I saw these while surfing around today. Although not exactly JDM friendly, what do you guys think of these? This is a Hella HID retrofit on USDM headlamps with D2S bulbs along with Euro-spec projectors and a bit of a smoked finish on the housings. Does anyone out there have anything similar?

HIDtech

 

There are a lot of people on here who have retrod hids from audis and s2000s and there are plenty of websites that teach you how to do it. The black housing headlight itself looks gay but if you did it with say a stock one it'd look a lot better.

 

just do it yourself. here is my setup which was completed last summer. OEM housings with hella bi-xenon HID projectors, so i have low beam and high beam.



btw: HIDtech charges about $600-$700 for the retrofitting. that includes YOU sending in YOUR headlights, and then they retrofit it and give it back to you along with the ballast and bulbs.

i found my setup on ebay last year for $325 shipped, which came with projectors, bulbs, ballast and harnesses. I just had to do all the labor myself, but i am damn proud of myself to say that i did it, and the results are awesome..

 

Wow, that color in ur headlights work well with the hood and rims. Nice

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRX16T &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Wow, that color in ur headlights work well with the hood and rims. Nice </TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks..too bad i'm not running those wheels anymore. i still like the headlights.. gives the front end more character, and it matches the fogs nicely.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRX16T &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Wow, that color in ur headlights work well with the hood and rims. Nice </TD></TR></TABLE> i agree that looks really good wow

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Airbag Club &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
thanks..too bad i'm not running those wheels anymore. i still like the headlights.. gives the front end more character, and it matches the fogs nicely.</TD></TR></TABLE>

gunmetal rims (ITR's 5 lug) on your black EK with those headlights and fog lights.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Airbag Club &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

thanks..too bad i'm not running those wheels anymore. i still like the headlights.. gives the front end more character, and it matches the fogs nicely.</TD></TR></TABLE>


i think the front end looks sick. do you ever get harrassed by the cops for it?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Airbag Club &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just do it yourself. here is my setup which was completed last summer. OEM housings with hella bi-xenon HID projectors, so i have low beam and high beam.



btw: HIDtech charges about $600-$700 for the retrofitting. that includes YOU sending in YOUR headlights, and then they retrofit it and give it back to you along with the ballast and bulbs.

i found my setup on ebay last year for $325 shipped, which came with projectors, bulbs, ballast and harnesses. I just had to do all the labor myself, but i am damn proud of myself to say that i did it, and the results are awesome.. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Does the headlight being painted like that change the color of the light beam? Either way I like it, sorry for the hijack

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 99 EK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

HIDtech

</TD></TR></TABLE>

nice! i like it.. in the future, perhaps i'll send them mine (i'm not soo great at DIYs)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SeanJohn1802 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

nice! i like it.. in the future, perhaps i'll send them mine (i'm not soo great at DIYs)</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sorry but this made me laugh based off your other thread .....It looks like they do decent work but I bet it's expensive .

 

EXACTLY my point! lol

it depends what you pick, i was researchin on their site. . looks like it'd cost (for what i want) around $400-$500 (so thats technically about $150 +/- buyin HIDs off of ebay) and it gets professionally done! w00t!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 99 EK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I saw these while surfing around today. Although not exactly JDM friendly, what do you guys think of these? This is a Hella HID retrofit on USDM headlamps with D2S bulbs along with Euro-spec projectors and a bit of a smoked finish on the housings. Does anyone out there have anything similar?

</TD></TR></TABLE>

Lots of people have done it, check out the forums on http://www.hidplanet.com and take a look at the retrofit pics forum.

HIDtech is overpriced IMHO.

 

they look okay.

 

out of curiosity . . has anyone done a DIY (writeup) for these retrofits. I would personally feel MUCH better if i was working off some instructions . .

 

OT: Airbag Club, where can i get those hoodlocks you have? I like them cause they are small and not circular like other hoodlocks/pins.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by makaveli284 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">out of curiosity . . has anyone done a DIY (writeup) for these retrofits. I would personally feel MUCH better if i was working off some instructions . .</TD></TR></TABLE>

there's lots of info to be found on hidplanet.com, lots of pics, I'm sure you can find some info in there somewhere.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EBP-Si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">OT: Airbag Club, where can i get those hoodlocks you have? I like them cause they are small and not circular like other hoodlocks/pins.</TD></TR></TABLE>

the hood pins are made by moroso..

 

im liking the yellow housings

 

I really like your setup its looks nice. The hood, lights and rims go together.

 

i, sadly, didn't DIY the retrofit... i bought the headlights off of ill_take_one's brother




edit: so ill_take_one and his brother did the retrofit


Modified by mMmdoOonut at 5:08 AM 11/12/2004

 

Bump...

 

i would try to DIY. but those arent too bad i guess

 

couldnt you just buy a set like off of ebay? I know they look UGLY but would they still work?

 

i want hids bad, think i could just get the ballasts, bulbs, etc and project them through stock dc headlights?