Anyone know of retrofitted TL headlights?
06-26-2011, 08:16 PM
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Anyone know of retrofitted TL headlights?
Hey guys I really really want to do a quad projector set up in my 06 tl headlights where I'll be eliminating the foglight and in place putting another projector, I think it would create a next level aggressive look and feel from the type-s headlights where one of the lights is just a DRL. Does anyone have any thread or articles relating to this subject from other forums or websites cause it would be a huge help!
and don't worry I've searched our forum and HIDplanet and haven't come up with anything really.
and don't worry I've searched our forum and HIDplanet and haven't come up with anything really.
06-26-2011, 10:31 PM
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check out www.theretrofitsource.com my friend retrofitted his 07 accord with projectors. i was thinking about doing this but too much work. hope this helps!
06-26-2011, 10:35 PM
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It's actually not recommended. From my reading and advice from a particular pro on Azine - it actually degrade your output/performance. Quite interesting and counter-intuitive. But yes - it does look cool :-)
Look around - range rovers, jags, benz, bmws, etc... none of them actually have quads.
Look around - range rovers, jags, benz, bmws, etc... none of them actually have quads.
06-26-2011, 10:42 PM
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check out www.theretrofitsource.com my friend retrofitted his 07 accord with projectors. i was thinking about doing this but too much work. hope this helps!
It's actually not recommended. From my reading and advice from a particular pro on Azine - it actually degrade your output/performance. Quite interesting and counter-intuitive. But yes - it does look cool :-)
Look around - range rovers, jags, benz, bmws, etc... none of them actually have quads.
Look around - range rovers, jags, benz, bmws, etc... none of them actually have quads.
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06-26-2011, 11:35 PM
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The reason that cars don't have OEM quad projectors is because they aren't DOT legal. The DOT restricts roughly how much light can be used, hence the 55W halogen limits and 35W HID limits.
JnC can do a quad projector but it can't be done with OEM parts, there isn't enough room. Once I actually went and looked at it myself it was obvious that the OEM was waaaaay to big to fit behind the DRL spot. I suppose if I wanted to go with a smaller radiotor it could maybe be done but I'm not that desperate. JnC uses a "Retrofit Source" kit designed for something else and then does some serious filing and cutting to make it fit within our DRL/fog light housing. He says it's about 70% as bright as the OEM HID's due to the smaller projector size. Doing a whole upgrade with the ZKW-R lens and bulb upgrade and the bi-xenon kit was going to cost me about $650. It was tempting but I graduate next month and want to wait until I have a job before springing for it. Contact JnC and he'll explain it all to you.
JnC can do a quad projector but it can't be done with OEM parts, there isn't enough room. Once I actually went and looked at it myself it was obvious that the OEM was waaaaay to big to fit behind the DRL spot. I suppose if I wanted to go with a smaller radiotor it could maybe be done but I'm not that desperate. JnC uses a "Retrofit Source" kit designed for something else and then does some serious filing and cutting to make it fit within our DRL/fog light housing. He says it's about 70% as bright as the OEM HID's due to the smaller projector size. Doing a whole upgrade with the ZKW-R lens and bulb upgrade and the bi-xenon kit was going to cost me about $650. It was tempting but I graduate next month and want to wait until I have a job before springing for it. Contact JnC and he'll explain it all to you.
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06-27-2011, 12:09 AM
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The reason that cars don't have OEM quad projectors is because they aren't DOT legal. The DOT restricts roughly how much light can be used, hence the 55W halogen limits and 35W HID limits.
JnC can do a quad projector but it can't be done with OEM parts, there isn't enough room. Once I actually went and looked at it myself it was obvious that the OEM was waaaaay to big to fit behind the DRL spot. I suppose if I wanted to go with a smaller radiotor it could maybe be done but I'm not that desperate. JnC uses a "Retrofit Source" kit designed for something else and then does some serious filing and cutting to make it fit within our DRL/fog light housing. He says it's about 70% as bright as the OEM HID's due to the smaller projector size. Doing a whole upgrade with the ZKW-R lens and bulb upgrade and the bi-xenon kit was going to cost me about $650. It was tempting but I graduate next month and want to wait until I have a job before springing for it. Contact JnC and he'll explain it all to you.
JnC can do a quad projector but it can't be done with OEM parts, there isn't enough room. Once I actually went and looked at it myself it was obvious that the OEM was waaaaay to big to fit behind the DRL spot. I suppose if I wanted to go with a smaller radiotor it could maybe be done but I'm not that desperate. JnC uses a "Retrofit Source" kit designed for something else and then does some serious filing and cutting to make it fit within our DRL/fog light housing. He says it's about 70% as bright as the OEM HID's due to the smaller projector size. Doing a whole upgrade with the ZKW-R lens and bulb upgrade and the bi-xenon kit was going to cost me about $650. It was tempting but I graduate next month and want to wait until I have a job before springing for it. Contact JnC and he'll explain it all to you.
06-27-2011, 10:10 PM
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you know theretrofitssource doesn't do retrofit right? They only sell the stuff.
email them if you want to have stuff retrofitted
http://www.theforumretrofitters.com/...ters/Home.html
email them if you want to have stuff retrofitted
http://www.theforumretrofitters.com/...ters/Home.html
06-27-2011, 11:32 PM
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No one has done them on an 04-06 TL headlight set up. I have done this for myself by getting 07-08 headlights since it has the bezel already in there and I put a morimoto mini projector in there. I have retro'd quad Halos on the 04-06 TL headlight, but It would be hard to make it look OEM by having quad projectors since you would have to get one almost identical to the stock one to make it look right..
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06-28-2011, 01:02 AM
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i got a quad setup on my 06 tl headlights. In place of the fog lights I have a rx330 afs projectors from a 03-06, and a custom part from jvx to give it more of a s2k output. one main reason im selling my custom honda accord fog light retro with projectors in the black market is due to i cant even tell my fogs are on. for me night becomes day. =)
06-28-2011, 02:27 AM
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False...
From what I remember there was a member on our forums who had his TL equipped with TSX projectors on his o4-o5 by HID Illusionz? He also had sequential-front-turn signals.
Something totally unique to the Acurazine community.
I myself have JDM Subaru Legacy FOG-projectors in my o4.
From what I remember there was a member on our forums who had his TL equipped with TSX projectors on his o4-o5 by HID Illusionz? He also had sequential-front-turn signals.
Something totally unique to the Acurazine community.
I myself have JDM Subaru Legacy FOG-projectors in my o4.
06-28-2011, 10:32 AM
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Check this out. Quad set up on an 04-06.
http://hidillusionz.blogspot.com/2010/08/acura-tl-tsx-e46-quad-retrofit.html
The only projector that I know of that would fit in the 07-08 is the Morimoto Mini. It is a Bi-xenon projector so you should be able to utilize the high beam function with some wiring.
http://hidillusionz.blogspot.com/2010/08/acura-tl-tsx-e46-quad-retrofit.html
The only projector that I know of that would fit in the 07-08 is the Morimoto Mini. It is a Bi-xenon projector so you should be able to utilize the high beam function with some wiring.
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06-28-2011, 01:19 PM
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Cripes...since when are the stock bi-xenon projectors not good enough? I don't see the point unless you have money to burn and you just want to be different.
06-28-2011, 02:17 PM
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Check this out. Quad set up on an 04-06.
http://hidillusionz.blogspot.com/2010/08/acura-tl-tsx-e46-quad-retrofit.html
The only projector that I know of that would fit in the 07-08 is the Morimoto Mini. It is a Bi-xenon projector so you should be able to utilize the high beam function with some wiring.
http://hidillusionz.blogspot.com/2010/08/acura-tl-tsx-e46-quad-retrofit.html
The only projector that I know of that would fit in the 07-08 is the Morimoto Mini. It is a Bi-xenon projector so you should be able to utilize the high beam function with some wiring.
06-28-2011, 02:27 PM
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So . . . if people think we have our high beams on with just 2 projectors, I can't imagine what they'll think when they see 4 projectors. 
06-28-2011, 03:35 PM
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Check this out. Quad set up on an 04-06.
http://hidillusionz.blogspot.com/2010/08/acura-tl-tsx-e46-quad-retrofit.html
The only projector that I know of that would fit in the 07-08 is the Morimoto Mini. It is a Bi-xenon projector so you should be able to utilize the high beam function with some wiring.
http://hidillusionz.blogspot.com/2010/08/acura-tl-tsx-e46-quad-retrofit.html
The only projector that I know of that would fit in the 07-08 is the Morimoto Mini. It is a Bi-xenon projector so you should be able to utilize the high beam function with some wiring.
video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mOn78piue0
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06-29-2011, 02:03 AM
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i have a set of Morimoto Mini projectors and was planning on putting them for my DRL area (2006 black chrome headlights). it didn't work out for me, they were still too deep to clear or fit unless you cut your existing bowl off. if you push them in all the way without the bowl, you have to consider the space you have left after you put your headlights back on your car on the passenger side. no problem for driver side though.
06-29-2011, 04:14 AM
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No one has done them on an 04-06 TL headlight set up. I have done this for myself by getting 07-08 headlights since it has the bezel already in there and I put a morimoto mini projector in there. I have retro'd quad Halos on the 04-06 TL headlight, but It would be hard to make it look OEM by having quad projectors since you would have to get one almost identical to the stock one to make it look right..
i got a quad setup on my 06 tl headlights. In place of the fog lights I have a rx330 afs projectors from a 03-06, and a custom part from jvx to give it more of a s2k output. one main reason im selling my custom honda accord fog light retro with projectors in the black market is due to i cant even tell my fogs are on. for me night becomes day. =)
False...
From what I remember there was a member on our forums who had his TL equipped with TSX projectors on his o4-o5 by HID Illusionz? He also had sequential-front-turn signals.
Something totally unique to the Acurazine community.
I myself have JDM Subaru Legacy FOG-projectors in my o4.
From what I remember there was a member on our forums who had his TL equipped with TSX projectors on his o4-o5 by HID Illusionz? He also had sequential-front-turn signals.
Something totally unique to the Acurazine community.
I myself have JDM Subaru Legacy FOG-projectors in my o4.
Check this out. Quad set up on an 04-06.
http://hidillusionz.blogspot.com/2010/08/acura-tl-tsx-e46-quad-retrofit.html
The only projector that I know of that would fit in the 07-08 is the Morimoto Mini. It is a Bi-xenon projector so you should be able to utilize the high beam function with some wiring.
http://hidillusionz.blogspot.com/2010/08/acura-tl-tsx-e46-quad-retrofit.html
The only projector that I know of that would fit in the 07-08 is the Morimoto Mini. It is a Bi-xenon projector so you should be able to utilize the high beam function with some wiring.
i have a set of Morimoto Mini projectors and was planning on putting them for my DRL area (2006 black chrome headlights). it didn't work out for me, they were still too deep to clear or fit unless you cut your existing bowl off. if you push them in all the way without the bowl, you have to consider the space you have left after you put your headlights back on your car on the passenger side. no problem for driver side though.
Oh and I'll post drawn pictures on my plan for retrofitting these 04-06 headlights! stay tuned!
06-29-2011, 09:45 AM
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Fog projectors are pretty small. The lens is like 2.25"-2.5" and the projector itself isn't all that much bigger since fog-projectors are usually for halogens.
What I did was cut the rear of my DRL housing so the end of the projector fit through properly. That was the only issue I came across when I was installing mine.
What I did was cut the rear of my DRL housing so the end of the projector fit through properly. That was the only issue I came across when I was installing mine.
06-29-2011, 10:59 AM
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Rodney indeed has true quad xenon low beams, e46 singles were used for his set up, where as the other set up I did was with MH1s hence they were quad xenon.
If done right, you can have quad projector set up for 04-06 TL as well.
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06-30-2011, 12:51 AM
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Fog projectors are pretty small. The lens is like 2.25"-2.5" and the projector itself isn't all that much bigger since fog-projectors are usually for halogens.
What I did was cut the rear of my DRL housing so the end of the projector fit through properly. That was the only issue I came across when I was installing mine.
What I did was cut the rear of my DRL housing so the end of the projector fit through properly. That was the only issue I came across when I was installing mine.
06-30-2011, 05:27 PM
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False...
From what I remember there was a member on our forums who had his TL equipped with TSX projectors on his o4-o5 by HID Illusionz? He also had sequential-front-turn signals.
Something totally unique to the Acurazine community.
I myself have JDM Subaru Legacy FOG-projectors in my o4.
From what I remember there was a member on our forums who had his TL equipped with TSX projectors on his o4-o5 by HID Illusionz? He also had sequential-front-turn signals.
Something totally unique to the Acurazine community.
I myself have JDM Subaru Legacy FOG-projectors in my o4.
I had to do some cutting of the chassis (not much) for the headlight housing to fit due to the new projector in the fog light section (I used 06 CDM OEM headlights which are similar to the 04) sticking out the back of the housing. It can be done...it has been done!:wink:
Here is the link to my original thread.
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-photograph-gallery-96/h23accords-2006-cdm-acura-tl-tsx-hid-quad-projector-retrofit-731564/
Sorry for never following up with updates as I never got the chance to post up a good video of everything. Just haven't made it a priority I guess.
EDIT: I just checked and it looks like he took down the version 1 setup since the version 2 was much better anyway.
Last edited by H23Accord; 06-30-2011 at 05:39 PM.
06-30-2011, 09:44 PM
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Correct...I did have them done by Rich at HID Illusionz. The video posted above is also my retrofit although that was version 1. Version 2 is much cleaner especially with the alignment of the retrofitted projector and is also on his website.
I had to do some cutting of the chassis (not much) for the headlight housing to fit due to the new projector in the fog light section (I used 06 CDM OEM headlights which are similar to the 04) sticking out the back of the housing. It can be done...it has been done!:wink:
Here is the link to my original thread.
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=731564
Sorry for never following up with updates as I never got the chance to post up a good video of everything. Just haven't made it a priority I guess.
EDIT: I just checked and it looks like he took down the version 1 setup since the version 2 was much better anyway.
I had to do some cutting of the chassis (not much) for the headlight housing to fit due to the new projector in the fog light section (I used 06 CDM OEM headlights which are similar to the 04) sticking out the back of the housing. It can be done...it has been done!:wink:
Here is the link to my original thread.
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=731564
Sorry for never following up with updates as I never got the chance to post up a good video of everything. Just haven't made it a priority I guess.
EDIT: I just checked and it looks like he took down the version 1 setup since the version 2 was much better anyway.
11-01-2016, 05:53 PM
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Proper retrofits in my Accord are vastly superior to the 1st generation OEM HIDs in my G35. Had mine done by a guy in a facebook group for Accords, its kind of a hobby for him. Probably worth it on a TL too if the factory HIDs aren't doing it for you.
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