i spent about $400 including all the misc. wiring stuff and leds and ccfl rings. $1400 seem like the going rate from hidretro. they are charging you about $$1000-1200 in labor because the parts are about $3-400.

 

wow, nice

i am a complete noobie to HID due to the fact it's illegal to retrofit it. thanx to the ricers out there who improperly put HID lights into the wrong housing(they really blinds people T_T)

how will u deal with the popo :T

i'll save this thread in my fav, currently at work. I'll need to read up on this and pull some info out of you hehe

 

i just copped bmw5 series headlight with ballast for 200 bucks total. all i need to get is a passenger side headlight, 2 hid bulbs, and my wiring harness from canada and im ready to start

 

even though retrofitting projectors is still illegal, you won't have much troubles with the police because there won't be any glare from the projectors to blind people or make you stand out from the crowd with purple 12000k lights. you'll blend right in with the rest of the OEM HID cars like bmws and mercedes or lexus.

 

ugh, im reading up at HID planet and im just got slappedin the face with the noob stick. my head is spinning and spinning, im going crazy, going to rest my head and research some more

 

yea, its best you readup on the materials on their "university" section of the forums. alot of how-to and other useful info there.

I spent the entire day sunday in the garage and still weren't able to finish the job. i started 5 am in the morning. aiming was easy and only took 30-45 minutes. the rest of the day was spent building wiring harness and wiring up everything. it also didn't help when i had to run to ace multiple times cus i keep on running out of heatshrink tubes. its taking me forever because i want to do everything right by soldering and heatshrink-tubing every connection. i still have to glue the bezels on and reassemble the headlight and more wiring. hopefully i can get most of it done tonight and put the bumper back together tomorrow night and finish in time for the august tech article contest.

 

i wanna see more pixs of it.... good job man!

 

Wow, this job just gets hotter and hotter!!

 

mounted everything tonight and was assembling the headlights back together. then i must have f0cked something up when i was pushing the front lens back on. parts of the led side markers would only turn on when i wiggle the wire...something got loose...have to open that side up again...f0ck!

 

Loaded everything to scion life server...

 

Keep us updated

 

damn looks nice!

 

DONE DONE DONE finaly! I'll post picture of them on the car tomorrow.

 

can't wait to see pix

 

sickness

 

very very nice, need pictures of them in the dark, and probably late evening when it's not that dark and during the day

once again good job
how much time did you put into it? as i read on the first page, you august review or something like that? i bet the outcome of that will be good due to the hard work you have put into it!

btw the design of your retro headlights is very very nice!

 

i cant wait to see the finished project! congrats you lucky lucky guy you. i wish i had the time and money (and skills) to do this kind of project(ors)

 

maximus, Send me the rest of the pics so we can move them to the server for you.

 

i updated the original post with couple pictures of the lights on the car. i'm late for work so i'll have more pics later.

here's a 'before and after' picture

 

What about the highbeam? did you change something to them? new bulbs?