My TL HID Retrofit...

f550maranello2 · 2005-12-06 16:49:45

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Dec 6, 2005 | 08:49 AM

f550maranello2

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My TL HID Retrofit... LOTS OF PIX

Dec 6, 2005 | 08:50 AM

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Dec 6, 2005 | 08:51 AM

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Dec 6, 2005 | 08:53 AM

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Nice, and congrats. It looks good.

Dec 6, 2005 | 08:54 AM

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looks sick

Dec 6, 2005 | 09:18 AM

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Looks real good.

Dec 6, 2005 | 09:27 AM

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Very nice!

Dec 6, 2005 | 09:28 AM

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Those illuminate so well. Congrats.

Dec 6, 2005 | 10:02 AM

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very nice!!

Dec 6, 2005 | 10:05 AM

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Those projectors are MONSTERS! Great job on getting those suckers into the housing!

Dec 6, 2005 | 10:12 AM

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look at that cutoff!

looks great man

Dec 6, 2005 | 10:12 AM

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they are actually not that big.. they were pretty easy to get them in.. there was a lot of cutting though...

Dec 6, 2005 | 10:16 AM

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dam them shiets is nice, how hard was the job? and how much did the projectors cost?

Dec 6, 2005 | 10:29 AM

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Good job man. Do you still have hi beam functionality?

Dec 6, 2005 | 10:31 AM

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well i payed $465 for the projectors bulbs and ballasts... as for the materials... probably another $40 for wiring.... at wallmart.. they have 12 awg for $2.99.... i got relays... 2 for $5 from work (best buy) the diodes from radioshack were like $4.... the rest i have at home (including wire strippers, electrical connectors, solder etc..)
if anybody needs the wiring diagram for the harness let me know ill do a schematic...

Dec 6, 2005 | 10:33 AM

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yep highbeams work... those are seriously amazing...

Dec 6, 2005 | 10:38 AM

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WOW, more power to you for your install.

You own me with my D2S retro in my 2k2 headlights lol

Dec 6, 2005 | 10:42 AM

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Those look awesome man. Good work.

Dec 6, 2005 | 11:30 AM

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beautiful!! great work man

Dec 6, 2005 | 12:51 PM

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Props if that is your first retro, the TL retrofit looked intimidating to me the way JsMex did his (definitely alot of cutting). That looks good though man. Welcome to the club.

Dec 6, 2005 | 01:04 PM

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thts HOT!!

Dec 6, 2005 | 01:15 PM

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Beautiful.

Dec 6, 2005 | 01:41 PM

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great job! looks really nice

Dec 6, 2005 | 01:54 PM

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Quote:

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Props if that is your first retro, the TL retrofit looked intimidating to me the way JsMex did his (definitely alot of cutting). That looks good though man. Welcome to the club.

Yep its my first retro... iv dont far more complicated stuff before... so it wasnt that bad... the hardes part of the whole project was to get the projectors alligned right , so that you could have the housings sitting flush against the hood and bumper....

Dec 6, 2005 | 02:23 PM

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Can you provide the wiring diagram? thanks.

Dec 6, 2005 | 02:33 PM

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Wow, i would love to have those on my ride!! Good Job....

Dec 6, 2005 | 03:40 PM

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I'm sorry they did not come out as you expected - TLs are very over-rated. You should try selling them and maybe getting some TSXs'...

Dec 6, 2005 | 04:03 PM

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looks nice. is that foil on the back of it? anyways can u hooka me up with a diagram?

Dec 6, 2005 | 07:36 PM

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The wiring diagram will be posted in the HOW TO's....

Dec 6, 2005 | 07:42 PM

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Quote:

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The wiring diagram will be posted in the HOW TO's....

Are you going to be putting in a write-up there as well ??

-matt

Dec 6, 2005 | 07:58 PM

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Wow, very nice, better than them Silverstars eh?

Dec 6, 2005 | 08:40 PM

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Looking real good. Always makes me wonder if I should do a retrofit on my 4Runner, should be easier than the Maxima housing, because the 4Runners are huge.