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Old 12-21-2006, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by xSTANDxSTRONGx
it looks like you had to bore out the hole for the lights a lil, is that true?
Yeah, I had to trim off the back reflector so the back of the projector can come out of the rear of the stock housing. I am going to pull off my headlights next week. I will take a picture of how everything looks from the back. Basically from the back, everything looks stock. Well except for the 4 screws holding the projectors in place.
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Old 12-21-2006, 08:11 AM
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nice.
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Old 12-21-2006, 10:23 PM
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they are very perdy. it has been an idea i wanted to do from day one of owning this car.
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Old 12-21-2006, 10:29 PM
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I've been wanting projectors, but I didn't know what kind, there are some motercycle headlights that'll fit perfect in the parking light spot.
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Old 12-21-2006, 10:36 PM
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imagine the 7 bulb head light, then the inner one (right by the grille) is another projector filling up the whole gap. perty!
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Old 12-22-2006, 01:20 AM
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and then another projector parking light from Mazda 6 as the blinker (by the fender)
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Old 12-22-2006, 03:39 AM
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Hahahaha... the blinker light already blinds people without the orange reflector. If that was a projector too, people might go blind from across the street.
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Old 12-22-2006, 03:42 PM
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Thats awsome! Sooo bright! You can use those as driving rage weapons!
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Old 12-31-2006, 09:43 PM
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these things are badass in person!! Super bright and look awesome. But like he said... he doesn't want to do it again, he wont even sell em...
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Old 12-31-2006, 10:26 PM
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I want to do something like this, but I'm just afraid to break the headlights and not be able to get the projectors working (I've done limited electrical work, so I'm nervous about that too). I don't really have enough money to buy extra headlight assemblies, nor the money to replace them if I break 'em. Is this something simple enough to do for someone with at least a little experience with electrical work?

I like the Q45 projectors, but if I were to do it, I might try something else, just to at least keep yours unique. But it's so damn sexy. . . !
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Old 12-31-2006, 10:32 PM
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Hahaha. It's not hard. Finding replacement headlights is easy. You just have to look for them on Ebay. Most electrical work is simple. If you wind up doing any of this, I can always help with what I can.
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Yes please, I'd appreciate it much.
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Old 01-02-2007, 04:45 PM
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I saw this the other night at our regular meets, and I have to say it looks sweet, I was actually jelious for a bit and wish I had an xA to do the same, the output is super bright and very well done, great work John...
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Old 01-03-2007, 05:41 AM
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I really wanna do something like this for my egg
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What if you put 2 in each housing? Do you think it will be too much because Im working on one for my xb and I want 2 of the projectors in.
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Old 02-15-2007, 04:17 PM
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that'd be hard/impossible on an xA because of the size/shape of the h/l on an xB you could do it tho, or at least fit them, i dunno about power and such.
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hearin ya!
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Old 02-15-2007, 04:24 PM
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im just wondering if it would be too much lights for the xb having 2 and all. I think it would look really nice.
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omg. nice work man :D that looks niiiiice
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Old 02-18-2007, 09:52 AM
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These projectors are HUGE. Basically if you stack 2 xB headlights on top of each other, you will barely have room to fit them in it.
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