just wondering what kits you guys have?? how many of you did retro fits?? ever been pulled over for them?? im looking around and seems like the average price is around $80.. is that normal?

 

5th gen...

 

I have done retrofits in 2 of my cars. Personally I would never do the cheapo PNP HID junk.

 

i think ill just take the time to do the retrofits..

 

I have a brand new hid kit for the headlights H1 6000ks for $60.00 shipped. Also have the fogs H3 hid kit new also.

 

i might get back to you on that.. i have kits from a RX350 that i know i can get to work just fine.. it would be great if i could find some decent already built retrofit projectors

 

im thinking about buying these...

 

don't buy just a PnP kit, definitely go with Retrofits, cause you may as well do it right the first time

 

so the light above isnt anygood?

 

No, you really want to stay away from any of the eBay/cheap lighting stuff. Retrofit is really the only way to go

 

so what is the best fit?? any specific projector i should buy?

 

Lucky for you 5th gen headlights are rather large (unlike 4th gen), so you can get most anything in there.

Here's a good place to start: http://www.theretrofitsource.com/

There's also tons of OEM parts on eBay to do retrofits.

I ended up using some 2010 Buick projectors on one of my cars, and the CRV has some universal projectors.

 

The stuff I used:

 

i dont mean to keep asking a bunch of questions without searching but what does a full retrofit usually end up costing??

im thinking i could get two headlights from work and use those projectors as long as the part isnt warranty

 

nice.. how did you get your hands on it?

 

$3-400 if you shop around for good deals. Also figure around 10-20 hours your first time for the labor (depending on your skill of course ). Custom mounting stuff in the housing, aiming, wiring, etc. takes time.

 

I found both sets on eBay HID relay harnesses on eBay, and shrouds from The Retrofit Source.

 

lol im still very tempted to buy the lights i posted above.. i wish there were more info about them

 

No need to waste your money on the headlights you posted up, cause you can just use that money toward real retrofits. The lights you posted above are just halogen projectors, so putting HID's in them won't be as good as using true HID projectors. I'm actually doing an FX retrofit for another guy who currently has the cheapo halogen projector lights, so when I'm finished, he's going to be taking a few pics to show the difference.

if you have access to headlights from your work such as the RX330 headlights, I'd pick them up.

 

ah i see.. i didnt think the projectors were any different

 

That's what a lot of people think, but they all do perform differently. Even HID projectors perform differently. Some HID projectors are better than others such as having a wider light output or sharper cutoff. Just things in that nature

 

im hoping i can do this right.. lol.. i have a lot of searching around to do to figure out what shrouds and what not that i need..

 

https://honda-tech.com/forums/lighting-107/hid-retrofit-club-1108424/

http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/

 

thats funny, HID kits are 40 shipped.. the chinese brand.. which work perfect on my 2008 tundra. pretty close to stock cut off, with more light output. (12k).
I bought some xentec one's from ebay. for my prelude, and lets just say that im in the process of retrofitting them.

 

smart move