Im looking to see what the beam pattern looks like, with retro-fitted HID "projectors" not plug N play HID kits

with fluted OEM headlight lenses

I have seen a few people have this setup on this fourum, but none show the beam pattern or cutoff line

 

TSX hid's....if u need any help on retro'n just PM me

 

Is that in factory headlights? That's a dang good cutoff if it is!

 

yeah ...mine looked alot like those pix and the headlights were oem

 

oh and it doesnt really matter if their factory or aftermarket headlights, what matters is the projectors.

 

Wow, I thought the fluting would cause more glare but that looks great.

 

it would cause some glare. lets say u park close to a wall...then u will see all the extra glare on the wall. ill look for better pix with them aimed closer to a wall

 

im confused...... because you say the beam battern looks like that through OEM headlights, but there is diffrant types of OEM headlights.
EK headlights are clear lense
DC headlights are clear lense
and
EG headlights are fluted
EF headlights are fluted
DA headlights are flued

can someone vouch for the cutoff looking that good through fluted lenses

 

bump, cuz i'm debating whether i should do a retro in my jdm headlights or go with the aftermarket clear headlights

 

i thought it would look cool with the projectors hidden behind the fluted lense's but if its going to create glare, id rather have the lenses cleared

 

those are tsx's in what car, if i may?

 

The few retrofits I've seen using fluted lenses have produced pretty decent results. The projector is usually close enough to the lens where the light is only passing through a small portion of the fluting, so the effect on the beam pattern and cut-off is minimised. It's not 100% deal, but it's incredibly better than sticking a drop-in kit in the stock housings.

 

how dos it compare to OEM DC2 projectors?

 

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Are you referring to the JDM ITR HIDs, or the USDM halogen projectors?

 

USDM halogen projectors

not the brightness, how dos the cutoff / glare compare

 

If the retrofit is done with high-quality HID projectors, the output and pattern is superior to the USDM halogen projectors.

 

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with fluted lenses?
will it look like the ones posted above?

 

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with fluted lenses?
will it look like the ones posted above?</TD></TR></TABLE>

More or less, yes. As I said, there are variables involved, such as the projectors used, where they're positioned in the headlight housings, etc. However, the results should be satisfactory if done properly.

 

i was planning on using 04-05 TSX projectors & the headlights i have are JDM EG units

anyone have any pics of......EG, EF, DA retrofitted headlights.....using any kind of HID projectors

 

i have mdx pojectors retrofitted and they are amazing they are not that expensive either. cutoff is awesome if you dont color mod them as soon as u start coloring moding the cutoff gets a little blurry. my cutoff line is like someone took a ruler and drew if accross my headlight lol. it looks good and forground lighting ina halogen projectors are a bit better then the hid projectors just my opinon but some people see it different.
in a fluted lens i think it would create more of a shatter effect of the beam i suggest getting some cheap aftermarket headlights and retroing them because why cut up oem headlight when you can get a cheap aftermarket without the fluted lense. but to each their own.

 

bump... for pics

 

the pix above are tsx hids...urs will look like those, but not as much color. the tsx's above are color modded.

 

"Thizzed Out" what kind of car do you have year & model

 

Bump for the make and model using the tsx setup

 

sorry for the thread jackin but whats a fluted lense?