my HID Retrofit

[Saleen4971]

how would you have finished it? there is limited space both in the vehicle, and not enough that would really warrant PVC with a rubber cap. maybe in the future......or on a 2nd retro.....

 

[RedfireV8]

Noice!

 

[isthatguy]

Aw man! I believe you used the same shroud I did .

Good choice! I almost kept the shroud chrome, but decided to paint it black.

 

[Saleen4971]

Looks good! I think I may do another at some point, with some more elegant mounting

 

[ZmanM3]

Looks good.

 

[o2sys]

how would you have finished it? there is limited space both in the vehicle, and not enough that would really warrant PVC with a rubber cap. maybe in the future......or on a 2nd retro.....

I wouldn't have it done it better myself either lol. Just was expecting something cleaner.

I've done a lot retrofitting myself and failed 2 times on my mustang. No functionality wise but just look wise.

 

[Saleen4971]

I had thought about some PVC extension, blahblahblah but it really wasn't worth it to me. This should work fine

 

[o2sys]

Yea as long as they don't fog up you should be good.

 

[techsan40]

wish they'd just offer decent, non-rice, aftermarket that looked that good. Great work. If you look into doing them for members at some point I would be very interested.

 

[irishpwr46]

plus one

 

[Saleen4971]

If I could figure out some brackets, possibly. I know of a guy who does a lot of s197 retro work, his skills are gar beyond mine, and he charges standard labor (not cheap)

 

[o2sys]

Honestly it's not hard if you use the mini h1 bixenons.

Aftermarket headlights off eBay are easier to open than oem ford ones as well.

 

[Saleen4971]

I've done a couple mh1 retros, but they are too small for these housings IMO. They fit really well in my fiance's Malibu though

 

[o2sys]

You can get 3" lenses, that's as big as it get anyways.

 

[Saleen4971]

true. the FXR beam pattern (and the fact that i had these laying around) is why i went with them.

plus, the minis are really meant to mount with the integral shaft, which would have put them much further out than i wanted.

 

[RedfireV8]

Just checking in to see how these have been for you since you put em on.

 

[o2sys]

Finished mine.

Morimoto 3.0 3" lens
4500k bulb
e55-R shroud painted black

 

[Saleen4971]

Only issue I've had is one of the adjustment clips is a bit loose (crappy housings) and I had to reseal them. Output wise, they have been phenomenal.

The tape didn't want to stick to the plastic, so I removed it and used butyl to seal the back. Added some more butyl to the lenses channel as well.

 

[o2sys]

I have the same issue. The aftermarket housing is really flimsy and while I was adjusting the passenger side it broke and came lose.

So it just points down to the ground.

Just ordered some raxiom headlights to run in the meantime as I go back and really take my time on redoing these.

 

[jlmotox]

Finished mine.

Morimoto 3.0 3" lens
4500k bulb
e55-R shroud painted black

Looks great! Any close up shots?