wowthatnice
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The first thing that you think of when you think "projectors" is the cutoff, right? That's why I'm doing this.
Installing a set of eBay (or any other brand) HID bulbs into your halogen housing will look good (which I did years ago.) but it presents a problem. They put light on the road, sure, but not only is the light output pretty janky and inconsistent on the road but the glare is ridiculous to other drivers. So now I'm retrofitting the projector to "cut off" the light before it reaches other people eyes, they don't see any glare at all!
This is all the parts that I used to make it work:
Completed in 2 hours which cost me $180 not including tools and parts that I already have.
I removed everything that I can prior put it on oven to bake at 300 degrees for 15 minutes.
After baked, I use flatblade screwdriver pry the front lens apart. Some people have to reheat it again but since I do it w/15 minutes @300 so it's very easy to come out like this at once.
This is the Morimoto Mini H1 projector with clear lens that will go right inside the headlight (without trimming and cutting)
I put everything together and it look like this
My all times favor tool to trim and make hole bigger to fit the projector's adapter plate (h7) fit in.
Now it fit right in with plenty of room for the lock ring and bulb holder in place. Just to make sure I use some epoxy to glue it (of course after aligned to find good beam pattern)
I then reheat the oven with 300 and bake it for another 7 minutes so that I can reuse the old glue. I use some clamps around the edges to hold the housing together while it cools down and the glue hardens
Once it all cools down, I remove the clamps and put on some silicon around it to make sure no moisture or fog on it.
Let it dry for 5-6 hours and it's time to put it on
And front view with light on
Both of them on
Next step is doing the fog. Still thinking between the blazers or matchbox mini projector...
Installing a set of eBay (or any other brand) HID bulbs into your halogen housing will look good (which I did years ago.) but it presents a problem. They put light on the road, sure, but not only is the light output pretty janky and inconsistent on the road but the glare is ridiculous to other drivers. So now I'm retrofitting the projector to "cut off" the light before it reaches other people eyes, they don't see any glare at all!
This is all the parts that I used to make it work:
- Morimoto 3five ballast (my old setup)
- Morimoto 3five H1 4300K bulb (my old 4300K 9006 bulb don't fit on this projector) - $40
- Morimoto Mini H1 Projector - $120
- Clear aftermarket headlight housing (my old setup)
- Some epoxy and silicon - $20
Completed in 2 hours which cost me $180 not including tools and parts that I already have.
I removed everything that I can prior put it on oven to bake at 300 degrees for 15 minutes.
After baked, I use flatblade screwdriver pry the front lens apart. Some people have to reheat it again but since I do it w/15 minutes @300 so it's very easy to come out like this at once.
This is the Morimoto Mini H1 projector with clear lens that will go right inside the headlight (without trimming and cutting)
I put everything together and it look like this
My all times favor tool to trim and make hole bigger to fit the projector's adapter plate (h7) fit in.
Now it fit right in with plenty of room for the lock ring and bulb holder in place. Just to make sure I use some epoxy to glue it (of course after aligned to find good beam pattern)
I then reheat the oven with 300 and bake it for another 7 minutes so that I can reuse the old glue. I use some clamps around the edges to hold the housing together while it cools down and the glue hardens
Once it all cools down, I remove the clamps and put on some silicon around it to make sure no moisture or fog on it.
Let it dry for 5-6 hours and it's time to put it on
And front view with light on
Both of them on
Next step is doing the fog. Still thinking between the blazers or matchbox mini projector...
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