Scion xD Retro w/FX-R projectors & Gatling shrouds - PICS!

[eddhead88]

Projector: FX-R (pre-colormodded w/clear lens) Ballast: Greddy Slim 35W Bulbs: Morimoto 4300K Shroud: TRS Gatling shroud Housing: OEM blacked out w/Krylon ultra-flat high-temp paint Lights off - the mean, dark look I was going for: Lights off w/flash - flat black looks grey-ish: Lights on - notice the light reflected from the lens to the corner of the housing - good thing I chose flat black or it would be a scattered mess:

[eddhead88]

Bonus pic: new shoes...but the lighting makes them look blue. They are purple

[Sci_tx_on]

Looks good. Any wall shots?

[eddhead88]

In a few hours :D

[jonathan110987]

me likes!! alot!!!!!

[chicotunner07]

Sick!!

now go drive around and put all those plug-n-play kits to shame!!!!!!

[CarbonXe]

I was planning on using the same projectors for my WRX. Got any wall shots? Cutoff shots? etc

[TRDxD]

oh wow clean look. can't wait for the night shots, put my scatter to shame. lol next on the agenda get some coils and dump that ish....DO IT.

[cuball]

Looks great. I wish I had the $$$$ to get this done.

Take some pics from the front with the lights off.

[JJGeneral1]

how's the scatter? can you take a pic at night from driver POV?

[YELOSUB]

Bad a$$...Wish I had a clue on how to get this done

[eddhead88]

LOL sorry everyone...you guys must be like "where is this fool? did he fall off the face of the earth?" Pics are uploading as I post this...sorry for the massive delay but its been wet out, and when it hasn't been wet I've been swamped.

[eddhead88]

Driver's seat beam shot:


Outside the car...note how difficult it is to capture the entire width...i'll keep trying to find a wall wide enough:

[eddhead88]

Low beam:


High beam...FX-R projectors have a special high beam pattern, a lot of other bi-xenons I looked at don't have this beautiful mountain shape:

[eddhead88]

Cutoff...when car is further from the wall:


Cutoff...when car is closer to the wall:

[chicotunner07]

^now thats how you do HIDs!!

absolutely beautiful! nice job on the pics btw, you can really see the sharpness and color of the beam!

these are the projectors i will be using on my next retro!

[eddhead88]

Mugshots...At first I hated the little glare on the inside corner of the housing, but now I kinda like it. Looks like kinda like an LED strip:






Please excuse the dirty headlight:

[eddhead88]

Color flicker...sometimes flickers blue, sometimes flickers purple, depending on where you are:

[eddhead88]

Originally Posted by chicotunner07

^now thats how you do HIDs!!

absolutely beautiful! nice job on the pics btw, you can really see the sharpness and color of the beam!

these are the projectors i will be using on my next retro!

Thanks man, but I'm a noob at photography lol. If anyone wants to school me on how to use a camera...hit me up.

As for the projectors, FX-R are an awesome choice. They are affordable and some of the best bi-xenons out there. As far as I've seen, they are some of the widest beams around. However, there's some guy who got his hands on some 2010 RX projectors, and he is thinking of upgrading to them from his FX-Rs...here is a link.

http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=53242

[eddhead88]

Originally Posted by YELOSUB

Bad a$$...Wish I had a clue on how to get this done

Your best bet is to get someone to do a retrofit for you...unless you got *****...lol. Was gonna do it myself but I'm glad I had a guy do it for me.

Doing a retro usually involves: hacking up your reflector bowl, mounting the projector in the bowl with four screws, hoping that the projector is aimed correctly, correcting the aim if it's not (big headache, esp. rotational), then sealing up the housing well to prevent moisture issues. All one big pain in the a$$.

My guy uses a different method...he engineers a mounting bracket underneath the projector so it's not just four screws holding up the projector...I didn't really like the four screw method.