HID retrofit DONE !!! *new NIGHT pics!, halogen < HID Options

[Rayme]

Ohw finally! It took me over a month of gathering peices and hardware and countless hours and sweat and tears and days of pissing my GF off but its finally over...my retrofit it 100% sucessful!

So what you get when you mix lexus denso ballasts, philips 4300K bulbs, FX35 bi-xenon and custom clear lens???













JDM projector looking headlights but BETTER! -by the way I still need to install shrouds over the projectors to finish off the look..I didn't receive them yet


In the process I experimented with the headlights

Here's with the stock headlight :





And here's with a clear lens...really ****ty! For those thinking of buying clear lens, this is what you get!






and HIDs before I adjusted the pitch and rotation...and just one for that matter




I'm sorry for the NIGHT pics, this camera suck ass and I was too excited..and its late, I had to post it hah!
I will post more daytime picture tomorrow, promise. If some of you want this, I will offer a HID retrofit service soon and even sell clear lens if you don't have any. -thanks for looking!

This post has been edited by Rayme: Aug 9, 2007 - 9:59 PM

[FortuneCookie]

Damn! Nice work! You have a write up on this so we can sticky? Very nicely done.

Also, I don't blame you. I'd be excited too!

This post has been edited by FortuneCookie: Aug 2, 2007 - 11:49 PM

[purplegt4]

the shrouds cut the top of the light off so it doesn't blind oncoming traffic?

[XxAxnCelica95xX]

look good but it would be better if you got a tsx lens or a celica lens and put it on replacing the oem lens on the f35 ..be more sharper then the lens u got on the f35 right now

what shrouds you talkng bout?there should only be a shroud to over the projector up soo you wont see the whole projector body...its a cutoff line you seeing right now on the picture..other then that..i dont see he have any shroud over his projectors

This post has been edited by XxAxnCelica95xX: Aug 3, 2007 - 12:01 AM

[Rayme]

look good but it would be better if you got a tsx lens or a celica lens and put it on replacing the oem lens on the f35 ..be more sharper then the lens u got on the f35 right now

what shrouds you talkng bout?there should only be a shroud to over the projector up soo you wont see the whole projector body...its a cutoff line you seeing right now on the picture..other then that..i dont see he have any shroud over his projectors

A sharper cut-off line looks better but isn't necessarely better for the driver or incoming traffic- though I did sheild-mod the projector. I'll be putting rx330 shrouds.
-The cut-off pic I have sucks, I'll be getting a new one soon.

[j0e_p3t]

damn, those look pretty freaking hott. you should write up a how-to. so how much did everything cost you? and how about some daytime pics?

[BloodyStupidDave...]

you should write up a how-to

Forget the how-to, you should offer this as a service!

[Rayme]

just got up, and stnatched those before going to work

[IdiotStick]

Damn Remy about time you got those things done! Looks great!

PS: I'l let you use my car as a tester now

I just cant be lightless too often


And Davey, I think he plans to do it as a service

This post has been edited by IdiotStick: Aug 3, 2007 - 9:39 AM

[elvasoshexai]

very nice! hids w/ projectors is always > hids w/ reflectors.

just for every1's information:
customlightz.com does this for $750USD (matching tsx projectors, new bulbs, matsu****a gen3 ballasts, tsx projector mod, painting inside of housing, labour, shipping all included)

i believe supradog got it done there too.

they do group buys. the civic forum i'm on is having a group buy from them. for every 10members u get $50 off

but rayme, i wanna know if you hv this problem too, the way our cars are designed, the low beams are really far back from the very front of the front bumper and i get light reflecting off of the rounded part of the bumper surrounded the lowbeam, i can see 2 curvy things above my light output because of it. but it's very minor.

[dustin15brown]

looking really good... What are you using for lenses?

[Rayme]

very nice! hids w/ projectors is always > hids w/ reflectors.

just for every1's information:
customlightz.com does this for $750USD (matching tsx projectors, new bulbs, matsu****a gen3 ballasts, tsx projector mod, painting inside of housing, labour, shipping all included)

i believe supradog got it done there too.

they do group buys. the civic forum i'm on is having a group buy from them. for every 10members u get $50 off

but rayme, i wanna know if you hv this problem too, the way our cars are designed, the low beams are really far back from the very front of the front bumper and i get light reflecting off of the rounded part of the bumper surrounded the lowbeam, i can see 2 curvy things above my

There is no light reflecting on the bumper if that is what you're asking for.

If some people are interested I could probably do a retrofit for around 550$ depending on equipment used -lens included, more to come later

looking really good... What are you using for lenses?

They are lens I made myself out of PETG plastic.

This post has been edited by Rayme: Aug 3, 2007 - 1:58 PM

[manolis]

Good work

[Rayme]

Ok guys, the whole reason to do all this..night shots!

Ok first, a day shot with everything done





A low beam close-up with my custom lens



High beam close-up, still with my custom lens



Behind the scene shot...I still have to put a cover back there to isolate the igniter




From the side



AND HERE FINALLY..the lovely cut-off!!






Another good thing with this retro..I now have 4 high beams!!! This is killer!!!




Beam close-ups at night...no glare or light leak whatsoever.




The front spread on the road:




And lets finish with some really cool shots

If anybody has questions, ask me! I'll do my best to answer!

[j0e_p3t]

awesome work.

[elvasoshexai]

nice pics.. but from those pics, you DO have the same problem i do of the light reflecting off the bumper. (those 2 things that shine onto the wall in the middle above the cutoff)

[tomazws]

Very nice!

[Rayme]

nice pics.. but from those pics, you DO have the same problem i do of the light reflecting off the bumper. (those 2 things that shine onto the wall in the middle above the cutoff)

I would suppose so but I would not call that a problem at all, its pretty meaningless, doesn't affect the pattern or incoming drivers.

[malpaso]

nice job

[Coomer]

Very nice man.

I just did this as well...lots of work but so worth it.

What do you plan to use for a shroud?