Retrofitting Projectors

[AP1Sean]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has experince, or knows andything about retrofitting projectors. thanks, Sean

[J.Dub]

NOPE, lol sorry Sean.

[AP1Sean]

All good.. bump lol

[velocity]

i did a retro on my sol about a year ago what did you need to know?

[AP1Sean]

Well i'm thinking about doing it to my 2000 civic Si. and was wondering what all i needed, besides the projector and the lighting parts in general. ( i already have an HID kit) I did a little reading about it on HT, but couldnt really find anything specific to civic headlights. most were about integra and so forth. and last i was wondering what car you got the projectors from, i was looking a some E46 M3's and acura TSX ones. thanks, Sean

[velocity]

i have some bi-xenon e55's from a mercedes/bmw. your kit prob wont work because its for H4 and you will need d2s bulbs. also i would suggest & wiring harness so you dont fry your stock one. oh and please dont get ricer 8k-10k bulbs

[boostedEG]

i have some bi-xenon e55's from a mercedes/bmw. your kit prob wont work because its for H4 and you will need d2s bulbs. also i would suggest & wiring harness so you dont fry your stock one. oh and please dont get ricer 8k-10k bulbs


whats the difference in the k rating? i know its the color, but is 8-10k blue, and 4-6 is white or what?

any chance you could send me some pics of your projectors? i would like to do this to mine someday.

[velocity]

the higher the kelvin the more blue/purple the color gets but also the actual brigness goes down the optimal is 4.3k-5k which is the most white. what people dont understand is even if you have 4k bulbs the cutoff will still be blue. with a reflector hid kit like a pnp one you wont get a cutoff.

edit for pics
http://atlas.walagata.com/w/liquidtek/cutoff_side.jpg
http://atlas.walagata.com/w/liquidtek/DSC01822.jpg
http://atlas.walagata.com/thumbs/liquidtek_DSC00134.JPG (http://atlas.walagata.com/w/liquidtek/DSC00134.JPG)
http://atlas.walagata.com/thumbs/liquidtek_DSC00112.JPG (http://atlas.walagata.com/w/liquidtek/DSC00112.JPG)
http://atlas.walagata.com/thumbs/liquidtek_DSC01790.JPG (http://atlas.walagata.com/w/liquidtek/DSC01790.JPG)
http://atlas.walagata.com/thumbs/liquidtek_DSC01814.JPG (http://atlas.walagata.com/w/liquidtek/DSC01814.JPG)

[AP1Sean]

Yea I had seen one where they used E55 projectors, looked pretty good. I have 8k but they white.. look more like 6k then 8. How long did it take you to do the conversion? sorry about all the questions, just trying to get a feel for what I'll be working with :)

[velocity]

no prob. took me maybe 2 days off and on being really cautious.

[AP1Sean]

I was looking on eaby at E55 projectors, they're pretty expensive lol. beside the projectors what else am i going to need?

[velocity]

either buy or make shroud/bezels. a dremel to cut up your headlights. bolts to fasten the projectors. bulbs, ballast, 10 gauge wire to make wiring harness, 2 inline fuses, male/female spade connectors. if you think the e55s are expensive dont bother loking at s2000, tl or tsx projectors. they are considered the best & the projectors alone cost more than my whole setup.

[AP1Sean]

lol Yea i saw the S2000 ones. Very Very expensive, heard they are/were the best out there. also heard the new lexus gs430's are just as good if not better. Was looking at a set of Audi A6 projectors. but it says they're dot beams, and im not 100% sure what that is?

[velocity]

dot & ece beams just refer to the way the cutoff are. usually the ece are more clear or nicer.

[AP1Sean]

I found these, pretty cheap lol http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/acura-tl-tsx-hid-headlight-projector-integra-civic_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33710QQitemZ80515 07847QQrdZ1

[velocity]

yeah still has 5 days left check it in 4 i'm sure will be close to $300

[AP1Sean]

Yeah, if not im going to probably buy them. then i just got to buy all the other crap :(

[BdoggPrelude]

Those retrofits are killer Velocity. Would you be interested in doing some on my 5th gen Prelude? I've always wanted to do the HID prjector retrofit on my car but I really don't trust my craftsmanship skills.

[iinvazionii]

yeah velocity, would you do it on a 95 dc2 with angel eyes(halos)?

[velocity]

i maybe able to do them but you have to take into consideration a few things. its one thing to do things to your own car because if you do it & it sucks then there's only one person to blame which is yourself. i could do it for you guys but each headlight is different along with projector sizes. you guys would have to supply the projectors/headlights/shrouds and other things you would want. if you guys can supply those then the next issue would be labor.