thanks. I'll have to think about it. I'd love to do another retro, nothing beats a good set of projectors.
Oh and nothing wrong with JBweld. I use it all the time, as long as people normally don't see it, I gob it on
Oh and nothing wrong with JBweld. I use it all the time, as long as people normally don't see it, I gob it on
02-13-2006, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by rau
wonder what kinda retrofit canbe done on a GC8...
02-13-2006, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by gqchynaboy
I know the JB Weld is kinda messy, but it does its job
i was thinkin about the sti, id love some projectors...nice work!
