Maxima HID Retrofit Build
12-08-2011, 07:42 PM
#165
I like this for obvious reasons
Looks familiar
Got any pics of the turn signal lit up? Curious b/c I was considering going all black on the turn signal reflector side, but didn't want to lose turn signal light output.
Looks familiarGot any pics of the turn signal lit up? Curious b/c I was considering going all black on the turn signal reflector side, but didn't want to lose turn signal light output.
12-08-2011, 08:27 PM
#167
I got these on Ebay for $15 shipped, so I couldn't refuse it. It took me literally 1/2 hour to trim a little, drill few holes to mount it with screw and done. I was planning to mount 2.5" clear lens, but felt too much work needed since the headlight lens have diffuser section that I couldn't get rid off (ruined one good headlight already tried to sand those off).
12-08-2011, 08:36 PM
#168
[quote=Nexus67;8294972]I like this for obvious reasons Looks familiar
Yes, I actually like this better than all black, but I like the latest turn signal better. It's really depend on the car color too. If you have Silver or Black car, black headlights look good, but on lighter color, more chrome is better IMO.
Here is that headlights installed in customer car.
Looks familiarYes, I actually like this better than all black, but I like the latest turn signal better. It's really depend on the car color too. If you have Silver or Black car, black headlights look good, but on lighter color, more chrome is better IMO.
Here is that headlights installed in customer car.
12-09-2011, 08:35 PM
#169
FX-R 2.0 Retro update 12/9/11
First time on the road with the headlights. FX-R 2.0 has better beam distribution than 1.1 less streaky in away. It has also thinner color band which makes it less straining IMO. The cut off was a little droopy at the beam end but it's all good IMO. The original FX-R 2.0 was way worse than this. Spent about 4 hours to tweak it to this condition. Hot spot intensity is good, location is good, rotation, vertical, and horizontal adjustment are good also. With this height, you will have about 1/2 up and down, so the stock adjustment is fully functional.
12-09-2011, 09:03 PM
#172
Thanks! Haha..it does look kinda unusual but functionally I would rather have this than all black. Maybe it looks better without the inside diffuser. I was also thinking of putting Acrylic mirror in some area to help reflect the light, I don't know we'll see. I'll probably endup selling this. I have too many projectors at home and trying to raise money to buy CNC mill.
12-09-2011, 09:08 PM
#173
Look few pages back, I'm sure I had more on there. here is few more
Last edited by Genes1s; 12-09-2011 at 09:12 PM.
12-10-2011, 09:48 AM
#176
I like the creativity of the signal lights, but if I'm honest, I agree they just look weird, and the colour seems very yellow instead of amber, maybe it's just the pics?
The rest looks awesome dude your work is incredible.
The rest looks awesome dude your work is incredible.
12-10-2011, 01:24 PM
#179
Are you guys saying it would look better without the turn signal at all and just have it all black.
I'm still open to ideas here......My main concern is not being able to see the turn signal if its all black.
I'm still open to ideas here......My main concern is not being able to see the turn signal if its all black.
12-10-2011, 02:12 PM
#180
I think what makes the turn signal area look weird are those curving streak lines Nissan put on there. Other than that I think your turn signal cover would look fine.
12-10-2011, 03:37 PM
#181
I've seen that all black setup on some aftermarket ebay 00-01's. The light is still somewhat bright but it's significantly dimmer than it's chrome counterpart.
I think what makes the turn signal area look weird are those curving streak lines Nissan put on there. Other than that I think your turn signal cover would look fine.
I think what makes the turn signal area look weird are those curving streak lines Nissan put on there. Other than that I think your turn signal cover would look fine.
12-16-2011, 09:17 PM
#182
Took the projectors apart and tried to get it as flat as I can be. Need to ship this before Chrismas, so this is good enough IMO
Camera was dead, so used Iphone which couldn't take the purple/blue band nicely. the middle cut off kinda blur in the picture, but it was dead sharp in real.
Car was about 50'
Wall shot, Car was about 20'
Camera was dead, so used Iphone which couldn't take the purple/blue band nicely. the middle cut off kinda blur in the picture, but it was dead sharp in real.
Car was about 50'
Wall shot, Car was about 20'
Last edited by Genes1s; 12-16-2011 at 09:22 PM.
12-17-2011, 01:37 PM
#184
That curving line is really the diffuser part of the turn signal. it does help the signal to spread out to all direction. I tried to remove this and wasted a good lens. Believe me, it was impossible to do tis by hand and blending in to the rest of the curve was a royal disaster. Originally I was going with turn signal projector using 2.5" fresnel lens, but because of this dang diffuser, I decided to use something else. I think I'm going to leave the way it is, it looks a little off but functionally it is better than all black which is what I wanted.
I've always wondered about sanding them down but you proved why someone shouldn't
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12-18-2011, 05:36 PM
#186
Wow, considering how similar our setups are, seeing yours mounted on the whip ours look nothing alike.
Looks real real good though, and I like that last pic w/ the light-rays cutting through the mist.
Looks real real good though, and I like that last pic w/ the light-rays cutting through the mist.
12-18-2011, 07:42 PM
#187
Thanks. I like the looks also and those turn signal looked good in person. It gives more defined beam pattern too.
Still struggling with the cut off level. It was dead perfect without the lens. Put everything back, glued the projector, sealed the headlight now the cut off has smiley just on the passenger side on the bottom step.. weird....
Last edited by Genes1s; 12-18-2011 at 08:15 PM.
12-18-2011, 09:06 PM
#189
Snap pict for you.
Notice I'm holidng the adjustment screw part that got broken off.
Front mount.....nah.
12-18-2011, 09:15 PM
#190
FX-R 2.0 Retro update 12/18/11
Went outside for a drive and snap pict of the cut off. Not entirely happy
. It was all good Friday night but it moved once the glue is cured. I had it on bolts and nuts before putting epoxy around the bowl and it still moved. Passenger side needs to be rotated 1-2 degree CCW. Drive side is good. Cut off kinda blurry at 20' but gets sharper and sharper at long distance, I set it at 70-80' to give the sharpest blue thick band. I really don't want to tweak this anymore since I have few retro to do this chrismas break.
What do you guys think?
40' passenger side
40' driver side
70' passenger side
70' driver side
70' both sides
. It was all good Friday night but it moved once the glue is cured. I had it on bolts and nuts before putting epoxy around the bowl and it still moved. Passenger side needs to be rotated 1-2 degree CCW. Drive side is good. Cut off kinda blurry at 20' but gets sharper and sharper at long distance, I set it at 70-80' to give the sharpest blue thick band. I really don't want to tweak this anymore since I have few retro to do this chrismas break.What do you guys think?
40' passenger side
40' driver side
70' passenger side
70' driver side
70' both sides
Last edited by Genes1s; 12-18-2011 at 09:35 PM.
12-19-2011, 01:13 AM
#191
Looks good!
I think the most frustrating thing with doing the retro is getting the rotation just right. It always sucks when you have everything sealed up and ready to go and then you realize that you have more tweaking and adjusting to do. Not sure how much of a perfectionist you are but I probably wouldn't even bother if it were that small of a difference and the glue already settled.
I think the most frustrating thing with doing the retro is getting the rotation just right. It always sucks when you have everything sealed up and ready to go and then you realize that you have more tweaking and adjusting to do. Not sure how much of a perfectionist you are but I probably wouldn't even bother if it were that small of a difference and the glue already settled.
12-19-2011, 07:59 AM
#192
Thanks for the word of encouragement.
I spent hours tweaking the projectors to produce sharp cut off. I spent another couple hours to allign them with no glue (just bolts and buts) and to find out that it still mis-alligned was a defeat honestly after all that work outside in the cold. I'm not perfectionist by any means, just trying to do the best I can really. I have another trick that I want to try to bring it to level, we'll see. I was going to ship it this morning, but I have few days to drive around with it to make sure things are OK.
I do love the way it looks on the car though. It looks clean with projector shroud being the center points and the trun signal chrome on the side. That little white ring and frosted lens look also add a focal point too since it reflect off the chrome also.
Update 12/19/11
Took the passenger side off and fix the rotational issues. Got it very close now. Feel much better now.
70' both sdies
Front
I spent hours tweaking the projectors to produce sharp cut off. I spent another couple hours to allign them with no glue (just bolts and buts) and to find out that it still mis-alligned was a defeat honestly after all that work outside in the cold. I'm not perfectionist by any means, just trying to do the best I can really. I have another trick that I want to try to bring it to level, we'll see. I was going to ship it this morning, but I have few days to drive around with it to make sure things are OK.
I do love the way it looks on the car though. It looks clean with projector shroud being the center points and the trun signal chrome on the side. That little white ring and frosted lens look also add a focal point too since it reflect off the chrome also.
Update 12/19/11
Took the passenger side off and fix the rotational issues. Got it very close now. Feel much better now.
70' both sdies
Front
Last edited by Genes1s; 12-19-2011 at 09:31 PM.
12-22-2011, 11:31 AM
#194
FX-R 2.0 Retro update 12/22/11
Took it off the car, cleaned it and applied silicone around the seam, and ready to be shipped.
Passenger side back
Driver side back. Can use a new cap for better fitting.
Passenger side back
Driver side back. Can use a new cap for better fitting.
12-29-2011, 10:33 PM
#196
00-01 G37 retrofit: 12/29/11
It's time for another project. Found a pair (from different source) of G37 projectors and single RX350 Bi-X. Not sure which one is going to be but I'm liking the G37 so far.
Stock. Nasty blind spot cause by metal blocker behind the curved shield.
the black metal behind the cut off is what causing that blind spot
Put clear lens thanks to fellow org. Eurodriver. This lens were in his H3 ebay projector headlight. it's more like 3.25" so I know i'm not going to use it unless I can shave it down, but just for fun I slapped it on there. BAM...........It was shockingly good. still have that stupid blocker.
Removed the blocker then you get this. SWEETTTT
130' or so
Here is Stock RX350 bi-x. Very even beam pattern. This should come out alive with curved shield and clear lens.
Stock. Nasty blind spot cause by metal blocker behind the curved shield.
the black metal behind the cut off is what causing that blind spot
Put clear lens thanks to fellow org. Eurodriver. This lens were in his H3 ebay projector headlight. it's more like 3.25" so I know i'm not going to use it unless I can shave it down, but just for fun I slapped it on there. BAM...........It was shockingly good. still have that stupid blocker.
Removed the blocker then you get this. SWEETTTT
130' or so
Here is Stock RX350 bi-x. Very even beam pattern. This should come out alive with curved shield and clear lens.
12-30-2011, 01:42 PM
#197
Also glad to see those ebay lenses going to good use!
12-30-2011, 02:25 PM
#199
12-30-2011, 03:07 PM
#200
I'm also curious to know what you dislike about them. Other than the blind spot, I am very glad I went with the G37. I get nothing but compliments and envy from everyone who comments on them. Light output is intense, even, long and wide, and the high beam output is absolutely incredible. But then again, it's my one and only retrofit and I have nothing to compare them to, other that other HIDs I encounter on the road.
Also, MSU2000: I don't know if the shields raise and drop to different positions, but on my setup, that blind spot is normally not that bad. However, sometimes it's very pronounced, and other times it's not even there at all.
Also, MSU2000: I don't know if the shields raise and drop to different positions, but on my setup, that blind spot is normally not that bad. However, sometimes it's very pronounced, and other times it's not even there at all.