Rocket Man's 02 Denali Build Thread AKA "THE BEAST"

[05Single]

Theres a seal.

@Rocket Man what I meant was I couldnt get them to seat correctly. Yes they fit however it was hard to get the bulb aligned. Check this thread out.

https://www.hidplanet.com/forums/fo...0-how-to-shim-a-hid-bulb-for-proper-alignment

The motoholder made it difficult for me to move the bulb around so that I'd get the proper hot spot.

If you move the bulb in the motoholders there is a slight amount of movement. Thst will throw the hotspot off, which in turn throws the cutoff out of alignment

Yea doesn’t take much , fraction of a fraction of an inch and theres a huge difference in output.
And I guess I’m just use to a rubber seal on generic lights like 9005s and 9006s. H1 has no seal

 

[Rocket Man]

Well the brackets came today but I spent all day installing new compressors on the Silverado. Might do it tomorrow.

 

[Rocket Man]

Yea doesn’t take much , fraction of a fraction of an inch and theres a huge difference in output.

I just checked them again and they’re tight, no movement. They worked awesome in the Silverado retrofit. Same projectors, bulbs and motoholders. I’m not worried.

 

[Rocket Man]

The adventure begins. Here's the headlights... and second pic is the back. I took a look before starting and it looked like the brackets would fit, so next I removed the adjusting assembly. Man it looked like this was gonna be soooo easy, 2 screws to remove the projectors but then what was that grey stuff oozing out from around them? Hoped it was silicone but nope, it was some of that permaseal or whatever that stuff is that's really hard to get apart. I started using my best razor knife and some new blades, cut a little until I could get something in to pry. I tried a heat gun and it helped a bit but pretty much just had to muscle through it. My arms were sore after the first one.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

 

[Rocket Man]

Then I checked the bracket for a fit (whew) cleaned up the mounting surface and tried the Morimoto's. They didn't quite fit until I trimmed a bit inside the headlight with an angle grinder. The holes in the mini h1's were the perfect size for a 10-32 tap and then I bought some allen head button top screws to attach the projectors to the brackets. I used some black RTV and mounted the projectors. So far so good, waiting for things to dry before proceeding.

 

[Tonyrodz]

View attachment 227215 View attachment 227216 View attachment 227217 View attachment 227210 View attachment 227211 The adventure begins. Here's the headlights... and second pic is the back. I took a look before starting and it looked like the brackets would fit, so next I removed the adjusting assembly. Man it looked like this was gonna be soooo easy, 2 screws to remove the projectors but then what was that grey stuff oozing out from around them? Hoped it was silicone but nope, it was some of that permaseal or whatever that stuff is that's really hard to get apart. I started using my best razor knife and some new blades, cut a little until I could get something in to pry. I tried a heat gun and it helped a bit but pretty much just had to muscle through it. My arms were sore after the first one.

Good thing nothing cracked or broke while prying it apart.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Sweet. Seems good so far.

 

[Bombsquad85]

@Rocket Man looks great so far!

 

[Rocket Man]

@Rocket Man looks great so far!

Thanks. I got them back in, testing passed. High beam shutters are working too so they open up for a great 4 high. Now gotta wait until dark for aiming and night shots.

 

[Rocket Man]

They look great after adjusting. Pretty good night vision now.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

View attachment 227275 View attachment 227276 View attachment 227277 View attachment 227278 View attachment 227279 They look great after adjusting. Pretty good night vision now.

Awesome.

 

[05Single]

Those output shots
Such a huge difference

 

[Sam Harris]

Those look ****..! Great output, and the lights look badass! Nice work!

 

[Sam Harris]

Those look ****..! Great output, and the lights look badass! Nice work!

ETA: I think this setup is a good one. I’ve been trying to determine what to do with my crappy replacement OEM housings and LEDs.

Help me spend $$$ [emoji1787]

 

[Rocket Man]

I forgot to post the before pics of output on the garage door. I should have taken shots of the road too but I can say they weren’t that great of projectors to start with. Here’s before and after on the garage door.

 

[Rocket Man]

Those look ****..! Great output, and the lights look badass! Nice work!

Thanks Sam.

ETA: I think this setup is a good one. I’ve been trying to determine what to do with my crappy replacement OEM housings and LEDs.

Help me spend $$$ [emoji1787]

Yep, I’ve been waiting to find some headlights I was really happy with to do a retrofit on. These finally got me excited enough to spend the money and time on. And actually the retrofit was pretty easy compared to the Silverado ones I did. I’m satisfied.

 

[Sam Harris]

Thanks Sam.



Yep, I’ve been waiting to find some headlights I was really happy with to do a retrofit on. These finally got me excited enough to spend the money and time on. And actually the retrofit was pretty easy compared to the Silverado ones I did. I’m satisfied.

Awesome!! And what a difference!

 

[05Single]

What’s with the rainbow colors on the foreground ?

 

[Bombsquad85]

Awesome!