iCalvin
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Well I don’t really spend much time writing on forums and usually just lurk around. I don’t really see the need to post things unless it can be passed off as useful or if I am in need of help. With that being said, I just completed 2 FX-R retros for my Avy and also my father’s 2014 Silverado. There is only a few people that I have read or heard about that have actually done FXR retros to either one of these trucks. The Silverado retrofit was one of the simpler ones and only took me a couple hours for everything along with another day to replace the bad recalled ballasts from TRS. There is a thread with good information on GM-Trucks.com about retrofitting FX-Rs into the new Silverado along with Andrew from TRS posting a thread on HiDPlanet on his LS460 retro onto a 2014 Silverado headlight. I will post up some pictures of the Silverado retro I did for my dad as it went hand in hand with my retro as I was doing them roughly at the same time with me taking 2 more months longer on mine due to classes and no extra time. To this date I have done 3 retros for my Avalanche each being 6 months apart due to me not being content and also due to my engineering nature. Pretty sure no one will bother to read this but here are some pictures that is pretty close to a general mockup and prep required to retro FXRs into a GMT900 SUV.
This is not a how-to article though if you combine this information along with Lee’s (GoodinBlack) retrofitting thread you can basically piece the information together to do a FXR retro if you like. Though keep in mind that the new D2S 3.0 that TRS released is suppose to be close to FXR performance and may be slightly easier to retrofit in terms of cutting the headlight reflector, the beam cutting may still be necessary however. From the experience gained from doing this, I would not really recommend doing it if you just want HID’s without blinding people as the FXR is way more difficult to retrofit than that of Morimoto H1 projectors I have done in the past. The FXR is also an extremely tight fit inside and out of the headlight lens with the shroud I choose basically making slight contact with the headlight lens.
(http://tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58117)
Parts Used/Specs
Eagle Eye OEM Replica Headlights
Color Matched Reflector and Turn/DRL Trim
Tinted Amber Reflector
90mm Rubber caps
FXR 3.0 for Lo/Hi
Modded MH1 5.0 High beam only
Osram CBI D2S bulbs
Potted Denso Ballasts
Headlight time delay relay (potted)
TRS Waterproof relay harness
Iris Shrouds
VLED Amber Turn/DRL bulbs (removed DRL fuse and wire completely and made into dual parking/turn signals)
3 Ohm Resistor
New 3157 bulb socket swap from stock DRL socket for dual filament ability
Foglights are Nokya Foglight bulb in ricer yellow
First here are pics of my completed retro
TRS Reppin
Output
Random retro pics
Beveled Corners of Projector that was trimmed
Grinding Reflector for clearance, the clear wrap was to keep the dust from flying all over.
Test Fit
Shroud Ring needs inner ring trimmed to sit edge of shroud closer to projector due to how insanely close the shroud is to the headlight lens in the end. (actually it makes slight contact)
Test shroud and projector lens holder ring painted black to match MH1 black plastic lens holder.
Area that needs to be cut to accommodate extra bulk of the FXR and D2S connector
Test Fitment
New and old relay delay timers
Most expensive set of headlight bulbs I have ever bought
Potting Densos using MG Chemicals Thermally Conductive epoxy
Yellow fogs for Lolz to finally replace my overly obnoxious HID fogs that I ran for an hour max in the year I had them just because I am just to courtious
Depinned Denso D2S plug so that I can run it through the rubber boot
Back of headlight
2014 Silverado
FXR 3.0
Morimoto D2S LC Ballast
Philips 85122+ bulbs
Morimoto ice cube relay harness
Next to my truck when my dad first picked it up, shown with my old MH1 quad retro
Dat purple flicker doe (quote I use a lot between my friends with retros)
Plastidipped Grille
Phone makes output look green, its 4300k, very halogen looking
Conclusion
FXR retrofitting may not be for everyone, it is probably the most involved retro I have done so far though there is not many GMT900 with them and I may or may not be the first Avalanche with a FXR retro. All I know is, I am extremely happy with it and since my windshield is tinted with AirBlu 80, the extra lightning from the CBI really help. Depending on if I continue my retrofitting trend I may do another one in 6 months (LOL) or move on to a different phase of project. Thanks all for looking and I hope some of the pictures help anyone who is willing to attempt this.
This is not a how-to article though if you combine this information along with Lee’s (GoodinBlack) retrofitting thread you can basically piece the information together to do a FXR retro if you like. Though keep in mind that the new D2S 3.0 that TRS released is suppose to be close to FXR performance and may be slightly easier to retrofit in terms of cutting the headlight reflector, the beam cutting may still be necessary however. From the experience gained from doing this, I would not really recommend doing it if you just want HID’s without blinding people as the FXR is way more difficult to retrofit than that of Morimoto H1 projectors I have done in the past. The FXR is also an extremely tight fit inside and out of the headlight lens with the shroud I choose basically making slight contact with the headlight lens.
(http://tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58117)
Parts Used/Specs
Eagle Eye OEM Replica Headlights
Color Matched Reflector and Turn/DRL Trim
Tinted Amber Reflector
90mm Rubber caps
FXR 3.0 for Lo/Hi
Modded MH1 5.0 High beam only
Osram CBI D2S bulbs
Potted Denso Ballasts
Headlight time delay relay (potted)
TRS Waterproof relay harness
Iris Shrouds
VLED Amber Turn/DRL bulbs (removed DRL fuse and wire completely and made into dual parking/turn signals)
3 Ohm Resistor
New 3157 bulb socket swap from stock DRL socket for dual filament ability
Foglights are Nokya Foglight bulb in ricer yellow
First here are pics of my completed retro
TRS Reppin
Output
Random retro pics
Beveled Corners of Projector that was trimmed
Grinding Reflector for clearance, the clear wrap was to keep the dust from flying all over.
Test Fit
Shroud Ring needs inner ring trimmed to sit edge of shroud closer to projector due to how insanely close the shroud is to the headlight lens in the end. (actually it makes slight contact)
Test shroud and projector lens holder ring painted black to match MH1 black plastic lens holder.
Area that needs to be cut to accommodate extra bulk of the FXR and D2S connector
Test Fitment
New and old relay delay timers
Most expensive set of headlight bulbs I have ever bought
Potting Densos using MG Chemicals Thermally Conductive epoxy
Yellow fogs for Lolz to finally replace my overly obnoxious HID fogs that I ran for an hour max in the year I had them just because I am just to courtious
Depinned Denso D2S plug so that I can run it through the rubber boot
Back of headlight
2014 Silverado
FXR 3.0
Morimoto D2S LC Ballast
Philips 85122+ bulbs
Morimoto ice cube relay harness
Next to my truck when my dad first picked it up, shown with my old MH1 quad retro
Dat purple flicker doe (quote I use a lot between my friends with retros)
Plastidipped Grille
Phone makes output look green, its 4300k, very halogen looking
Conclusion
FXR retrofitting may not be for everyone, it is probably the most involved retro I have done so far though there is not many GMT900 with them and I may or may not be the first Avalanche with a FXR retro. All I know is, I am extremely happy with it and since my windshield is tinted with AirBlu 80, the extra lightning from the CBI really help. Depending on if I continue my retrofitting trend I may do another one in 6 months (LOL) or move on to a different phase of project. Thanks all for looking and I hope some of the pictures help anyone who is willing to attempt this.
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