Alright here's a little tutorial for all that wants to retro-fit, enjoy!

Pre-heat the oven at 350 and turned it off and put the lights in the oven for about 10 mins. These TYC housing seems to use a differnt kind of glue unlike the OEM ones so they were a Bi*** to pry apart. Took about 1 hour per headlight grr.

The TYC projector on the right and the E46 on the left.
I also reused the bezel from the tyc and jb welded it to the e46. Perfect fit.

I then cut the stock bowl thinking i can JBweld it to the E46 but it doesn't seem like it would work.

Here's a transparent view of what i'm talking about.

Soo i decided i'd do the JnC bracket method but added somthing differnt behind the L bracket so i would be able to adjust the pitch when it's bolted on. With this method i would be able to have movement when moving up and down.


And i took a balljoint piece from the TYC and mounted it on the E46 so it would be able to pitch correctly.


Next up measure where the holes are supose to be then drill some holes



Lines up pretty good



Got my D2S connector and spiced it in



Now for the before and after shots.
Before, H1 plug and play


After E46 singles









Modified by denshu at 11:11 AM 4/16/2008

 

 

clean

 

nice install

 

im confused to retro fit u need an hid kit for e46 bmw riiight??




Modified by jdmstockeg6 at 1:35 AM 3/18/2008

 

It's actually OEM BMW projectors and i had a Philipps kit that fit differnt bulbs.
I just spliced the D2S bulb holder into the ballast wire and bought Philipps 4100k D2S bulbs from hid planet.

 

Looking good

 

Thanks for all the nice comments

I will have another project in OEM style housing with TSX projectors coming your way.
here's a sneak peak....

 

where can i get this kit? and can anyone retro fit it?

 

You can get the OEM projectors from HIDplanet.com
or locally if you find a set of tsx headlights.
then you swap the tsx projectors in.

 

you mean get the oem e46 projectors? does anyone retrofit you know of?

 

Yes sorry i mean you can get the e46, porsche, or RS6 projectors from hid planet ....
and TSX you have to find on e-bay or locally.

I only know 1 other person around my area that can do a retrofit.

 

Cant wait to see the second set, thats what I'm talkin about!!

Well done!

A+ for effort

 

Someone should sticky this!!

 

denshu,

can we do the retrofit with e46 bixenons in the eg headlights?

 

It's possible, poey, there is enough room for the extra solnoid in the aftermarket projector housing. But with a stock housing type housing your gonna have to cut the bottom of the reflector for the solnoid as it's a tight fit. Nothiing is impossible.

 

any chance your selling the tyc's?

 

Sorry i already sold the tyc retrofit the first day it was posted.
they go so fast@!

 

how much was it sold for?

 

very nice and great output from this setup.

 

how much for the tsx

 

look on ebay they sell projectors 80 to 175 for a set

 

Great work! Can't wait to see the TSX! The TSX should have a much sharper cutoff vs the e46 projectors IMO. I'm using them right now on my Denji projectors and they came out great.

 

Wow digging up the old posts =D
I've actually finished the tsx retro a while ago and i also posted a tutorial up too
link right here
https://honda-tech.com/forums/lighting-107/step-step-92-95-civic-tsx-retro-fit-oem-style-housing-2278450/

i've actually done another tsx retro also in the em1 headlights too
https://honda-tech.com/forums/lighting-107/diy-retro-fit-01-03-civic-2555382/

Happy retro!