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Old 06-13-2006, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by trancemission
Hey ding069, where did you get the fog lamps. Was it as easy as just changing the bulbs out?
They are essentially a McCulloch 6000K 9006 HID plug and play kit. I purchased them on ebay for my X5 utilizing H3 bulbs. I kept the ballasts and decided to use them with the 9006's in our fogs and couldnt be happier. HUGE increase in light output, the seem to be even brighter than the oem lowbeams.
NOTE: Those pics make the fogs look WAYYYYY bluer than they actually are. They are white with a tinge of violet, for some reason the cam makes them and their output look very blue. The projectors are preatty much true to color tho.

Install is as complex as you wan to make it. I had my bumper off for the projector mod and decided to do a real nice job hiding the ballasts. I hid them in the area underneath the reflectors of the headlamps within the fenderliner. You can't see any wires and I am sure that if any Acura service tech didin't lsnoop around very closely, they would never even notice the lights were upgraded, wiring wise. Very easy install. If you can change a bulb out, you can install an HID plug and play kit
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Originally Posted by ding069
the step by step DIY is in my first post, on HIDplanet.com
the problem is that its on a neon not a TL. how do you get the headlamp assembly out??
Old 06-13-2006, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by italia8287
the problem is that its on a neon not a TL. how do you get the headlamp assembly out??
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...l+instructions
Old 06-14-2006, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by ding069
If you can change a bulb out, you can install an HID plug and play kit
sounds good, I might have to add that one to the list
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Originally Posted by ding069
You know what, i am gonna go snap some pics.....
check back in like 30 mins
BTW, are your headlamps 6000K or just your fogs?
Yep, low beams are stock, put some 85122+ bulbs in there. Nice pics man, congrads on the mod
Old 06-18-2006, 01:47 PM
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For those who have color modded their projectors, do you think it would be hard to put the little plastic grommet back in with a pair of needle nose pliers if you wanted to reverse the mod?
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when you mod the projector without removing the assembly from the headlamp, the plastic stopper is destroyed. You actually have to break it into a few pieces to get it out of there. Trust me, you would be happy doing this mod and would not want to reverse it
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Mine just popped right out, pushed it out while squeezing the 2 clips on the side that hold it in place. Doubt you'll be able to out it back in, unless you can get something small to get in there from the back.
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is it hard to take the projector out?
Old 06-19-2006, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by mio
is it hard to take the projector out?
Yeah, it is. You have to pop out the beam housing as a whole, and I've been unsuccesful in 2 tries.
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So you were able to get the stopper out without removing the lense from the housing? Did you simply just unscrew the cover in the back with the hex screwdriver?
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Originally Posted by aznbo187
So you were able to get the stopper out without removing the lense from the housing? Did you simply just unscrew the cover in the back with the hex screwdriver?
yes, my 06 had torx tamper proof bit, but with a small screw driver i was able to unscrew it. from there, remove the D2S HID bulb and you will see the small black plastic stopper underneath the cutoff shield. really press at and and try to break it into pieces and eventually it will come out of the hole. tip the housing upside down and let all the pieces fall out and you have color modded your projector!
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Bringing back an old thread to ask a simple question...

I recently blacked out my headlights this past weekend... I covered my projectors with plastic wrap while I worked on the rest of the light to protect it from dust and such...
However once I got everything all back together again and the car back together I noticed that the plastic wrap left some kind of residue on the projector lense.

The residue is making an artifact on my light output of my HID...

Is there a way I can remove my projector lense without taking apart the headlight housing? (In my mind it seems like the projector comes apart from the back of the headlight housing and it should be possible... I just wanted to confirm before I try it!)
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Originally Posted by eh? spec
Is there a way I can remove my projector lense without taking apart the headlight housing? (In my mind it seems like the projector comes apart from the back of the headlight housing and it should be possible... I just wanted to confirm before I try it!)
you have to open up the headlights, no way around it.
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Originally Posted by lights
you have to open up the headlights, no way around it.
I was hoping to hear otherwise... oh well... I'll live with it.
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would this compliment zkw-rs? any pics
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