My JDM Headlight Retrofit (Pictures!)

[mycb7.com]

Fuckin nice! What makes it even better is its in JDM housing.

Thanks! Best of all, they fit like they were meant for the JDM headlight!

[xkjnboix]

You have teh skilz

now do mines

yo that looks hella nice !! throw some custom halos on them too ^-^ as if you havent put alot of work into them already. they look very nice and clean. keep it up and finish the job!

[Gemini]

OEM A6 4300K
Projectors (2 1/2in)
Ballasts
Ignitors
Phillips D2S Bulbs

More pictures can be found here:
http://www.mycb7.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1420

Shroud was a 2" Flange, with a 6" Stove Drip Pan.

Again, thanks for the compliments. (I don't want to do this again, sorry.)

those look like bosch projectors.....nice work, remind of when i was doing mine.

[accordztech]

Ghetto shrouds FTW! Looks great man. Can't wait to see completed pics.

its not ghetto its the sheit.

in my sig is my shroud, lawn lamp with a chrome trim piece painted =)

[mycb7.com]

I like the light output and cut off despite the small lines above. I believe its from whoever had them before me, they may have color modded them, so that will be another day of fixing and filling in the line that was cut in the cut off shield. I spend 12 hours on these babies. I can wait awhile before fixing that.

The looks from other drivers on the road is hilarious. I had atleast 3 people turn and look back at my car on the freeway.

Thanks for all the comments.

[Shadow1]

dag man. wtf? i saw them shrouds and i thought "how in the world did he fit those things in there? they look like freaking eyes man!" they looking good man. nice

[Tnwagn]

Finished pics look great

[mycb7.com]

dag man. wtf? i saw them shrouds and i thought "how in the world did he fit those things in there? they look like freaking eyes man!" they looking good man. nice

I ended up having to shave some off of the flange because of the insert piece in the JDM Housing. I tried to set the projector back as far as possible to utilize the back of the housing for positioning.

Finished pics look great

Thanks My head still hurts from all the chemicals I inhaled yesterday.

[STL_92_Accord]

Awesome work. I don't know if I would even try this myself. Because if I reuined a mint set of 1 piece headlights I would shit myself. But in your case all that hard work has payed off.

[mycb7.com]

Awesome work. I don't know if I would even try this myself. Because if I reuined a mint set of 1 piece headlights I would shit myself. But in your case all that hard work has payed off.

It's always good to start off with a mint set of JDM Headlights Thanks man. I'm really glad everyone likes it. I'm going to polish the headlights sometime today.

[slick]

It's always good to start off with a mint set of JDM Headlights Thanks man. I'm really glad everyone likes it. I'm going to polish the headlights sometime today.

and take pics of it all buttoned up? im getting some ideas for my shroud. im still not finished with my retro because i dunno what kind of shroud to make

[mak]

You and I are using the same projectors

those look like bosch projectors.....nice work, remind of when i was doing mine.

They're identical to mine, if they're the same, they're Hella, not Bosch.

-mak

[lilb_1979]

Looks great!!!! I would love to see these in the day!!!

[mycb7.com]

Awesome. Yes, they are Hella projectors.

For those of you doing retrofits and thinking of doing retrofits. I highly suggest you read over this entire site: http://faqlight.carpassion.info/ And once you think you know what your doing, read it again. Despite the grammar issues, it has a wealth of information.

I may take pictures in the day eventually. I will be doing a swap next weekend and am probably going to seal everything on the headlights then, since it's supposed to be nice all week (No rain in WA!).

Good luck to those of you who are going to /or are in the middle of a retrofit. Its an awesome upgrade. Ideas for shrouds can be found at www.hidplanet.com, they have some nice members there.

Tips: Don't have the igniter plugged in and turn the headlight on. You will make sparks, smoke and blow fuses.

[mak]

Awesome. Yes, they are Hella projectors.

For those of you doing retrofits and thinking of doing retrofits. I highly suggest you read over this entire site: http://faqlight.carpassion.info/ And once you think you know what your doing, read it again. Despite the grammar issues, it has a wealth of information.

I may take pictures in the day eventually. I will be doing a swap next weekend and am probably going to seal everything on the headlights then, since it's supposed to be nice all week (No rain in WA!).

Good luck to those of you who are going to /or are in the middle of a retrofit. Its an awesome upgrade. Ideas for shrouds can be found at www.hidplanet.com, they have some nice members there.

Tips: Don't have the igniter plugged in and turn the headlight on. You will make sparks, smoke and blow fuses.

LOL I learned the hard way.. however, I didn't blow any fuses.. it just sparks like a b!tch and makes a BZZZTT noise with my ballasts

-mak

PS: If you wouldn't mind, could you PM me the parts you used to make those projectors look the way they do? I'd like to make my own shrouds and mounts and re-do my retrofit.