my HID Retrofit

its been almost 2 weeks since ive started driving the stang, and my god do i miss the HID lights i made in my jeep.

luckily, i had some stuff laying around so i ordered a few more parts, and have been working on it little by little for a few days.

used aftermarket housings, as OEM is permaseal.



first try, mounting projector in front of reflector bucket. left too large of a gap, and you could see behind the shroud :/




today i took some measurements, figured out i could most likely fit them mounted from behind. sooooo here we go...





temp mounted in the housings for some beauty shots






hopefully i will be able to finish them up tomorrow, but we shall see

Those are looking good! I look forward to seeing them on the car. Nice work

Nice! What projector is that?

Interested to see the final product, most retrofits I've seen look googly eyed or projector too small... yours with the reflector still behind but inset projector has promise

Thanks folks - these are 3" FX-R 3.0 projectors with iris shrouds

Yay! In for the progress!

I was just going to ask if you were going to make a thread about this. Started thinking of doing this myself just last week and started doing my research. I was thinking of the 3" projectors as well since 05-09 headlights are so big, figured the 3" would fill it out better. Definitely interested in what wiring harness you went with and exactly how you wire it up. I have a couple ideas how to go about it but would like to see how you do it.

Oh and everything looks great by the way!

wiring harness is a motocontrol from TRS - simple, clean, and it works.

Awesome man! Can't wait to see more.

when i woke up this morning, it was overcast and fairly dark out. of course now that i got the headlights in to check alignment, its bright :/

Saleen4971 said:

when i woke up this morning, it was overcast and fairly dark out. of course now that i got the headlights in to check alignment, its bright :/

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Pics on the car?

well for now they arent sealed up - i need to check horizontal and rotational aligntment before all of that - i think i screwed the pooch on alignment but we shall see.

im used to the huge one piece housings of my grand cherokee, that are easy to figure out :/

in for results. i have factory hids, but the projectors can look so much better

they will be even better when i upgrade to 50w ballasts and CBIs

oh, and when i put my LS460s in the fogs....

as long as they dont look like the raxiom '10 style that AM sells

everything raxiom that i have seen makes my stomach turn

Shotokan1509 said:

Interested to see the final product, most retrofits I've seen look googly eyed or projector too small... yours with the reflector still behind but inset projector has promise

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I completely agree on the googly eyes (that's why I went with my Saleen kit) --and I agree that this one is definitely looking a lot better since the projector lens is recessed far back into the reflector dish. Can't wait to see what this looks like on the car

fin!

a few pics of checking alignment, did some minor adjustments (minor meaning, at first the cutoff hit the ground about 7 feet in front of the car......) then tightened everything down, put some steelstik in place to ensure everythign held. ended up having to trim one of the shrouds a little bit, and the other one a little more.....oh well.

that was one long sentence.....anyway - pictures!















i will get some daytime shots tomorrow, probably after i cleanly install the harness.....

they look good. definitely need the daytime shots

Kinda disappointed on how you finished the back....

lol @ beam shot being upside down....