Real HID T/A lights
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Originally Posted by lo_jack
Those are fantastic.
Do you not need a plastic housing over the projector lens to protect it? Or is that the beauty of flip down lights?
Also did you fab your bracket/housing up such that the stock aimers still work? Looks like you made a plate that bolts onto the same thing as the old sealed bulb. Very clever.
BTW the black looks great. Nice job.
Do you not need a plastic housing over the projector lens to protect it? Or is that the beauty of flip down lights?
Also did you fab your bracket/housing up such that the stock aimers still work? Looks like you made a plate that bolts onto the same thing as the old sealed bulb. Very clever.
BTW the black looks great. Nice job.
As for the stock aiming screws, yes they still work. That was one of my goals when i set out to make them.
The wiring and the brackets are pretty simple. Although I should have used a harness designed for use with the ballast ( high amp draws on startup) I went without. I just connected the ballast power to the headlight harness. The bracket is the stock sealed beam retaining plate that holds those ugly sealed beams in place. I trimmed the back of the headlight housing, and adapted the projector to bolt to that plate.
Hey, I just saw this thread. Sorry to bring it back up.
Great work on the cosmetic side. Nicest I've seen so far.
Do you know of any other threads of TA's running projectors or HID?
Great work on the cosmetic side. Nicest I've seen so far.
Do you know of any other threads of TA's running projectors or HID?
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there are a couple that i know of, ill try to find some. some are really old. also, ive updated mine, so they dont have the high beam square high beam light anymore. its only one round bi xenon projector. ill try to get some pics added asap.
I know what you mean. I'm making some fixed lights with E46 projectors, right now. I'm converting them to bi-xenon and am just going to have the one projector per side. Do you like having a HID high beam now?
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Some more HID threads/info for those interested:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/620634-firebird-projector-headlights.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/623222-ok-what-s-best-hid-s-out-there.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/260826-hid-retrofit.html
(check out page 3 for 1998-2002 Firebird)
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/620634-firebird-projector-headlights.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/623222-ok-what-s-best-hid-s-out-there.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/260826-hid-retrofit.html
(check out page 3 for 1998-2002 Firebird)
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I gotta bring this back up. I think this sealed the deal for me and deciding projector or not. This setup is the best I've seen. I have crappy eurolamps now and 8000K H7 setup so I'm 100% it'll be night/day difference like it was when I installed the HIDs.
Would you happen to have some more info on how you installed them and what you used? Also, I have H7's now so does that mean I wouldn't need new capsules if I didn't want to change color temp? Any new pictures of your new setup? Want to sell your old one if you still have it?
Would you happen to have some more info on how you installed them and what you used? Also, I have H7's now so does that mean I wouldn't need new capsules if I didn't want to change color temp? Any new pictures of your new setup? Want to sell your old one if you still have it?