Why dont you just buy the Canadian DRL's and put some of those blue bulbs into them they will give you the look your going for and will look good.

 

Why dont you just buy the Canadian DRL's and put some of those blue bulbs into them they will give you the look your going for and will look good.

I dont wanna sound arrogant.. but no, they wont. These particular ligths i have coming to me arent HID, theyre halogen, so i can get a general feel for how projectors work and how i can make them work for what i need them to do... With that in mind, im not going for ricer blue, and DRL's arent bright at all, im looking for something functional here... oh yeah, and this would easily be the most unique thing ive seen.

 

Well i dont want to sound like a dick either but you do know that just randomly pointing the lights aint gunna do shit. And are you going to be making a whole new housing for the projector? You have to be able to make some sort of lense for it to and that too will have to be thought out and actually work unless you want the light to be scattered everywhere. And bythe way im not the one who said you have HID's the threads name has HID in it and those are blue. Good luck with the project though.

 

Not all HID's are blue, it really depends on the temperature of the lights you get.



The idea of doing an HID retrofit on my S13 has crossed my mind, I just don't have the time to do something so involved.

 

yes, im using the chuki grille as a mold, and ill be using some ebay 4"x6" h4 conversion housings, ive test fitted 4x6 headlights in the grille, and theyre just about .5 inches too tall, so ill trim it down, and start hacking away at the housing to fit the projectors, once they come in. Also, as far as aiming, im still at the drawing board on that one, but i have a few ideas based upon normal headlight aiming mechanisms. And when i do convert them to HID projectors, im going to get bmw projectors, which are self leveling projectors. Im putting halogens in these for the time being, so i can get a little experience with projectors in general, as im diving feet first into this area. I was thinking of using thick lexan as a lens to keep debris from scuffing the projector, but after test fitting for the 4x6's, i think ill be able to trim those lenses down to fit the housings. Ill keep you guys posted.

 

dude, as i said on club240 YOU really want to do an hid retro in the 4x6 lights and get some fog projectors to go in the bumper. as others mentioned you will need to fully weather proof the cadillac lights by making a rear housing and a front lense (very time consuming). i suggest you sell the cadillac low beam projectors as they are probably too large to fit in bumper slit correctly

here, i will copy my other two posts from club240 so others can add on/ back me up
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these are e46 bixenon projectors (high and low in one projector)mounted inside 4x6 headlamps that someone on hidplanet retrofitted (for a 4runner maybe?) i forgot
i know i had suggested e46 singles before but bixenons are do-able aswell.
look at this link too, baller ass projectors (my rx330 projectors in my kouki are better though )
these are tsx projectors someone else retrofitted into sealed beam housings:
http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18619&highlight=240sx+tsx

tsx projectors are single xenon though.
i suggest you browse hidplanet and figure out what projectors will fit/you can use "

if you really have to have them in the fog cutout area cover the projector front (the lense will pit and kill the sharpness of beam /outupt/colorband if you get projectors that throw a colorband)

"and make sure you buy real hid projectors and bulbs, not halogens with a drop in kit.
if you really want to make use of your space/money get some fog projectors (yellow preffered) and mount the hid projectors inside the headlamp housings.

colorband sex with my kouki s14 retrofit

 

Holy fuck those are bright.

 

DaAaAaAmMmMMmmmmmmmm.. 3 letters.. T... I.. T.. Tyte...

 

those pics on the s13 are overexposed

 

Well, see i was going to use the halogens jsut as a guinea pig. Once i get a feel and get a little better with projectors, ill sell the old ones, and make new HID projectors in the fog cutouts. Um, as far as making a lens and enclosure, im going to hack away at 4x6 housings to make them fit down there...

 

yea, im not 100% sure... but it's not like you can just cut glass...i think you need special tools and probably some kind of water cooled cutting wheel, or something like that...what were you gonna use, a hack saw? i can almost guaruntee that glass will break if you try to cut it with a hand powered saw.....

 

How much did it cost you to make?

 

no shit i wanna know. thats tight as hell!!
u should sell those, u could make big bucks

 

is there a write up on the lights? that's tight i want to get this done on my car.

 

+1

 

That S13 HID retrofit is nice.

 

there really is no write up for doing projector retrofits...i've done two of them in Preludes, was gonna do one for my camry as well, but sold the camry...right now i'm just doin my S13.5, so no need for a projector retrofit...basically you need to be able to take apart the headlights, remove the housing, cut a hole large enough for the projector in the reflector portion, mount it, make sure you don't cut the physical housing itself or it won't seal properly and you'll get crazy fogging in the lights, and then just put it back together...if you mount it correctly in the reflector aiming will be the same as stock.

and oh, btw, some people Do do projector retrofits, but they're expensive, so people occasionally don't want to pay for it, try it out, waste about $3-400 on new headlights and then try it again... meh, but that's my own personal experience and it was $500 for OEM Prelude lights otherwise, check out Racing Gear on Nissanclub.com, he's done MULTIPLE headlight retrofits...

http://www.nissanclub.com/forums/member-rides/227725-2005-accord-hid-retrofit-pics.html

that's one he's working on right now, i tried searching for his old threads, but all of the pics were posted through photobucket and removed now sorry, i tried hehe

 

there really is no write up for doing projector retrofits...i've done two of them in Preludes, was gonna do one for my camry as well, but sold the camry...right now i'm just doin my S13.5, so no need for a projector retrofit...basically you need to be able to take apart the headlights, remove the housing, cut a hole large enough for the projector in the reflector portion, mount it, make sure you don't cut the physical housing itself or it won't seal properly and you'll get crazy fogging in the lights, and then just put it back together...if you mount it correctly in the reflector aiming will be the same as stock.

and oh, btw, some people Do do projector retrofits, but they're expensive, so people occasionally don't want to pay for it, try it out, waste about $3-400 on new headlights and then try it again... meh, but that's my own personal experience and it was $500 for OEM Prelude lights otherwise, check out Racing Gear on Nissanclub.com, he's done MULTIPLE headlight retrofits...

http://www.nissanclub.com/forums/member-rides/227725-2005-accord-hid-retrofit-pics.html

that's one he's working on right now, i tried searching for his old threads, but all of the pics were posted through photobucket and removed now sorry, i tried hehe

I just have to bump this. Those lights are sexy!
I am new to this, and really want to do this with my s13 zenki.

I'm wondering. When you have mounted these lights. Is it both lights for near use, and nighttime driving lights(For use on country roads and when it's dark?) I have no idea what those are called in english, but it is standard on cars in europe(and us i think)

 

looks good man. i like the other guys.. not your 240 'thread owner' but yeah.

 

Wow silviaks2nr, those look amazing could you post a write up possibly or even just a price so i can decide weither its worth it for me to do it or not?

 

Holy fuk dude! Are those even legal? Even from pictures they hurt my eyes!!

 

silvias2nr are you gonna do a write up on your hid retrofit?

 

Is it possible to have a nonprojector HID light? I know they make conversions for H4 blubs and I was pretty sure H4s only come in nonprojector headlights...correct me if I'm wrong.

 

I need to do that to my FC!

 

silviaks2nr FTMFW

Nice retro fit

 

haha dang i havent checked htis forum in quite a while sorry guys. the setup is rx330 projectors with clear lense swap and custom shield, audi ballasts, and oem phillips 4100k bulbs. the color you see is being viewed in the colorband... has nothing to do with bulb color temp. i spent around $350 on my setup. ill get some down the road night shots in a few weeks when i have the time.

colorband at 60-70 feet

i really wish i had done a write up when i did the retro. anyways im probably going to do a set of zenki s14 lamps with custom formed lexan lenses when i get some time/ funds.

 

just to clear up any confusion, i didn't perform the retrofit on those flip up lights i only did my kouki s14 lights... but similar idea (cept kouki s14 lights are alot more expensive than ebay diamond cut flip ups). check out www.hidplanet.com/forums and the store for ally our hid questions or needs