My S2000 Retro....
04-06-2007, 04:16 AM
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Originally Posted by merkin110
Do you think projectors from a 2005 MDX will work? They are not HID projectors but halogen.
stick with quality projectors, TSX, TL, S2000.
halogen projectors would not be good at all.
04-06-2007, 06:01 AM
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Something looks off. I think you need to raise your passenger side just a little bit. May be its just me but park your car at a level spot and do the adjustments against a flat wall, rotational alignment looks spot on 
04-06-2007, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by tientruong
stick with quality projectors, TSX, TL, S2000.
halogen projectors would not be good at all.
halogen projectors would not be good at all.
04-06-2007, 11:28 AM
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JNC, yeah, passenger is a bit low.. It's hella hard to do adjustments because the only place I have a dark area is in my garage.
Yup, like Tien said, stick to the quality projectors, or else you're just wasting your time. Coming from the stock HID setup in our TL's, and going with halogen, you're going to want to smash your headlights in cuz it's not going to be any improvements, IMO.
Yup, like Tien said, stick to the quality projectors, or else you're just wasting your time. Coming from the stock HID setup in our TL's, and going with halogen, you're going to want to smash your headlights in cuz it's not going to be any improvements, IMO.
04-06-2007, 11:31 AM
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Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by merkin110
Cool thanks, i knew that guy was selling it cheap for a reason.
04-08-2007, 04:27 PM
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this is all nice, but how do they look on a car. I do like the output, but if it looks jacked up when its on a car, its a waste of money and time. So I guess I am trying to ask for picutres of your car 
haha
04-08-2007, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by myTaLizaS3.2
well, i cut the back part of the housing...and drilled three holes and made three holes on the projector. then stuck some bolts threw and screwed them tight. As for aiming...i still have a line marked as to where the cut off should be from my last retro, so i based it on that. but yet, i still had aiming problems..i got more pics i'll show on saturday..
actually, you can see in pic number 5 on top how it's mounted.
actually, you can see in pic number 5 on top how it's mounted.
04-09-2007, 01:45 AM
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Damn JnC and MyTalizaS3.2 mad props to both of you for doing this project. JnC your headlight project looks amazing, I wish I had the skills to convert my headlights like that cuz I can only imagine how sick it would look when it's installed on your ride.
04-09-2007, 12:30 PM
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Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by Muhtish
this is all nice, but how do they look on a car. I do like the output, but if it looks jacked up when its on a car, its a waste of money and time. So I guess I am trying to ask for picutres of your car hahaYeah man, I understand what you are saying. it must look clean right? I'll get some pics up when my car's clean. haha.
deuce, yeah, i can still align them with a screwdriver. But the thing is that you can't do it with a screwdriver. You have to use a 10 MM socket. But the shit is that you can't adjust the IN and out aiming because there's just no room. Which, I think is a load of crap. So when i do need to adjust just a bit, I have to take the bumper off. I know that other cars can be adjusted with a phillips screw driver and also a socket. With my headlight, it's only a socket.
04-09-2007, 12:43 PM
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the projectors are mounted onto the reflector housing, which is connected to the actual housing that has the two screws used to aim and align the headlights. There's four parts to the headlights, the front lense, the back housing, and the inside reflector housing. Attached to the front lense is the housing that people paint to make it black housed.
04-09-2007, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by myTaLizaS3.2
Yeah man, I understand what you are saying. it must look clean right? I'll get some pics up when my car's clean. haha.
deuce, yeah, i can still align them with a screwdriver. But the thing is that you can't do it with a screwdriver. You have to use a 10 MM socket. But the shit is that you can't adjust the IN and out aiming because there's just no room. Which, I think is a load of crap. So when i do need to adjust just a bit, I have to take the bumper off. I know that other cars can be adjusted with a phillips screw driver and also a socket. With my headlight, it's only a socket.
deuce, yeah, i can still align them with a screwdriver. But the thing is that you can't do it with a screwdriver. You have to use a 10 MM socket. But the shit is that you can't adjust the IN and out aiming because there's just no room. Which, I think is a load of crap. So when i do need to adjust just a bit, I have to take the bumper off. I know that other cars can be adjusted with a phillips screw driver and also a socket. With my headlight, it's only a socket.
04-09-2007, 12:56 PM
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umm use those bendy socket wrench, with a 10mm socket to adjust. the one that twist one way, and clicks the other. i'm not sure of the technical name, but that's what i used.
04-09-2007, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by myTaLizaS3.2
duece, so your's use a phillips screwdriver?
tien, i'll give that a try thanks
tien, i'll give that a try thanks
04-09-2007, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by myTaLizaS3.2
i know what you are talking about, but that thing that turns, it doesn't have teeth's. it's a 10 mm socket bolt.
04-10-2007, 03:36 PM
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Burning Brakes
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deuce, i took a loook at my lights today and only the inside bolts have the teeth. the one that allows you to adjust in and out doesn't have it. that's what I was talking about, poor design. so therefore, you can't adjust the in and out without taking off the headlight.
04-10-2007, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by myTaLizaS3.2
deuce, i took a loook at my lights today and only the inside bolts have the teeth. the one that allows you to adjust in and out doesn't have it. that's what I was talking about, poor design. so therefore, you can't adjust the in and out without taking off the headlight.
I don't know man but that what I use to adjust mine up&down
04-11-2007, 10:01 AM
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they did a good job on mounting my projectors so it's wasn't to hard to work with. I took my car to the back of a store with a big wall and back the car (20-30 feet not sure) so I could line them up.I lined mine up so the headlights come together to make one step.once everything lines up and the beam is high enough I tighten everything up.you have to back the car up enough to where the steps in the beams are right on top of each other so then all you have to do is adjust up or down and then you have one beam with a smooth cut off.I hate the way they look when you pull right up to a wall or someone bumper it looks like it not lined up but that's they way they are. I love the way it looks when your just driving down the road and you see that one step
04-11-2007, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by myTaLizaS3.2
yeah, it's pretty sick. did they color mod ur projectors? Meaning making the cutoff having more color.
04-11-2007, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by myTaLizaS3.2
haha, looks good. got 25 feet cut off pics?
You did a good job on your headlights. I not that good at that kind of stuff.I don't have any pics right now but when I get some I'll post them
04-13-2007, 01:09 AM
#79
Shogun Assassin
Nice work! This is a pretty awesome mod...now, I'm thinking about doing this as a little project for the summer months!
What did you use for the shrouding around the projectors?
What did you use for the shrouding around the projectors?