m1sterpanda

I wish i had the ***** to chop up my headlights, i dont have my car yet (on order dec. 30th-jan. 21st) but if i messed up, my dad would kill me b/c he's the one paying for the car.

the_butcher

HOW COME I NEVER HAVE SEEN SOME NIGHT SHOTS OF YOUR LED EYEBROW.
sorry aobut the caps im not yelling

if ya have time post em send them to me whatever.. or not up to you MAXIMUS

the_butcher

dbl post

raWr215

Just a check up, i've allocated enough money, and just wondering hows your retro doing so..

how is it holding up?
did you come to any problems so far?
and how long have you had it?

Thanx ^

maximus96

sorry no night shots of the LED eyebrows...for whatever reason a few of the LEDs burnt out...i end up re-wiring back to the stock signal. and the 3mm leds i used weren't bright enough during bright daylight. when I get some time I'll redo them with superflux leds. right now i have no time for these projects cus we just had a baby girl.

i've had the retro since sept 05. only problem is the led eyebrow i mentioned above. nothing wrong with the projectors themselves. it did get fogged up once, right after i capped the back with the pipe caps. i removed the cap and the fog cleared up and haven't returned since.

raWr215

hey maximus, do you know the measurements of the shrouds u used? and did you have to do any modifications at all?

maximus96

E46 bi-xenon shrouds fit nicely. the 5 series shroud also fit as you can see in the picture from hidretro.

raWr215

koolz, from the picture above:

it seems like they glued the shroud onto a range cover?

anyway... like always.. about the wiring harness... again... did you use one relay or two?

the ones in hidplanet forum pictures showed one relay where the harness will powerup both ballast and it will require one wire to connect with the oem 9006 wire(infact, if u scroll up, the drawing diagram from above also shows the same thing). isn't there two 9006 connectors? one on each side? what will happen to the other one? terminated?

i seen some drawing digram where they created one for each side.

and the wire that connects the pos(+) terminal, did you Undo the Pos(+) end of the battery connector and put it together?

I am just about ready to do my retro. Im waiting for my headlight housings and i need to wrap up my information gathering ASAP. So excited

raWr215

also is it me, but the range cover you posted from page 1.... the center hole is pretty large... did that fit your tsx projector? the one i found just poked the tsx projector out. that's not a problem however, i can always cut it and make it bigger and glue a shroud on the range cover... let me know

maximus96

the range cover is slightly too small to fit the tsx projectors. i used 6" covers. you'd have to cut the center hole a little larger to fit.

I used one relay. you can use one for each side to be safe. for one relay you'll only need one 9006 socket. its used to turn the relay on. the other one is not used and just sits there. you'll use both if you wire up one relay for each side. i don't have any problems using only one relay. i have a bunch of spare and can swap easily when it dies.

papadoc254

thats nice mann, good work, maybe u should start doing them and selling them lol

raWr215

by n e chance was the hole in the e46 projector around 2.5 inches?
gonna use this (Tsx projectors):


Gonna get that range cover, cut a larger hole, JB weld that flange on it... cost 15 bucks each -_-

maximus96

E46 single xenon might be 2.5, i know the bi-xenons are about 3"

raWr215

cool thanx, i just ordered them, i will provide updates when i actually start doing the retro fit

sitll no luck on buying hte headlight lamps, by first week of july if i don't have one, i will buy new ones!

Sgtfluffy16

iTrader: (1)

nice man i love the eye brows i wish i was able to do something like them myself im to scared to mess something up

raWr215

another question! (i know im asking alot, but u don't mind )

so i noticed you aim your lights before putting back the lense cover on the headlight. so after retroing, you can't aim with the headlamp screws anymore?
i also noticed that your mounting bracket didn't have a straight perfect hole, was that done on purpose to rotate the projector so it align correctly? If so that was a hella good idea and i am glad that i picked that up

maximus96

once its aimed, there's no need to reaim...at least for my case. the headlight screw still works, it still moves it up and down. but may not be necessary depending on how you mount the projectors.

cut the mounting holes in a way that allows you to rotate the projectors slightly so you can get it perfectly level once on the car. its the easiest way to make rotation adjustments.

raWr215

that is what i thought, such a genius

raWr215

holy crap, that was a hard ___ headlamp to open!

i was wondering how much did you cut off on the housing. im not quite sure how far to mount the projectors

raWr215

btw, scrap those shrouds posted above... the picture they posted on their website was 'out-of-date' so i returned it for my money.... so im still shroud/bezel hunting. Looking at PVC stuff atm, i think i gotta primer and paint it black? not a fan of too much chrome :T

here's what they look like


5 bucks, using both ends 1 for each side. a perfect 2inch hole XD