Okay so I just absolutly disliked not having a cutoff for my HID's made me angry and I really just like the straight line you get with a projector....sooo....... I made a retro. Let me know what you think I will post more pictures of it later when I get the car cleaned up and its not raining here.

Let me know what you think (good or bad)


Pics:

 

how did you mount it? 3 screws + washers/springs? i don't see where its mounted.

 

Curious about the mount as well...

1) What projector did you decide to go with?

2) How are you aiming the projectors?

Good effort to DIY!

 

someone else did projectors and i must say yours look much better

 

no shrounds or anything? looks good though props.

 

Nice yo.................

 

yeah there is a shroud behind the chrome piece but it is black i hope to get a clearer picture up. They are G35 bi-xenon projectors. The pictures of the projector in the housing are just stuck in there to see if i need to cut more but its mounted with a rigged set of brackets. I used a piece of pannel board to get the cutoff in a straight line (as straight as possible).

 

i hope that's not final

 

bad ass man! How long did it take you do to do it?

 

well with them in the headlamp is final.... yeah not lying on the counter and floor if thats what you mean..


It took about 5 1\2 to 6 hours to get everything aimed up and all.

 

Can you please elaborate on the panel board a bit more?

Thanks.

 

I think it would look awesome with the reflector area painted black around it...i mean...you don't need it anymore with projectors right?

looks good though. I don't know too much about retro fitting projector housings. Since we already have HIDs did the projector glass just basically go around our existing bulb? I'd be interested in doing this when I open my headlights up to clear them out.

 

Here is a link to a DIY I have found very useful.

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-1999-2003-98/diy-hid-projector-retro-fit-02-03-headlights-618263/

 

No you have to cut and aim the projectors and you either have to modify your d2r bulbs or buy 2 d2s bulbs because of the way it sets into the projector. I will post pictures tomorrow.

Also I will post pictures of the pannel board I used to line my projectors up straight instead of all crooked.

 

interesting..I would like to see the result of how it looks at night on the road.

 

nice work! it would kill me to do that to mine

 

Thanks Wht Ghost

Looking forward to the pics.

 

Pictures at night in different locations.
I will have to get day pics of the headlights but I was filled with liquid encouragement (not encouraged unless of age) and decided to get some tonight.



WITH HIGH BEAMS


pannel board note the straight line across (not exact one used during retro)





From about 30 yards away taken on unlevel grounds on top of the car
Im in this one (im 6'1")


From inside the car


From on top of the car (w/o me)

 

looks good.

 

very nice. How much $ did it run you?

 

Thanks Wht Ghost I understand the panel board technique now.

Looks like it is coming along.

Please keep us updated.

 

The G35 projectors were $95 by themselves and I had misc. parts lying around to make the shrouds out of. And just used the bulbs and ballast I had.

 

^ Not too bad.

Is there any specific reason you chose G35 projectors?

 

Throw some shoruds on there and you'll be set. I did my projectors over a year ago and have never regretted it. Everyone always asks me where I bought my headlights. LOL. I just laugh and tell em if they need it done gimme a call.

 

No no reason I wanted a bi-xenon 2.5" projector and that one I found on a good deal. plus it was a good size to fit into the housing

 

That looks very nice. You're gonna make me do it now too.

Care to elaborate on the mounting?

 

ha ha there are so ......... many different was to mount a projector in there and each projector could be different than the other so.... really wouldn't do me much good. But I just use metal brackets from left over parts that I have kept from the past and screw (with jb weld) one end into the housing and the other end attaches to the projector itself, however, there are some projectors that cannot be done that way so you have to go about it in a different way. I don't know if you are part of it or not but go to Hid planet forums and check out some of the ways some of the guys on there have mounted theres.

 

there is a shroud my gosh... ha ha you cant see if very well cause its painted black and there is a chrome shroud on top of that one but I will see if these pictures will help you see it.

 

Looking good man!

 

thanks. you otta Go check out the pics from chattanooga.

 

looks good... can you take a pic further away like the whole front side pic. i wasnt a big fan of the blacked out looked when others did the projector...

 

There was another CL guy, MisterMehoff, who blacked out only part of his headlights and I wasn't a fan either.

 

That looks horrible. I like the OPs setup the most.

To the OP- Do you notice any stray light due to the reflector still being "there"?

 

If your talking about the reflector in the "low beam" area then no. The projector is just the right amont foward to not reflect off of that area, however if you live in a low lighting area then it wouldn't be too bad but no I see no stray light.

(also posted new picture in Chattanooga pics of front end.)