Projector Shrouds

[otto07]

Do projector Shrouds have to stay their chrome color to be effective or can they be painted a flat black color and still retain their effect.

[islandhopper]

They are decorative for the most part. You can paint them whatever color you like.

[otto07]

oo really? i thought they helped with stray light.

well time to go black shrouds with a black reflector.

[islandhopper]

They do. So having them painted a solid color is beneficial if you desire that effect.

I ordered the mini-graphite shrouds which are translucent, but that's fine, i don't mind if the reflector bowl gets lit up somewhat from whatever stray light can escape the graphite. Might look cool. Dunno yet. Also debating on whether or not to paint the reflector bowl to reduce said escaping light.

[otto07]

i dont care much for the escaping light. i just want the low beam area to be solid black other then the projector.

a little off topic.

i love how your lows look like they are amber instead of yellow =)

[islandhopper]

I have angel eyes before the centric rings around the mini H1's then the shrouds over everything. i like the look of an illuminated low-beam reflector bowl with a projector in the center..plus the CCFL's will look sick all lit up and will help accentuate the projector lens. I just need to find some frigin' one-piecers!

And thanks, but those are the high beams that are tinted yellow. I used a couple extra coats to make it a deeper, slightly darker shade.

[otto07]

yea highs is what i meant to say no clue why i typed lows.

and i got the E-46 R Shrouds and want leds in them.

like below except blue but i have no room in my shrouds.

[accordztech]

what projector are you using?

[islandhopper]

That'll look sweet.

if you don't have room under the shroud, you could have individual LEDs or a strip of them around the outer edge of the shroud. Or modify the shroud to allow for install underneath.


I have mine mocked up in a dummy housing for practice/trouble shooting ideas.

Here you can see the angel eye under the graphite shroud..


I may paint some but not all of the reflector bowl, depending on how these look lit up.







I may even black out a portion of the bowl and paint the rest of the reflective area with a metallic/anodized shade of blue. Subtle enough to notice the blue aura but so much as to attract an officers attention..

[Darkcloud]

yea highs is what i meant to say no clue why i typed lows.

and i got the E-46 R Shrouds and want leds in them.

like below except blue but i have no room in my shrouds.

Damn looks like Im not the only one to think about drilling out holes and running ccfls behind the shroud. DAMNIT

[otto07]

dang bro i like how small and subtle your shroud is.

im using the Morimoto D2S projectors with a Raptor 55w 5k

and no there is a few guys with the LED's in theirs. my main problem is the black ring
that goes inside the shroud. It kills any space that i have.

The only way i would be able to do it is to super glue the black ring and then trim it to make space for the LED's

[islandhopper]

... my main problem is the black ring
that goes inside the shroud. It kills any space that i have.

The only way i would be able to do it is to super glue the black ring and then trim it to make space for the LED's

Really? i had plenty of space between the shroud centric ring and the shroud. More than enough room to fit the CCFL. Maybe it's different with the mini-graphite as opposed to the E-46 shrouds.

If you like, i can take a few pics showing how mine go together and the space between the different components. It's all kinda sandwiched together and fits real snug.

[SPLCB7]

I have a gatling shroud I think.... you could put leds inside but the Angeles wont fit inside and still go over the projector. I broke one of my angels trying LOL..... I just mounted mine to the outside of the shroud with fishing wire.... here's a pic.....but I don't have the d2s one I got the mini h1 4.1 projector

[islandhopper]

Yeah that's a mini-gatling. And putting the CCFL behind that shroud still wouldn't work cuz its a solid color/chrome and not translucent, unless you drill or cut away some of it... The angel eyes are supposed to mount outside that particular shroud so they can be seen.

Some people even go so far as to use 2 CCFL rings per shroud. One that fits the diameter of the prejector lens and another one about 10-20mm larger in diameter around the first one. it looks sick as fuck...i'll look for the reference pic that im thinking about...

- edit -
kinda like this:




there are better examples, but you get the idea...

[islandhopper]

... I just mounted mine to the outside of the shroud with fishing wire...

like this?

http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/show...highlight=ccfl