USDM 8G Heads Retrofit !Need Opinions!

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07-06-2010, 06:50 PM
OMEGA PHX

Two days more lol, I'm about to jbweld the shrouds and then its just close the heads and wire my halos.

Preliminar cutoff without the lens:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...5062010098.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...X/IMG_0234.jpg
07-07-2010, 10:51 PM
johnygezony

Dear god ! could you do me favor and take some pictures of the back of unit or if you have any post them plz !! i understand if you don't want to take them off
07-07-2010, 11:02 PM
Corey2kG

Sick papa!!!
07-07-2010, 11:20 PM
OMEGA PHX

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnygezony

Dear god ! could you do me favor and take some pictures of the back of unit or if you have any post them plz !! i understand if you don't want to take them off

I don't have them on the car right now so i can do that, I should have them finished by tomorrow, everything is glued and cured, just need to give everything a final cleaning and assemble everything and close them.

*EDIT*
This is the back of the reflectors with the projectors installed, wires are from the Bi-Xenon solenoids and halos. Tomorrow will take more.
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...8072010106.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...8072010105.jpg
07-14-2010, 02:05 PM
OMEGA PHX

Finally after 1 and a half month.

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...4072010109.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...4072010110.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...4072010108.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...4072010113.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...4072010114.jpg

I needed to stay with the chrome-y style because well i like chrome and the car has chrome rims and other things.
Just need to install the dustcaps and then install them.
Installed pics and beam pattern pics coming soon.
07-14-2010, 02:19 PM
showtime

damn those look good! I am getting my projectors asap.

any pictures of the projectors and how you attatched them to the reflector bowl?
07-14-2010, 02:25 PM
OMEGA PHX

Quote:

Originally Posted by showtime

damn those look good! I am getting my projectors asap.

any pictures of the projectors and how you attatched them to the reflector bowl?

Go Morimoto Mini H1 lol they are plug and play you can get the retrofit done the same day you open your lights, the only con is that you may have to trim the H1 bulb a little to fit on the projector but its soo easy. I had to cut my reflectors, then invent a mounting method lol the hardest part with the morimotos is opening the headlights and having to trim the bulbs.

To your second question my dad help me drill and tap 2 small holes on the projectors, they are attached to the top part of the reflectors, in the pics I have you can only see the two screws with jb weld all over:
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...8072010106.jpg

Two 1/2 inch 10-32 screws, its not the best mounting method but the projectors heights is nearly the same, I really don't wnat to imagine mounting TL's although I may try to do it on the future.
07-14-2010, 02:49 PM
9G

nice.
07-14-2010, 06:25 PM
OMEGA PHX

This is Nicer lol damn I'm excited lol:

My Angel Eyes (Don't know it's anybody else taste but is't definitely mine):
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...X/IMG_0246.jpg
07-14-2010, 07:09 PM
E_Emerson88

it looks aggressive with out the full circle. looks great bro
07-14-2010, 07:19 PM
OMEGA PHX

Quote:

Originally Posted by E_Emerson88

it looks aggressive with out the full circle. looks great bro

Thanks that was my goal.
07-14-2010, 08:24 PM
Corey2kG

Wow!!!!!!
07-15-2010, 03:43 AM
GalantDreamer3455

Nice. I love it.
07-15-2010, 03:50 AM
beam514

looks great dude. Are those CCFLs? did you use something to cover them partially?
07-15-2010, 12:21 PM
OMEGA PHX

Quote:

Originally Posted by beam514

looks great dude. Are those CCFLs? did you use something to cover them partially?

Yep CCFL, I used heat shrink tubing to cover them
07-15-2010, 02:35 PM
ricky_db

about dam time lol looks good bro
07-15-2010, 06:45 PM
IVORY_G

Looks good, I like how you tried something different!
07-15-2010, 11:23 PM
OMEGA PHX

Well a little update still no pics of them installed but will take some tomorrow if I can, went driving tonight and its really awesome, its look really bright and I have a 28% tint on the windshield (I could barely see with my HID kit on reflector), I don't want to imagine without any tint or a lighter tint, the width of this projectors is amazing, I was on a 3 lane road and it was lit on, I know this can cover a 6 or 7 lane road easily but there isn't any of those over here so they are more than enough, and I was afraid of them loosing the sharp cutoff because of the headlight lenses but fortunately the cutoff stood sharp is just amazing i love my retrofit, and then the feeling that they are made and customize by me the owner.
07-16-2010, 09:03 AM
Isaurio

I like it. Good Job
07-18-2010, 11:27 PM
Mike_ODell

great job man.
07-19-2010, 12:36 AM
02redgalant

ta bueno welcome to tha club!
11-02-2010, 11:07 PM
J-DOGG

en cuanto te salio hacerlo todo?
Puerto Rico Lo Hace Mejor!!
11-02-2010, 11:36 PM
IVORY_G

Whatever happened to the installed pix???
11-03-2010, 01:18 AM
jonry

damnnn they look goood!
11-03-2010, 06:27 PM
OMEGA PHX

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...IMG_0250-1.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...IMG_0249-1.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...X/IMG_0245.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...X/IMG_0243.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...X/IMG_0240.jpg

Cost Around $300 in parts+ miscellaneous Phillips bulbs etc.
11-04-2010, 09:06 PM
ericbla03

Nice retrofit man!!! Its nice to see that someones doing this shit right!!
11-04-2010, 10:05 PM
jonry

are you planning to make and sell these, or are these the only ones youre making?
11-04-2010, 10:08 PM
mrg7243

wow they turned out better than i though they would great job, though how would it look if you painted the headlight side all black instead of the reflector, and just left the turn chrome??
11-05-2010, 09:05 AM
IVORY_G

Looks good!
11-05-2010, 12:03 PM
OMEGA PHX

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericbla03

Nice retrofit man!!! Its nice to see that someones doing this shit right!!

Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonry

are you planning to make and sell these, or are these the only ones youre making?

Nah lol I'm no expert so I did these for me as my summer project, I do a retro again it will be in some JDM heads if I ever go JDM, just research here and at HIDplanet and you'll know

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrg7243

wow they turned out better than i though they would great job, though how would it look if you painted the headlight side all black instead of the reflector, and just left the turn chrome??

Thanks and yeah I've thought about ripping them open and painting the rest black but i don't know

Quote:

Originally Posted by IVORY_G

Looks good!

Thanks

I know everyone would have liked them much more if I had painted the trim black but I wanted to have a little chrome so they would go with my theme, maybe some day I'll paint them all black.
11-05-2010, 01:26 PM
IVORY_G

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericbla03

Nice retrofit man!!! Its nice to see that someones doing this shit right!!

Thats a Real compliment to u Omega, bcz its coming from a Pro! I havent seen Ericbla03 post here in a long while.

Omega IMO the heads dont need to be blacked out completely, but it would look better if you painted the chrome portions next to the grille black and leave the turn signal portions chrome.
11-05-2010, 01:29 PM
4g63lover

Those look sweet!
11-05-2010, 04:59 PM
OMEGA PHX

Quote:

Originally Posted by IVORY_G

Thats a Real compliment to u Omega, bcz its coming from a Pro! I havent seen Ericbla03 post here in a long while.

Omega IMO the heads dont need to be blacked out completely, but it would look better if you painted the chrome portions next to the grille black and leave the turn signal portions chrome.

I know coming from ericbla it's a real compliment,

And will see since one of my shrouds came loose I need to open one of them so maybe I paint them..

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4g63lover

Those look sweet!

Thanks
05-28-2011, 02:32 PM
OMEGA PHX

So soon I'll open them again and black them out completely, but can't decide if I let the turn signal part chrome and leave it clear or put the amber reflectors back on, I don't like seeing the bulb anymore but don't know if the amber reflector back on would look good. Help me decide.
06-01-2011, 07:23 PM
rowdyprouty

Quote:

Originally Posted by OMEGA PHX

Well a little update still no pics of them installed but will take some tomorrow if I can, went driving tonight and its really awesome, its look really bright and I have a 28% tint on the windshield (I could barely see with my HID kit on reflector), I don't want to imagine without any tint or a lighter tint, the width of this projectors is amazing, I was on a 3 lane road and it was lit on, I know this can cover a 6 or 7 lane road easily but there isn't any of those over here so they are more than enough, and I was afraid of them loosing the sharp cutoff because of the headlight lenses but fortunately the cutoff stood sharp is just amazing i love my retrofit, and then the feeling that they are made and customize by me the owner.

I cant believe no one has brought this up before and I didnt realize it till now, but you have your windsheild tinted? Seriously? Seems Dangerous, and illegal........but im no expert!
06-01-2011, 07:31 PM
OMEGA PHX

Quote:

Originally Posted by rowdyprouty

I cant believe no one has brought this up before and I didnt realize it till now, but you have your windsheild tinted? Seriously? Seems Dangerous, and illegal........but im no expert!

Here in PR its ilegal if the cops measuring thingy says less than 35% all around, cops have measured me at 27% at the windows I have all around, And I'm 20 but I'm really careful when driving and always look everywhere and paying attention to the road, the tint isn't that dark to make it dangerous, but theres some people over here that get 5% all round now thats dangerous.
06-01-2011, 07:33 PM
wetamup2k3g

Quote:

Originally Posted by rowdyprouty

I cant believe no one has brought this up before and I didnt realize it till now, but you have your windsheild tinted? Seriously? Seems Dangerous, and illegal........but im no expert!

Not sure, but in Puerto Rico the laws may not be as strict, I am reluctant to put tint anywhere on my car, but my kids don't like the bright sun, so I will. Just a thought, dawg.
06-01-2011, 07:51 PM
rowdyprouty

Makes sense that it's legal but I don't think I would. But that's me. I just had to see if it was true! Good job though and the car looks good.

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06-06-2011, 06:48 PM
OMEGA PHX

Today closed my heads, they are blacked out except the shrouds and turn signal section, amber reflectors were reinstalled, they look 100% better. Can't upload pics since I don't know where is the cable to transfer them
06-07-2011, 12:01 AM
carl3g

Your cut off and rotation are like perfect. Makes me wish I went mh1 instead id the md2s which are two dark spots and the driver side rotation is off.

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