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03-29-2014, 06:00 AM | #2 |
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Finished up the install on the Zenki S14 Fog Lights using the Mod-Express JL Hid Kit(3000K 35W H3 HID Kit).
^ I drilled out the dust caps with stepped drill bit to allow room for the new bulbs. This gets covered later. ^The plug that was on the fog-light unit is removed and spliced into the HID Power harness so that I can plud this into the chassis harness and not mess with the chassis harness itself. ^I taped up the out-put side of the HID Ballast in efforts to keep them moisture free as long as possible. ^Pictured of one side, pretty basic setup as 35W will only take up 3.1~3.5 Amps of power draw, no need to use relays. Here you can see that only thing that needs to be hooked up now is the patch harness I made earlier into the chassis harness. Taped up the hole/opening in the dust cap/cover as best I could.... Finished! I'll post a pic of it on the road later when I remember to along with actual night time driving impressions.
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04-14-2014, 10:11 PM | #3 |
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I forgot about this thread, haven't been doing many 240s lately, mostly just new cars/trucks (i can share that too- but kinda off topic).
usdm housings with clear lenses rx330 non afs projectors (converted to bixenon) high beam projectors are halogen oem (forgot exactly what I took them from) |
04-16-2014, 12:47 PM | #4 | |
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04-15-2014, 01:23 AM | #5 |
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Seriously...?! You're killing the lighting game dude.
PLEASE make those lenses like you were talking about lol. Do your clients go in on the Sonar lights and buy the entire housing? Or do you find them for cheap? I really need those plastic lenses in my life. Do you do anything to treat the lenses?
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If that didn't make sense... lol
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04-15-2014, 07:54 PM | #8 |
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Okay here's a few recent ones then.
2013 civic with s2000 projectors and satin black painted housings. The projectors were modded with custom cutoff shields that allow for extra color flicker effect through a small slit above the cutoff edge. WRX with obsidian black pearl painted bezels, e55r bixenon projectors, and refinished lenses kouki s14 w/ brand new housings, retrofitted with modded rx330 projectors 2003 accord with modded rx330 projectors and obsidian black pearl paint my personal truck I bought in January new oem housings with bixenon converted maxima projectors with e30 clear lens swap, obsidian black pearl paint, candy orange blinker lesnes, and blue chrome bezels on the projector shrouds. factory fog lights were also retrofitted with 2014 bmw x5 led modules led fogs which provide almost 180* of lighting (slightly overexposed to better show the width) Tundra trdsport with acura TL projectors, gloss black paint, Oracle dual colored halos, and orange SMD halos around each projector for turn signal |
05-07-2014, 05:14 PM | #10 |
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I'm currently trying to do an LED headlight retrofit with my headlights.. So far it looks like it might work...
(it lines up much better in person..) Last edited by R33E8; 05-07-2014 at 05:57 PM.. |
05-07-2014, 05:25 PM | #11 |
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Those are from the new MDX right? I am curious to see how that turns out.
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05-07-2014, 07:21 PM | #13 |
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I was thinking about doing that a year or so back. Interested to see the progress. I have a few more retrofits to post soon too.
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05-08-2014, 01:53 PM | #17 |
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What turned me off of the idea was I was worried that in order to get the rotation of the LED module correct for appropriate function it may have to sit titled inside the kouki housing which would be an unattractive look, or it may have to be titled so far that it wouldn't fit inside the housing at all. I hope I'm proven otherwise by R33 though!
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05-08-2014, 02:27 PM | #18 | |
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^^I've noticed that of your retrofits have plastic lenses. Is there not a clear glass option or is it just not cost effective for glass?
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05-08-2014, 03:04 PM | #19 |
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It's actually more expensive to do the plastic lenses on a retrofit because you need the OEM housings + the clear lensed plastic housings to serve as donors for the clear lenses themselves. I no longer do retrofits in the aftermarket housings because frankly they are really poor quality all around.
I actually had a long discussion about clear lenses on kouki retrofits with a few other members in another thread. The performance of an hid retrofit with clear lenses in front is much much better and here's why... With clear lenses the light just below the cutoff line remains the appropriate intensity unlike if you put it behind glass- this greatly affects distance vision and down the road lighting performance. If you think about it the hid projectors I use for most of my retrofits (mostly newer lexus projectors, s2k, etc.) were not designed to be a light source behind thick glass lenses. The kouki halogen projectors were. Along with causing added glare the thick glass lenses actually de-intensify the hotspot just below the cutoff line and effectively "move" some of the light from that hotspot into the foreground. This is not good as it causes the driver to concentrate heavily on the foreground right in front of the vehicle rather than distractions that may lie ahead down the road. With a lowered vehicle this problem is only exacerbated as the closer the light source is to the ground the shorter the distance vision is. Uneven road surfaces will cast shadows further and reflect less light back into your eyes than they would if the light source were higher. Clear lenses do allow for the "sick blue cutoff line" also, but that's only an added bonus if you care about that sort of thing. |
05-08-2014, 03:15 PM | #20 |
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2013 chevy cruz lights with rx8 projectors (+ bixenon conversion/clear projector lens swap)
2007 Camry lights lenses were restored and clearcoated along with a retrofit using modded acura mdx hid projectors before (nasty!) 2010? Forte Koup lights with modded rx350 bixenon projectors and 100mm SMD halos behind the shrouds for accent lighting. |
05-18-2014, 06:16 PM | #24 |
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What are you dudes using to reseal the lenses to the housings after you open headlights up? I keep putting off putting my clear lenses on because I don't know what to use to seal them.
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05-18-2014, 08:15 PM | #25 | |
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05-20-2014, 07:10 PM | #26 |
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Here's a little update on the MDX retrofit if anyone is still interested.. The projectors do fit in the housing easily. The heatshink is so large that it will require some material to be removed from the radiator support. We have a long way to go since we need to create a new housing to fit everything..
I'm not sure how I feel about the ~1/2" gaps on either side.. It will be shrouded but still.. |
05-20-2014, 07:20 PM | #27 |
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just an idea for the gap on each side, why don't you push it against the edge and have the inner portion be an additional light source for DRL or something?
I want to see the back side of this thing!
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05-23-2014, 09:37 AM | #30 |
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i dont mean to rain on anyone's parade here
but just in case you didnt notice, the size of those led headlights exceeds the size of the factory headlight assembly. just saying. |
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