first one i've done.

 

looks nice.. Can't wait to see the finished product.. Sure spent alot of time considering two case's of 12 pack soda's and bags of chips hehe

 

looks sic when ya gunna throw em on? in for the output pics

 

they'll be on the car as soon as i get the bulb connectors...from china

they could've been done in a day but since i get only one of those a week it took 2...half days.

 

the e46 chrome shrouds are mad nice. It looks super clean with those babies. Good luck aiming them dude. Got 85122s in there, or kit bulbs?

 

Looks great, like it could've come OEM. I hate the retros where there's a black housing, and just one huge projector in the middle...looks so 'eBay' for lack of a better word.

 

they are sweet. i stole the idea for those in particular from Kevlo (his are painted black though). i had a universal kit on before so just had to get d2s and connectors for them.

all together i think it was a dirt cheap retro and i'm pretty happy with it. i'll post a pic on the car as soon as i put them back on. don't expect any beam pattern pics though - plenty of those around

 

thanks
chrome accents look a lot nicer with my color (ruby pearl) than blacked out.

 

damn nice, where'd you get that reflector tape? I could use seom for my Flourescent clear tails, not much illumination in the day without the amber reflector.

Think you could sell me a couple feet?

 

very well done. maybe there's hope for the .org after all.

 

wow, thx
it's just aluminium heat duct tape - you can get it at home depot, lowe's, ace etc. i got this one at wal mart - about $7 a roll. pm me if you want to pay shipping, and wait for me to mail it to you, though.

 

Damn that looks good.
/Subscribed.

 

trolling around the org more than nico lately? hehe

looks good man, i need to do this as well...

 

thx and yeah, hasn't been much going on for a while there...even jsmithsole hangs out here more often

 

the sun kinda ruins the shot but still i'm pretty satisfied with the outcome.



all i need now is my bulb connectors so i can finally drive my car again...

 

looks ver very nice on the car, by the way did someone steal your fog lamps? or r u retro fitting those too?

 

thx. as for the fogs...i have a gle so had to cut the holes out for them myself and now i'm looking for a cheap set to put them in
and the lower grille is going to have mesh in - just need time for all my projects and the vc gaskets are first on the list.

 

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maybe its just me, but it looks like the actual projectors aren't pointing straight ahead? anyway, good work though, in for output pics.

 

Looks like you did a good job, but the projectors look like they're pointed too far out to the sides. At least that's the impression I get from the pictures. Did you aim the projectors before sealing everything back up?

 

looks sooo much better! by the way, whats up w/ the front bumper?

 

That's not how you post pics on the internet...not in the least.

A stock Windows sample picture, too?

 

to post pics first you have to drop them into photobucket, then copy the direct link and paste it in the image box.

 

not how to post pics. have to host them on photobucket then link them here, dude.

edit: haha, guess i wasn't the only one at that instant to tell him how

 

the lights aren't aimed yet. i've noticed that the projector aim looks off inside the light but they're staright (used level to get them straight up/down and side/side before sealing).

G4 look at #17

 

ah ok

 

had to go outside to make sure that they're actually straight
i think it's the weird light angle in the pic that makes them look like pointed to the outsides. soon as i get my connectors and aim i'll post pics of the beam pattern

 

Im looking to do a projector retro, where would you suggest i buy the projectors?
Junk yard, oem, etc?

 

try google

 

i suggest you don't jack my thread
but i got my projectors off ebay.

 

HIDplanet classifieds, or ebay

Do research though... they're not all created equal.

 

And not all created with tape

 

looks awesome and unique, well done!

 

Looks good, reminds me of a set of Cefiros I did a while back,


Im going to have to agree however about the projectors looking quite off. You will need to aim the housings quite a bit to get them straight and they are going to look quite odd with them pointing so far inwards . Im betting your going to have to reopen them and reaim the actual projectors themselves to get them straight, but good luck.

 

Yeah, that was my biggest complaint about OEM 4th gen housings - it's hard to find a good level reference, since everything's curved or slanted.

It looks like they've been aimed as if the housings were mounted on the car so the front is flat... but they're angled outwards when installed.

 

thx and reaimed. i thought they were pointed straight but...was wrong. i don't need to reopen them to aim the projector but still have to pull the lights from the mounting brackets.

anyways, still waiting for my damn bulb connectors - f'kin usps!

nalc - unfortunately you're totally right

btw my original idea was to reuse my 95 housings with 97 lenses but they have a different shape - the 97's are curved as 95's have a pretty straight line edge in the front.

 

Where they not sealed up to the housings?



I too found that out years ago when I tried to put my clear glass lenses on my retroed 97-99 housings. I ended just retroing the 95-96 housings to use the all clear class lenses.

 

they were but i used silicone which i can always cut away - just in case

 

well, i'm not very happy with my right projector because it looks like it is facing straight forward when i was shooting for more of an inward angle. but i won't take them off and bake them open till spring/summer when i get working on my vc gasket, water pump etc.

i have the projectors held in place with 4 threaded rods and should've thought earlier about a better aiming mechanism - right now i have to pull the lights out of the brackets and adjust all 4 nuts on the back - 2 pieces of thin piping over the outer rods spanning from the projector bracket to the back of the headlight. on the inner (closer to the grille) 2 rods 2 springs from the bracket to the back of headlight housing to keep tension - that way only the outer 2 nuts need to be loosened or tightened to aim the projector left to right. idk if anyone has made something like that before but if not i'm feeling pretty smart about my idea

 

here's the poorly drawn pic of my design:



of course there will need to be some sort of a specer between the adjusting nut and back of housing to ensure a flat surface.