I just finished my TSX HID Retro. I used four TSX Projectors for this project. Check it out:




All bolts have been covered by JB Weld to protect them from Vibrating loose over time:


Reflectors are painted flat black:


Re-Assembled Housings:


And finally - In the car!!

 

expensive setup

 

Any pictures of both beams ?

 

Nice Setup!!!
let see some night shots!!!!

was this your first retrofit....
hopefully you can make a DIY!!!!

ok i understand if you had all four tsx light up constantly on but if im not mistaken you cant use them as a high beam was that your plan...

NITE SHOTS NITE SHOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

by the way it goes to show that even the type r need refining lol

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jmk2888 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Any pictures of both beams ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

No, the high beams are not done yet. They work just fine but are rigged to use regular bulbs temporarily. They will be HID as well, but I ran out of time to work on the car today. The TSX cutoffs have been removed so that they shine like high beams should.

I will take some more pics as I go. I want to take some pictures of the cutoff and some shots shining down the road.


Modified by MatrixShark at 12:39 AM 12/31/2006

 

silly question, but was the jb weld really necessary, or somewhat overkill for peace of mind?

i figure something like threadlock would do just fine.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by uNF$@#! &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">silly question, but was the jb weld really necessary, or somewhat overkill for peace of mind?

i figure something like threadlock would do just fine.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i was thinking that too, those were covered! Looks good bro, should be really nice

 

Very nice.

 

nice job! how did you aim the projectors?

 

is that black bracket where the TSX lights are bolted to part of the stock Integra headlight? or is that part of the TSX headlight? and as already asked, how do you aim them? same as stock headlight?

TTIWW night shots

 

The JB Weld was just for piece of mind. There is no need to be pulling my bumper off and having to crack the housing open again in a thousand miles just because I skipped something simple. I figure that there are plenty of vibrations in any car, let alone a Type-R...

As far as "the black bracket", that is part of the integra headlight. It floats inside the housing and pivots with the adjustment screws that are on the back. It aims just like a stock setup, up/down and left/right.


Modified by MatrixShark at 12:55 AM 12/31/2006

 

We need night cut off shots! Cool DIY.


The headlights are the only thing I still like about my TSX, not lol'ing

 

looks good on the dual retro.

 

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The headlights are the only thing I still like about my TSX, not lol'ing </TD></TR></TABLE>

Get yourself another 98 and you know I'd hook you up!!

 

Read my location, there's a countdown to graduation.

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are those headlights OEM ITR?


and no i'm not talking about the retrofit lenses smart *****

the actual glass i mean. only yours don't have the same moulding as mine if thats the case, i have lateral lines that go across the dipped beam light. i'll take a picture in a minute to show you what i mean

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tartje &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are those headlights OEM ITR?


and no i'm not talking about the retrofit lenses smart *****

the actual glass i mean. only yours don't have the same moulding as mine if thats the case, i have lateral lines that go across the dipped beam light. i'll take a picture in a minute to show you what i mean</TD></TR></TABLE>

No, I picked the clearest set (of aftermarket) I could find. These have zero lines on the (outer) lenses. The lines will cause your cutoff to be less sharp. Besides, retrofitting the second set of headlights did two things for me. 1.) I had lights in the car while I was working on the retro and... 2.) I can always go back to stock later.

 

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Re-Assembled Housings:

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if you look at the two the glass is completely different.

Jon D commented how good my lights were and asked if they were HID, to which i replied no, completely OEM halogen lights.

would there be much of a difference? i always thought OEM ITR lights were gash, and i'm getting HID's soon.

any experts care to comment?

 

I'm no expert, but after putting my visualdynamics 4300k kit in, the immediate foreground in front of the car was very bright and impressive, however I feel I lost a lot of lighting distance. Not to mention the halogen specific housings created hot spots and obviously glare. Having noticed all of this thanks to some **** recommendation by a buddy to drive between AB and BC during the moose infested darkness....

Aiming them down is seriously a bitch bandaid solution and only compounds the problem of having them light up the snakes in the grass - and when parked side by side next to an OEM JDM HID setup, color, cutoff, depth, and distance were all visibly superior compared to what I call my "fancy riceboy blinglights."

If anybody is going to do it, they should do it right with a proper retrofit. I would have been much happier in the end doing what KOALA YUMMIES did with his external driving HID lights.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RagingAngel &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm no expert, but after putting my visualdynamics 4300k kit in, the immediate foreground in front of the car was very bright and impressive, however I feel I lost a lot of lighting distance. Not to mention the halogen specific housings created hot spots and obviously glare. Having noticed all of this thanks to some **** recommendation by a buddy to drive between AB and BC during the moose infested darkness....

Aiming them down is seriously a bitch bandaid solution and only compounds the problem of having them light up the snakes in the grass - and when parked side by side next to an OEM JDM HID setup, color, cutoff, depth, and distance were all visibly superior compared to what I call my "fancy riceboy blinglights."

If anybody is going to do it, they should do it right with a proper retrofit. I would have been much happier in the end doing what KOALA YUMMIES did with his external driving HID lights.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree, this IS a proper retrofit. Here is a quick nite shot as requested:

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MatrixShark &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I agree, this IS a proper retrofit. Here is a quick nite shot as requested:
[img]http://www.freewebs.com/matrixshark/HID/niteshot.jpg</TD></TR></TABLE>

Right...and I was proper aware of that fact. I was replying to tartje's question.

BTW nice setup, those lenses confuse me too, but I have a '97 front clip and I guess there's variation between the 98+ housings as tartje appears to have pointed out.

 

I figured... But just incase someone reading along got confused, I thought I'd clarify ; )

 

Im confused on those lenses as well. My 98+ lenses arent smooth. They have the lines like the red integra posted above. Whats the deal?

 

The headlights are aftermarket 98 spec, not oem but still look good!

 

I think those are the TYC Lenses? A friend of mine had some of those, they look pretty Damn close.