Finally Finished my HID Retrofit - MY05

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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 04:55 PM
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 05:20 PM
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some one do this for me
Old Feb 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?

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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 06:11 PM
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That looks nice. Clean, bet you will get a lot of looks when you drive down the road.

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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 06:26 PM
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great job dude that looks really clean
you should go in to business making those thats how clean it looks
Old Feb 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.
Old Feb 12, 2006 | 10:28 PM
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props, thats hella sexy
Old Feb 12, 2006 | 10:38 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.











I know the JB Weld is kinda messy, but it does its job
Old Feb 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
Old Feb 13, 2006 | 10:02 AM
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+25 Great job
Old Feb 13, 2006 | 10:05 AM
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wonder what kinda retrofit canbe done on a GC8...
Old Feb 13, 2006 | 12:15 PM
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wonder what kinda retrofit canbe done on a GC8...
TSX Projectors too, I seen one done before.
Old Feb 13, 2006 | 12:21 PM
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Looks great! Light pattern looks very good.
Old Feb 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
that is an awesome idea! im gonna have to steal it when i retrofit some in my 4runner i was thinkin about the sti, id love some projectors...

nice work!
Old Feb 13, 2006 | 12:37 PM
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That looks sick. Nice work.



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