JDM Projectors - Did you do the LHD Conversion?, And yes, I searched and read posts Options

[Celicav]

Alright, so I won my Low beam projectors off Ebay and they are in route. I have read up on installation (thanks Tina, Jason), LHD conversion (thanks Kadett), etc. So, questions for the US/LHD driving members in here that have installed the Projectors -

Did you do the the LHD conversion in order to supposedly not "blind" oncoming traffic? If you did not, have you had a lot problems with people flashing their lights back at you? From my searching, it does not seem that many have done the conversion (or they just don't post it). I would really like to get as many responses as possible to get a feeling for how bad the problem really is in affecting the oncoming cars.

Did you not TRY the conversion due to risk of damaging these very expensive lights? Yeah, the whole taking the glass off and putting back on scares me too. Maybe I'll just pay Kadett to do it or try this new aluminum foil idea proposed by Culpable

Finally, if your state requires annual inspections, do these projectors cause any issue, esp. if you did not do the LHD conversion?

Thanks!!

[jason]

tin foil idea did not work, i tried it, and did it half assed and the tin foil "blinders" or whatever fell off, then culp did it with adhesive, the temps from the bulbs make any kind of adhesive base not work, was contemplating doing a sort of clamp/paperclip style design, but honestly, when you pull up at a gas station and some kid sees them with the cut off and goes "jdm?" and i just nod and watch the look on his face its nice, i havent had any one flash high beams at me since ive had em and ive had hid's in them for a while now and no problems.... now them high beams.... dont leave those on cuz they are BRIGHT with the right kinda bulbs, specially if you like to aim the slightly higher than they should and wider to help more with night driving

if you feel up to it do the conversion

otherwise dont... when i got mine before i even put them in i was nervous about leaving them with the rhd cutoff... but was also nervous about opening them up, risking fogging, cracking, having pry marks on the plastic housing, so i didnt do it and am trying to think of a descent way to block off that lil bit without opening them up

congrats on the purchase you wont regret it!!

edit: aim them to the far left to avoid blinding people, aim them to the far right for max visibility while driving, of in the middle for the best of both

This post has been edited by jason: Jun 11, 2007 - 5:43 PM