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[2002BlackDragon]

That's awesome!

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[demond0d5]

Get some aircraft paint remover from the parts store and some fresh paint on those babies! Slick em up and make em look nice ^.^

I would suggest the spray paint version of the paint remover, the jug of stuff is a PITA to work with


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[coconut]

He will be doing all the work himself on these. I already know how much a PITA mine where.

[demond0d5]

Shits nasty as hell! Leather gloves are the only thing I found that it wouldn't eat thru! Even devoured a plastic spoon in like an hour!!!
But the end result =D



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[juicejax]

So I got the H1 bulbs for prjectors yesterday and turns out the base of them are too small for the socket...so with a little ingenuity I took apart the regular H1 bulb that they came with and fit the base of it on the HID bulb....

Before and after



Here is my cutoff... it's fine with me low on the left (oncoming drivers)....higher on the right (street signs)







Ive been reading that you can make the cutoff better by adding washers (spacers) to scoot the focal point of the bulb back since HIDs are longer than the intended halogen bulbs.. might do it...might not

Went with 5k bulbs btw...had 6k which is cool but tired of the blue hint...these are PURE white

[8thLS6]

Nice job with fitting the bulbs, and I know what you mean about the blue hint. I tried my hand at 5000k and 4300k bulbs and got some weird flicker. So I gave up and went back to 6000k. Might try some white halogens if I can find any with good reviews.

But yours came out nice it looks like.

[spdracr]

So I got the H1 bulbs for prjectors yesterday and turns out the base of them are too small for the socket...so with a little ingenuity I took apart the regular H1 bulb that they came with and fit the base of it on the HID bulb....

Before and after



Here is my cutoff... it's fine with me low on the left (oncoming drivers)....higher on the right (street signs)







Ive been reading that you can make the cutoff better by adding washers (spacers) to scoot the focal point of the bulb back since HIDs are longer than the intended halogen bulbs.. might do it...might not

Went with 5k bulbs btw...had 6k which is cool but tired of the blue hint...these are PURE white

Adding washers changes the color of the cutoff line. Not to ruin it for u but those some Chinese projectors and adding washers isn't gonna do much at all honestly. The cutoff line should as straight as an arrow while yours is bowed upwards. And the piece u fitted into the h1 Bulb is an h4 base.

This is what my cutoff line looks like before adding washers


This is after


Changed from yellow and orange to blue and purple.

This is just an outside test before I fitted them into the headlights


I really wouldn't waste time trying to adjust them, u probably won't achieve the desired results.

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[oakrdrs187]

^^^x2.

The washer deal is something that is thrown around when a proper retrofit is done. It will probably just blur what cutoff you have now. As you can see the dark spots that are in the center are a perfect example of the limitations of hid bulbs in halogen projectors. While for most its fine and the rest don't care or have any idea about such things, I for one am anal about this, I once had the k2 headlights, rare does it rain here but the week I had them for it rains and I cant see shit. The following week there was a set of mini H1's from TRS en route to my house. Points for doing a mod to your car, those headlights have always looked best on the 8Gb's IMO....

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[juicejax]

Adding washers changes the color of the cutoff line. Not to ruin it for u but those some Chinese projectors and adding washers isn't gonna do much at all honestly. The cutoff line should as straight as an arrow while yours is bowed upwards. And the piece u fitted into the h1 Bulb is an h4 base.

This is what my cutoff line looks like before adding washers


This is after


Changed from yellow and orange to blue and purple.

This is just an outside test before I fitted them into the headlights


I really wouldn't waste time trying to adjust them, u probably won't achieve the desired results.

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So did you use h1 or h4s and which way did you have your bar if you did use H1? Up or down?

[juicejax]

Nice job with fitting the bulbs, and I know what you mean about the blue hint. I tried my hand at 5000k and 4300k bulbs and got some weird flicker. So I gave up and went back to 6000k. Might try some white halogens if I can find any with good reviews.

But yours came out nice it looks like.

thanks

[demond0d5]

Total guess here but...could you do something like an "eyelid" to change the cutoff? Even if it's inside the housing so it's less visible (like on top of the projector housing or something) or the traditional one on the head itself...seems like having some flat/straight that's opaque would cause the light to just cutoff there, thus creating a flat line.

Feel free to jump in and say I'm an idiot if y'all see a flaw with that...I've never messed with this stuff before and really don't know XD


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[juicejax]

Total guess here but...could you do something like an "eyelid" to change the cutoff? Even if it's inside the housing so it's less visible (like on top of the projector housing or something) or the traditional one on the head itself...seems like having some flat/straight that's opaque would cause the light to just cutoff there, thus creating a flat line.

Feel free to jump in and say I'm an idiot if y'all see a flaw with that...I've never messed with this stuff before and really don't know XD


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There is a actually a shield in projectors that creater the cut off lines...some people do alter the shape of it...but the problem is that halogen projectors don't properly house the hid bulb because the bulbs is too long...according to some people adding washers to scoot the bulb back doesn't help...some people have gotten better results...I decided this morning to add washers because Ive seen stories of lenses melting because the bulbs are too close to the projector lense sooo ya...not too worried about cutoff just don't want to melt my housing so ya....

[oakrdrs187]

That lens is glass so it wont melt.

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[juicejax]

That lens is glass so it wont melt.

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Not the projector lens...the housing lens

[oakrdrs187]

That's too far from it, spacing wont change the temperature enough to make any difference. Might fix the dark spot though.

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[spdracr]

They actually space away the lens not the bulb to change the cutoff line color.

See the washers there


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[demond0d5]

That makes more sense ^

Was worried about the washers heating up and melting the housing the way you have it spaced out juice


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[juicejax]

They actually space away the lens not the bulb to change the cutoff line color.

See the washers there


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Oh ok, that makes sense lol...but both seems to change the distance either way...ill keep an eye on everything and make changes accordingly if need be

[juicejax]

That makes more sense ^

Was worried about the washers heating up and melting the housing the way you have it spaced out juice


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Damn I hope not...everything is metal around the bulbs and washers so I don't know if its any thing that could be melted...but like I said ill keep a close eye on everything

[spdracr]

Spacing the bulb out is gonna drastically lower the light output. Because u r taking away some light.

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