Ebay Projectors with G37 Bixenon Retrofit Build
^ Interesting. I had read a ballast is just a ballast. Lights never did this on ebay projectors with same ballasts. I'll try to obtain loaner set to confirm, cuz I'll be bummed if I buy new ballasts & issue persists.
If I leave them as-is, will it shorten bulb life or have some other negative effect?
If I leave them as-is, will it shorten bulb life or have some other negative effect?
they look really good, great work there with this project!
planning to do a retrofit myself and wanted to ask- those brackets - where you got them from and you said you just didn't use them? what's the reason?
planning to do a retrofit myself and wanted to ask- those brackets - where you got them from and you said you just didn't use them? what's the reason?
Last edited by shaks; Oct 31, 2011 at 01:13 AM.
Thanks everyone for the kudos. I guess I can say it's been a labor of love but I am definitely more than satisfied with the output results.
If you are talking about the clips that secure the bottom of the housings, there are two types: they gray ones are for the 02-03 style headlights and the white ones are for the 00-01 style. For adapting the 02-03 style lights to an 00-01, they lift the inner side of the light too much and they sit in place much better without them - I had seen this on some other posts, but had to find out the hard way.
You can get them at the dealership - they cost under $3/piece.
You can get them at the dealership - they cost under $3/piece.
not exactly, I was asking about these
If you are talking about the clips that secure the bottom of the housings, there are two types: they gray ones are for the 02-03 style headlights and the white ones are for the 00-01 style. For adapting the 02-03 style lights to an 00-01, they lift the inner side of the light too much and they sit in place much better without them - I had seen this on some other posts, but had to find out the hard way.
You can get them at the dealership - they cost under $3/piece.
If you are talking about the clips that secure the bottom of the housings, there are two types: they gray ones are for the 02-03 style headlights and the white ones are for the 00-01 style. For adapting the 02-03 style lights to an 00-01, they lift the inner side of the light too much and they sit in place much better without them - I had seen this on some other posts, but had to find out the hard way.
You can get them at the dealership - they cost under $3/piece.
Last edited by shaks; Oct 31, 2011 at 11:10 AM.
^ those brackets I did use. Those are the brackets inside the ebay headlight housings that hold the projectors and high beam reflectors. In the pic, you can see the lines I traced which are the outline where the G37 projectors need to fit in. I had to cut out the metal to make the hole that size/shape in order to mount the new projectors in there.
In the pic below, you can see the original projector and high beam reflector mounted on it:
In this pic, you can see the new projector mounted on it:
In the pic below, you can see the original projector and high beam reflector mounted on it:
In this pic, you can see the new projector mounted on it:
Last edited by EuroDriver; Oct 31, 2011 at 11:25 AM.
^^^ now i got it)) thanks a lot
you should definitely give it another try with OEM light - should get noticeable difference, that's what everyone says and I have seen that difference side by side
great project and very good result here!
you should definitely give it another try with OEM light - should get noticeable difference, that's what everyone says and I have seen that difference side by side
great project and very good result here!
Last edited by shaks; Oct 31, 2011 at 11:40 AM.
Are you talking about OEM HID bulbs, or just the OEM headlights?
OEM housings, but that is going to be hard as mounting the projectors is a hassle in that case - no preset position and lots of mounting hardware.
I have AE lights and in these housings it's much easier - just one projector almost of any size
in case with 5.5 you have to play around with them, as for the ballasts - stock are really good, but TRS has some good reviews on morimotos and I heard only good things about them from people
will go that route by my own)))
I have AE lights and in these housings it's much easier - just one projector almost of any size
in case with 5.5 you have to play around with them, as for the ballasts - stock are really good, but TRS has some good reviews on morimotos and I heard only good things about them from people
will go that route by my own)))
Last edited by shaks; Oct 31, 2011 at 06:18 PM.
Sorry for the delayed reply - I hadn't seen your post (didn't get email notfication for some reason |:/)
If you look at the pic above where I have the G37 projector mocked up into the black bracket, you'll notice the projector housing has ears with bolt holes. I drilled holes in the bracket and used a combination of 1" - 2" lag bolts to space and mount them.
I used a nut on either side of the bracket to obtain the proper spacing. Also, after installing them the rotation was off, so I had to slot the hols in the bracket to adjust the rotation. In this pic, you can see the holes, before I slotted them:
If you look at the pic above where I have the G37 projector mocked up into the black bracket, you'll notice the projector housing has ears with bolt holes. I drilled holes in the bracket and used a combination of 1" - 2" lag bolts to space and mount them.
I used a nut on either side of the bracket to obtain the proper spacing. Also, after installing them the rotation was off, so I had to slot the hols in the bracket to adjust the rotation. In this pic, you can see the holes, before I slotted them:
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