My headlight project!

**airborneparainf82** · 06-13-2008, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by fatal1

no it will hold in place fine but he rear will eventually crumble is what i mean...it shouldnt go out of place...sorry for the confusion...you can cut the cloth so it doesnt cover the adjustment knobs nd then lay the resein over that it doesnt have to cover the entire back area

i think i know what your talking about and i did think that may be an issue because of how easy the bondo sands away, but the plastic weld epoxy i got on about 50% of the cutout surface so it has a really strong bond so I feel pretty secure about it. ive never used fiber glass or bondo and bondo just seemed easier for a 1st time experience.

**airborneparainf82** · 06-13-2008, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by RAZ_76

Looks good but can you get the two to be more level?? Looks like one of them is either too low or too high. I think it will look better if they are leveled.

i think what your seeing is just the angle of the picture that I took. in person they are actually perfectly aligned. that is one thing that I spent a lot of time was making sure that it was even and level and that the halos/cutouts from the bezel would be just like the origional.

Originally Posted by ericbla03

one of the hardest things about doing a retrofit is getting the projector alligned properly. Since projectors have such a sharp cutoff it is easily noticable if it is not mounted level. Its pretty tricky. The adjustment screws on the back will only allow you to move the cutoff up, down, and a little bit side to side ... there is no rotational adjustment.

So my suggestion to you (if you have not already done this) is to mount the headlight in the car and shine it against a wall at night. If the cutoff is not straight, you may have a major headache ahead, since the projectors are already permanently mounted in the housing. :(

As soon as I get this head ready to go I will do that. Hopefully everything is lined up just right. It seems like it and I did take a good amount of time to ensure just that. So keep your fingers crossed for me! :)

**airborneparainf82** · 06-13-2008, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by guynlidia2006

thouse skrews on the back of the gray housing are adjustment skrews? to align the lights?

yes the 2 sets of screws on the back are the alignment screws

**guynlidia2006** · 06-13-2008, 10:05 PM

Fingers Crossed!!!!!!!!!

**RAZ_76** · 06-13-2008, 10:11 PM

You will be ok with what I told you to use, it will hold just fine, trust me.

**ericbla03** · 06-13-2008, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by airborneparainf82

i think what your seeing is just the angle of the picture that I took. in person they are actually perfectly aligned. that is one thing that I spent a lot of time was making sure that it was even and level and that the halos/cutouts from the bezel would be just like the origional.

As soon as I get this head ready to go I will do that. Hopefully everything is lined up just right. It seems like it and I did take a good amount of time to ensure just that. So keep your fingers crossed for me! :)

Ill keep my fingers crossed....... but there has only been a couple times that ive mounted the projector perfectly level on the first time. It almost ALWAYS need a little rotational adjustment.

Also, as far as the cutouts on the bezels matching up with the projectors perfectly...... when you do all your in car allignment of the beam pattern, you will find that the projector has shifted quite a bit, and no longer lines up with the bezel.

Thats why i think you should get those babies alligned before going any further. Good luck!

**01galant01** · 06-14-2008, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by ericbla03

Ill keep my fingers crossed....... but there has only been a couple times that ive mounted the projector perfectly level on the first time. It almost ALWAYS need a little rotational adjustment.

Also, as far as the cutouts on the bezels matching up with the projectors perfectly...... when you do all your in car allignment of the beam pattern, you will find that the projector has shifted quite a bit, and no longer lines up with the bezel.

Thats why i think you should get those babies alligned before going any further. Good luck!

This is very true, i found out the hard way..projectors still aren't aligned properly. This step cant be stressed enough. So take your time with it. Looks really good though, I know with the first retro fit, butterfly's run through you with every step lol.. Goodluck bro

**DOHCstunr** · 06-14-2008, 11:26 AM

how are you going to change bulbs?
looks like that housing doesn't really open up.

**guynlidia2006** · 06-14-2008, 10:36 PM

there is two caps which come off and the bulbs are behind there

**airborneparainf82** · 06-15-2008, 01:03 AM

Originally Posted by guynlidia2006

there is two caps which come off and the bulbs are behind there

exactly.

**kylecanthurdle** · 06-15-2008, 12:43 PM

looks good man, good idea and great pics to explain waht u did. hopefully they will be level the first time u put em in!!! make sure u keep us updated with pics and everything!

**airborneparainf82** · 06-15-2008, 02:09 PM

alright well yesterday I didn't accomplish anything because, well lets just say the beach, an amusment park and girls got in the way! haha anyways, Im going to mount the head I have, almost complete, in the car tonight when it gets dark and see where Im at alignment wise. Im actually pretty nervous about this, because Im going to hate to have to undo a bunch of work i already did. oh well. its a learning process and thats why I bought a spare set of heads so I didnt have to rush it with my own. thanks for everyones input up to this point. yall have been a great help!

**airborneparainf82** · 06-15-2008, 10:41 PM

alright well tonight I just went out and mounted the head that I have just about completed to see where I was at on the rotational alignment, and it was off a little, but really not that bad suprisingly. the place where my car parks is already slightly slanted to the left and the beam was tilted left, part in due to that and part to just not being perfectly level. but it really isnt all that bad, and for now I think it will be more than ok and I'm going to go ahead and start on the 2nd head. Maybe after I complete that one I'll have the motivation to redo the 1st one... we shall see :)

**RAZ_76** · 06-15-2008, 10:44 PM

More pictures dude. Keep up the good work.

**airborneparainf82** · 06-16-2008, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by ericbla03

Also, as far as the cutouts on the bezels matching up with the projectors perfectly...... when you do all your in car allignment of the beam pattern, you will find that the projector has shifted quite a bit, and no longer lines up with the bezel.

yeah i didnt think of that, and even just the left/right/up/down alignment moved the projector a fair amount. i didnt even think to recheck the bezel now. guess thats my next step. well thankfully im figuring all this out before i did the 2nd headlight. :)

**guynlidia2006** · 06-16-2008, 08:41 PM

i envy u man... it looks really good... we should trade work.. i powder coat stuff for u and u do my headlights for me... :-)

**airborneparainf82** · 06-17-2008, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by guynlidia2006

i envy u man... it looks really good... we should trade work.. i powder coat stuff for u and u do my headlights for me... :-)

lol if i had a need for any powder coating i would :)

**airborneparainf82** · 06-17-2008, 11:11 AM

arrgg.... so finding the motivation to take apart this 2nd Civic head is become more difficult. Ive had both Galant heads apart for a while, but the epoxy that holds the clear part to the housing is horrible on these and thats the only part that I really dont look forward to in this project. the rsst is fun, but that part sucks grrrr. maybe ill find it tonight......