Sup everyone, I just wanted to post some pics of my first retrofit done to some JDM headlights. I'm actually pretty impressed for a first time attempt. These have TSX projectors, and they're fully adjustable. Let me know what you guys think.

























Modified by prelude1897 at 11:11 AM 8/25/2006

 

Looks good...How much do you charge to do that?

 

looks good man, nice work

is that messiness near the lens in the last pic just epoxy or did you have to slice up the housing there??

 

doesn't look like they sealed back shut very well...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mgags7 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks good man, nice work

is that messiness near the lens in the last pic just epoxy or did you have to slice up the housing there?? </TD></TR></TABLE>

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It's just messy from silicone that illusion lighting used . When I took the pics, I didn't seal them up, I just put the lenses on to show what it looks like. I cleaned up all that crap along the edges and used some headlight/taillight sealant from Nissan

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This type of setup, I charge $800+shipping and that's all parts included(projectors, bulbs, ballast, labor)

 

sounds good

 

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This type of setup, I charge $800+shipping and that's all parts included(projectors, bulbs, ballast, labor)</TD></TR></TABLE>

Looks good. But I hope you aren't serious on the price.

 

looks very good.

 

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Looks good. But I hope you aren't serious on the price.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I am...I probably have the best prices around. If you find someone charging less than me for the same setup, let me know, and I'll match or even beat their price.

 

great job!.. loooks like mines =P

 

what bulbs and ballasts are you using? I THINK customlightz MIGHT offer a better price, but dont quote me.

 

That's a very nice job as always.. but I see that the projectors are mounted pretty far back. Mine are mounted just slightly further out than yours but I find that on mine, some of the light is blocked by the front bumper and to the sides. It's not very obvious but I'm just a stickler for perfection. I want to crack them open and mount the projectors even further out but I'm just too lazy.

 

I noticed you didn't hack up that back part. It looks pretty good compared to what I did. Though I agree that it looks to be a bit far back. When I did my retro, i cut off the first layer to the back so that I could clear the projector better. But looks nice overall.

 

damn man, that's a nice clean install... it looks like it's meant to be there. if you look at a plain jdm lens compared to thaht one... it's just awesome. can't wait to try mine.. do you have a link of a tutorial? i'll search for it anyways..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chau003 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That's a very nice job as always.. but I see that the projectors are mounted pretty far back. Mine are mounted just slightly further out than yours but I find that on mine, some of the light is blocked by the front bumper and to the sides. It's not very obvious but I'm just a stickler for perfection. I want to crack them open and mount the projectors even further out but I'm just too lazy. </TD></TR></TABLE>

x2... im planning this weekend to redo mines.. ive gotta mount it out a little further so it can beam more clearly throughout the sides.. by the way i have the same setup jdm black housings with tsx projectors. very nice choice

 

Great job , I think mine set a little further forward to now that I look at them. I can't believe there are so many people afraid to tear into the headlights. It's not hard, you just have to do it right, and take your time. That is where the price comes from, it is labor intensive to make them look great. I used a closed projector so I wouldn't have to put the flat piece in there. here's a pic so everyone understands what I'm talking about.

 

There's gotta be more 4th gen. retrofits out there...

 

Good stuff.

I've been dieing to get you to do this to mine, but I just have to build up the $$$...

 

Thank you everyone for your comments. I don't know what kind of bulb and ballast setup are going with these lights cause they're not mine. I just had someone send me the lights about a week ago. I'll be send them back out to the guy today, and I'll ask him to send me pics when he installs them back onto his car

 

4 new pics have been added

 

DAMN... IT LOOKS AIGHT. THAT THING BETTER COME WITH HID FOR THE PRICE YOUR ASKIN FOR...

 

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They do...All parts are included(bulbs, ballast, projectors, labor) but for the price I'm asking, I use BMW shrouds instead of plastic pieces like some people do. The BMW shrouds are kinda hard to find, and when you do, they're pricey. In this particular case, the guy I made them for sent me the lights, and they had E46 projectors in them. He wanted to upgrade from those projectors to TSX projectors, so I just reused the plastic pieces that illusion lighting had used. If you're wanting your lights to look like this and have the black plastic shrouds, then I would charge $750 instead

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by prelude1897 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I am...I probably have the best prices around. If you find someone charging less than me for the same setup, let me know, and I'll match or even beat their price. </TD></TR></TABLE>

JDMLyfestyle does an IS300 retrofit for 300-500 I beleive. but thats on a civic. If I had the cash, Id be sending mine next week.

loks good tho. can we see some pics of them on, or in the car.

 

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JDMLyfestyle does an IS300 retrofit for 300-500 I beleive. but thats on a civic. If I had the cash, Id be sending mine next week.

loks good tho. can we see some pics of them on, or in the car.</TD></TR></TABLE>

But does that include all the parts(projectors, bulbs, ballast)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by prelude1897 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">But does that include all the parts(projectors, bulbs, ballast)</TD></TR></TABLE>

I do believe so. Let me PM him to make sure.