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?

[KAOS]

I don't have any questions... but rather a "YES PLEASE!"

Put me down for a set fellow Canuk'r.

Also, you have to do something about those hideous foglights now... hahahaha...

[dustin15brown]

both of your guys' projectors look awesome (this also means christian's in the delsol) nice job guys

[Rayme]

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?

For now nothing lol, I tried using some RX330 "shrouds" but it didn't really look that better.
we'll see later..its a large area to cover.

[Sthen]

very good work!!!!

[supradog1]

very nice!!! looks very mechanical... i like it a lot!!!

[Chanh55]

What car is that off of?

[elvasoshexai]

What car is that off of?

i think he said those r fx35 projectors

[cjh4l22]

ok so i'm a little lost here can someone explain all the different pieces of the projector headlights? because i've been searching for pieces on ebay and found some from an acura tsx and want some details on how to pull this off.. i guess a write up would be much appreciated too..

[elvasoshexai]

ok so i'm a little lost here can someone explain all the different pieces of the projector headlights? because i've been searching for pieces on ebay and found some from an acura tsx and want some details on how to pull this off.. i guess a write up would be much appreciated too..

i used JDM projector headlights for my retrofit. they are one piece. you have to actually cut them out, and somehow attach the projectors (epoxy/glue/yadayada)

so u really just need the HID projectors... a set of ballasts... the bulbs... wiring harness w/ relay/fuse

if u r using stock non-projector headlights... u should buy the clear lens from dustin's gb i think it is and u cut a hole in the back big enuff to fit the projector in and it's basically same procedure

i believe u can find more info over @ hidplanet forums... i think they hv a diy on an integra or sumthin as well

This post has been edited by elvasoshexai: Sep 27, 2007 - 12:15 PM

[Valo666]

What car is that off of?

i think he said those r fx35 projectors

if any one is insterested, i got a set of full FX35/45 headlights sittin in my living room right now waiting for a new owner.

[bccentaur3]

Hey, how much did you end up paying for the plastic to make your lenses? And how did you conform the plastic sheet to the headlights? I am thinking about doing what your doing but maybe a tsx retro fit instead. But using the petg sheet was an awesome idea.

[dustin15brown]

Hey, how much did you end up paying for the plastic to make your lenses? And how did you conform the plastic sheet to the headlights? I am thinking about doing what your doing but maybe a tsx retro fit instead. But using the petg sheet was an awesome idea.

Do you have a way to vaccum form the lense based off of a mold? That is how Rayme does it

[DomGT]

Outstanding work.

[StrikerFox]

DOOD i think you were selling these on ebay and i wanted to get my hands on em! you selling any?

This post has been edited by StrikerFox: Dec 14, 2007 - 7:51 PM

[KAOS]

Back from the dead... all Rayme Retrofit are belong to me

They have been torn apart and rebuilt from scratch to solidify the housings, and to manipulate the bulkheads allowing High beams in the lowbeams...

I also added Angel Eyes to the projectors...

Any questions, LMK; I'll do my best to answer them.

[HaRv3sTeR]

how they look?!!

[Neon90424]

Amazing work, how do these compare with the Kouki Projectors? those high beams must be killer bright

[trdproven]

its awesome just looks very bare and mechanical. basically unfinished. but good job.

[KAOS]

If anyone is interested in this complete headlight set; they're now for sale: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=80901