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03-01-2011
not bad for my first set....minimized crossbeam although i do have some, the beam so wide it really doesnt matter i can still see twice as wide as spyder proj and the high beams are amazing....ill take some output pics if my shyt camera can capture it later....here is the finished product.
Last edited by BoostJunki3; 03-02-2011 at 05:29 PM.
03-01-2011
cool...sub'd for output pix
03-01-2011
my god u got that done fastbut look really good man
03-01-2011
looks like sex. MOAR PICS!!!
03-01-2011
output...need output...and are those just morimoto minis?
03-01-2011
so what does the cross beam really do besides lower width? because if that's all it does, I'm not even gonna waste my time and effort.
03-01-2011
yessirOriginally Posted by quinnp12
03-01-2011
thats all it does is lower width of view....and the step down on the cutoff plate on mine pretty much meet in the distance.....so it looks pretty clean actually im not going through the trouble of making them perfectly straight.
03-02-2011
mmmm..... muffin.
03-02-2011
Looks great however I think it's safe to say if you didn't shim the bottom of the projectors with something they will be no where close to 4 ft high at 25 feet back. $20 says you crank your adjusters all the way up and they're still to low. They look like they're sitting exactly like my most recent retro....
As far as cross beam goes the worst part about it is getting the cutoffs from both projectors to meet up pefect so you don't have 2 big huge z's shining on the road. My next set I think I'm leaving the black housings as is and painting the shrouds black instead of the chrome on black look. Output pics will tell all.... get er done.
Also the reason you're not going to perfect them is because retrofitting 97-03 housings is a major pain in the di*k just admit it ahhaahha
Now would you do sets of retro's for any less than $250 labor for anyone, nope....
Nice job tho boost!
03-02-2011
i did shim mine with a rubber washer under neath my adjusters are half way up and they are plenty high from 25 feet back....4 ft high would be in peoples eyes the cutoff shouldnt end up higher than the proj itself....mine go straight out and i can see perfect.....ill try to take pics tonight.
My retro is perfect for what i needed: more output and highbeams that are functional....im not gonna go make them perfectly straight to gain 1 ft or 2 horizontally lol thats a waste.....its def a tedious job on the border of pain in the ass lol i wouldnt do retros for anyone period because i could just see perfectionists complaining about something that would be impossible to fix....people need to remember these werent ment to be proj so its gonna take alot of work and not gonna be 100% perfect no matter what.
03-02-2011
Beautiful, your both making me want to do this. I like these (Black on Black) much more than the chrome on black *No Offense CleanGTP*, just personal preference. But I would probably apply a couple layers of tint to darken up the appearance thru the lenses, depends on how they look from 20-30 feet away :P
I might have to take a risk on this this summer, my headlights are horribly hazed and I need new ones. Would make a nice project to try before just buying new ones and throwing them on, or wasting money on the crap-jectors.
Do you think SilverStar Ultra 9007s would put out decent light with these projectors or would HIDs be necessary? I only ask because I don't want to rewire in ballasts and rewire the headlamps flashing with *lock/unlock* to clearance lights... just changing the appearance and projectors would be nice, IF they would work with stock bulbs
Last edited by TLSheff; 03-02-2011 at 03:32 PM. Reason: rewrote to fix possible confusion
Originally Posted by AmericanSoldier
03-02-2011
will not work with stock bulbs....they take a h1 bulb.....just get a 9007 bixenon harness and h1 hid bulbs to use with your current ballasts and its all plug and play. you will have to rewire the headlight flash with hids unless you wanna burn up the ballasts.
03-02-2011
Boost do you have a pic of how much you cut off the back of the light? I know you have to cut the bulb holder ring off the back, but I still don't have enough threads sticking out the back to secure the bulb and projector in place.
03-02-2011
here is on car...excuse the no fogs will be filled soon lol kinda kills the pic inside of right headlight doenst sit like that anymore....
Last edited by BoostJunki3; 03-03-2011 at 12:08 AM.
03-02-2011
make sure its flat....nothing on the back at all and take a dremel and on the inside make the hole bowl cupped to allow the rounded projector back fall into the back of the hl more
03-02-2011
ah ok that's what I need to fix. That's kinda what I was thinking I just wanted to make sure before I started hacking away. Also I gotta cut that chrome ring on the inside out/trim it down. That's probably hurting me too.
03-02-2011
On the next set I'm starting here within a few days I'm eliminating the chrome ring inside completely, have some steel and rubber washers to seal the back of the light. Eliminating it completely will allow the projector to have the side to side and up and down adjustment to lock them down much better. It's all about how much you want to mess with them really. with the projectors sitting straight forward and with rubber pads under the bottom of the projector housing you should be looking at a perfected set. Mounting them like this will allow you to use your adjusters to dial them in. If you just mount the projectors in half ass you'll have your adjusters cranked all the way up making the corner and headlight look very bad.
03-03-2011
here are some night shots......my camera doesnt really capture how far the light actually goes they are aimed perfect....didnt get to get high beam pic sorry guys but imagine that output x3 lol
03-03-2011
nooiicceeee....but high beams pix...come on lol
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