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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 05:01 PM
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Re-retrofited my headlights

I just bought new headlights, projectors, and shroud (bezels) because my first retrofit was half-assed. I will try and get some cut off pics at night later.





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beautiful!! great work man
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Very nice. I'm looking forward to retrofitting some projectors in my headlights in the spring.
Old Dec 6, 2005 | 06:37 PM
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Those are mean as hell, good work.
Old Dec 6, 2005 | 06:39 PM
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Looks great. Beam Pattern pics needed.
Old Dec 6, 2005 | 06:42 PM
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Very nice.
Old Dec 6, 2005 | 06:46 PM
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Good work. All these new retrofit threads lately are just making it harder for me to wait until mine get done
Old Dec 6, 2005 | 07:11 PM
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Shawn I want the old ones if you still have them, leave me a msg on my cell with your price.

They look f'in bad btw~
Old Dec 6, 2005 | 07:17 PM
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sweet max!!
Old Dec 6, 2005 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by SDot82
I just bought new headlights, projectors, and shroud (bezels) because my first retrofit was half-assed. I will try and get some cut off pics at night later.
That's tight kid. Looking good.
Old Dec 6, 2005 | 07:46 PM
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Very nice, night pics would be great!
Old Dec 7, 2005 | 08:33 AM
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damn those shrounds make it look sick!
Old Dec 7, 2005 | 10:02 AM
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Very nice, night pics would be great!

They are beyond sexy at night.
Old Dec 7, 2005 | 10:15 AM
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Well here are some night pics of the headlight, cameras do not do the headlights justice (or at least mines) they are much better in person. I will get a different camera and see if it does any better.









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The cutoff looks pretty good
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 03:39 PM
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Beautiful! They look d@mn good!
Old Dec 7, 2005 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 99grnmaxgxe
Beautiful! They look d@mn good!
Thanks for all the comments and I'm glad they look good since it while to finish it.
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Looks real nice and clean..

I've noticed on most of the pictures posted in retrofit HID topics that the "pin-point" look of projectors in the dark from a distance are not there in these pics.. Is this due to some light leaking from the projectors unto the reflective-based headlights of the Max or is it just a camera exposure issue? I see pics of the cuttoffs so the projectors
are obviously doing their job.

One other member on here has a nice black max with completely smoked headlights holding a pair of twin projectors.. wonder how those look in the dark at a slight distance?

What makes HID projectors look soo sexy (aside form functional aspects) is the combination of the slightly shimmering color shift at different angles and extreme pin-point origin of the light. Can't see my self putting the effort and expense into retrofiting these spare pair of Cefiros i've got if I can't recreate that.
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Originally Posted by plate
Looks real nice and clean..

I've noticed on most of the pictures posted in retrofit HID topics that the "pin-point" look of projectors in the dark from a distance are not there in these pics.. Is this due to some light leaking from the projectors unto the reflective-based headlights of the Max or is it just a camera exposure issue? I see pics of the cuttoffs so the projectors
are obviously doing their job.

One other member on here has a nice black max with completely smoked headlights holding a pair of twin projectors.. wonder how those look in the dark at a slight distance?

What makes HID projectors look soo sexy (aside form functional aspects) is the combination of the slightly shimmering color shift at different angles and extreme pin-point origin of the light. Can't see my self putting the effort and expense into retrofiting these spare pair of Cefiros i've got if I can't recreate that.
Reason why these pics don't look so good is because my digital camera sucks at night pics. I will try and get a different camera to take some better night pics.
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