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02-03-2006, 03:38 PM

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HID's no projectors no glare

I did an HID retro using the shielded bulb holder assembly from a V70 Volvo. Basically I took apart the Volvo headlights to get the shielded holder, bulb and ballast. The 4th gen headlights needed to be taken apart, the existing shield taken out and the hole for the bulb had to be made larger to accept the Volvo assembly.

The results were a descent set of HID's with no glare and good beam down on the road. A few guys on here have asked for pics so here goes.

First, the shield and D2R bulbs.

Next you install them into the 4th gen housing.

02-03-2006, 03:38 PM

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The results....

02-03-2006, 03:49 PM

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That looks nice. How much did you pick up the V70 headlights for?

02-03-2006, 03:54 PM

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How would that look in a 95-96 housing?

02-03-2006, 03:56 PM

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thats very decent for a reflector

02-03-2006, 04:22 PM

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That looks nice. How much did you pick up the V70 headlights for?

The V70 components were free, the car came into my brothers shop totaled.
I took what I needed before the car was taken to the junk yard.

Total cost for this project.... $0.00

02-03-2006, 04:52 PM

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The V70 components were free, the car came into my brothers shop totaled.
I took what I needed before the car was taken to the junk yard.

Total cost for this project.... $0.00

damn you b@stard

02-03-2006, 05:04 PM

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damn thats really bright.

02-03-2006, 06:02 PM

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nice job. it seems you never cut corners when modding. do it once, do it right.

02-03-2006, 07:19 PM

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nice job. it seems you never cut corners when modding. do it once, do it right.

I've come full circle with mods, my car is pretty much back to stock once again.

02-03-2006, 07:34 PM

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i fusing cefiros they sell the reflector shield on ebay and other sites.. tehy block light to the bottom portion of thereflector.. the cutoff isnt that sharp but u avoid blinkding and alot of into the sky light... thats a great setup by the way.. since u ran into the shield...

02-03-2006, 08:23 PM

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nice setup, now I just need to flip my bulb shield inside my reflectors in order to make them face the right way.(had them pointing down, instead of to the top of the reflector.

02-03-2006, 08:48 PM

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nice...especially since it was FREE!!! I love free stuff! Although nothing beats a projector retro with D2S

02-03-2006, 09:15 PM

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Nice mod...and freeee

02-04-2006, 02:49 PM

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wow....my dad has an old v70 volvo that doesn't run anymore, i might have to do that myself....nice job.

02-04-2006, 03:06 PM

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looks good but i like projectors better

02-04-2006, 04:11 PM

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If you have to go thru the trouble of taking apart the headlights
might as well go with the projectors. I've seen them go as cheap as
$60 for a good pair of used OEM projectors on ebay, more for bi-xenon.

02-04-2006, 06:52 PM

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I've come full circle with mods, my car is pretty much back to stock once again.

Stock springs and illuminas still?

02-04-2006, 07:12 PM

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Looks good Tom, although i can see a little glare but not as bad as it could be without** your modifications...

02-05-2006, 07:30 AM

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any shots of them closer to a solid wall surface? Also what year Volvo are we talking about here..

02-05-2006, 08:16 AM

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Stock springs and illuminas still?

Sort of, I've got a set of 5 speed front springs in my auto. That braught my front end down about 1/3" making the gaps perfectly even at the "stock" ride height. The car rides absolutely awsome and the front gap isn't bad even with 17's on.

02-05-2006, 08:18 AM

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what year Volvo are we talking about here..

I believe it was an 03 V70R wagon.

02-05-2006, 08:21 AM

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A little too new to find many in a junkyard, but I will look anyway.

02-05-2006, 08:53 AM

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02-05-2006, 09:12 AM

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Very nice. That's a very low amount of glare for reflectors

02-05-2006, 11:45 AM

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Man those look good.

02-05-2006, 06:51 PM

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looks good tom.. you still do suspension work???

-blake

02-05-2006, 06:54 PM

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looks good tom

i've been thinking doing that for both my car and the tC... even on the tC with newer headlight, the beam pattern still spreads out too much. it's just i don't have too much time doing these kinda project anymore...