That's awesome!
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That's awesome!
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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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He will be doing all the work himself on these. I already know how much a PITA mine where.
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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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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
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Here is my cutoff... it's fine with me low on the left (oncoming drivers)....higher on the right (street signs)
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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
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by juicejax
This is what my cutoff line looks like before adding washers
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This is after
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Changed from yellow and orange to blue and purple.
This is just an outside test before I fitted them into the headlights
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I really wouldn't waste time trying to adjust them, u probably won't achieve the desired results.
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^^^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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So did you use h1 or h4s and which way did you have your bar if you did use H1? Up or down?Quote:
Originally Posted by spdracr
thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by 8thLS6
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....Quote:
Originally Posted by demond0d5
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That lens is glass so it wont melt.
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Not the projector lens...the housing lensQuote:
Originally Posted by 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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They actually space away the lens not the bulb to change the cutoff line color.
See the washers there
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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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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 beQuote:
Originally Posted by spdracr
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 everythingQuote:
Originally Posted by demond0d5
Spacing the bulb out is gonna drastically lower the light output. Because u r taking away some light.
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Awesome dude!! I really wish I can find a decent 8g in our area
Ya I scrapped the spacersQuote:
Originally Posted by spdracr
Fish bowl for now.
Took that nasty old tint off .
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Ahh shit it was one of those days
Halos lit!!!
Its bright as fuck outside and they are still very visible
Really happy with brightness
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Off
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On
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looks great
Nice
First two pics are dead for me
:(
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Night pics...had to stay close or camera couldnt pic it up...using cell phone
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With lowbeams
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Sick!
Thanks
Wow what a nice mod to those ebay lights
One of my Nokya bulbs burned out last week, then 2 days later the other side went out. They last over a year, pretty good in my opinion. To replace them, I bought some Piaa Plasma Ion Yellow bulbs. Yes, they are very pricey but with the help of 2 Amazon gift cards, I payed about $20. The Nokya was a lighter yellow than I wanted. The Piaa's are darker and more of the color range that I want.
That shit looks good dude! Looks like you need a drop and dassit
Thanks...I'm not doing anything else until it's dropped...I've already bought Tien S-tech springs...still need strutsQuote:
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Did my first bit of work to the Sonata, did a front brake job. Very straightforward. Love not dealing with rust, everything's still mostly new underneath:
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An impact driver really makes light work of those stupid Philips screws holding the disk on. Snapped one smooth off in one hit, the other three came right out.
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Amazon has the whole front kit for $150 free two-day shipping. Ordered on Tuesday, sitting in front of the house when I got home Thursday.
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I knew I needed to change the brakes when I bought the car, the pulsation was horrible at anything over 70, but when I heard that famous grind sound, I knew what was up.
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Nasty.
Stops like a champ now
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I need some tires for the Galant next.
Nice! I'm in the same boat. Got wheels waiting on tires, got coils waiting on control arm bushings and tie rods, and a DIY camber kit. Tired of looking at parts laying around but bills come first I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by juicejax
x2 homie!!! Got upper and lower mani, exhaust stuff, sds, meth kit, bov, plugs, grill, bumper, hood, and a few others sitting around just waiting for the time and money :(Quote:
Originally Posted by SNWFLK
#college_life
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Put that meth kit to use! Heisenberg style...