Like the title says, my 08's are under the knife right now. I am currently tinting the sidemarker with VHT nite shades, and I will soon to be putting in some CCFL's in the high beam reflector housing. If the rings do fit, I will tell everyone where I got them from and what size they are. I measured the housing with a digital caliper gauge and it read around 98mm at the smallest spot so we will see. I am also hoping to try and do a retro with some s2000 projectors, but I am still currently looking for the projectors.

I will post pictures once the sidemarker is finished and once the rings are put into place!!! Any tips, ideas, feedback, etc. would be great!

Stephen

 

watching

 

ya interested.

 

and the rings are ordered, just an fyi, I hate those threads that start out like this and then they never update hahaha...

thanks for your interest i guess

 

are you doing 2 or 3 rings. i have been wanting to try and fit a ring around the turn signal. might look good, might look tacky, but still want to try it.

 

if your going a retrofitting route I would of did 05-07 headlights. They look a lot better in my opinion.

 

I am actually going to only do one for now.... just one around the high beam reflector what do you think of that idea?

 

I never did a retrofit for a 08+ headlights but It seems like the pre 08's headlights have a lot more room to play with.

 

with the 08's since they already come with projectors it doesn't seem that bad. It can very easily look factory and there is plenty of room for s2000's or tsx's. here is a nice thread....

http://high-intensity.org/forums/showthread.php?t=553

I am looking for something like that, looks factory pretty much... but the other stuff I am doing doesn't look so factory lol...

and I am only going to do one ccfl ring around the high beam reflector for now... Will post pics when the rings come in :D

 

PLEASE take a lot of DIY style pics. Im sure a lot of people will want to do this.

 

08 halo DIY!!!

 

alright, I will haha.... once the halos come in, I will post pictures of them in the housing, where I will be running the wiring, cost, and materials used... also i will post pictures of the process I took (of course I don't want to do a diy on taking apart a headlight, everyone should be good with that right?!?) if not, heat the oven up to 215, place headlights in for 15 min., take them out and quickly pry them apart starting frome the inside working your way out. Be sure to not stretch the plastic too much and to be careful!

I will also show the sidemarkers when they are finished, although I already started on them so I can't do a diy on the tinting part, but just follow FLEA's diy on tail light tinting, same thing only doing it to the side marker.

I will want some feedback of the looks before I put them together (i.e. if I should try and do more halos, where I should place them, etc.

 

oh and as far as retrofitting projectors, I will say that I have changed from s2k's to lexus sc430 projectors with clear lenses. Those projectors have great potential and look amazing with e30 lenses and tsx lenses... plus they are TONS cheaper than s2k and have about the same amount of output, intensity, sharpness (once you swap the lense of course).

 

take some pics, watching this! but if it was me I would do the 05-07s and sell your 08s, you can get extra cash too with that too.. If I wont find time and money for some retrofits, imma just find some 08s and some HIDs and call it a day

 

The 05-07 retrofit is soooooooooooo last year

 

why does everyone want me to sell my 08's and do them in 05-07's??? lol I bought these for $240 and thought that was a steal! I love the looks of them, and i like how it looks factory if you were to do a retrofit! 05-07's have been done a lot, and I do have a set of 07's sitting at my house, but I would rather give this a go first. I want them to be unique and with the mods I am planning to do I am sure they will be...

who knows, maybe if they look clean enough when I am done people will be persuading others to purchase 08's vs. 05-07's.

oh and just an fyi, I have hid's with these, and I also did the squirrel spotter fix. I am just interested in more output, sharpness, and width now!

Stephen

 

oh pics of the cutoff with a clear lense (borrowed from hidplanet.com)

 

watching, im wanting to do my side markers as well, wish they would come out with clear replacements, anyone you can take a pic of the lights just placed together without a side marker at all in them, just so i can get an idea of them out of there all together, that woudl be awesome if you could do that

 

trust me with them just removed you wont like it, with them removed you can see the projector reflective bowl housing. I will post a pic once it is uploaded.

 

wow...this would be interesting....i don't like those chrome rings around the lights....color em' too!!