I just did a 100% sealed beam retrofit without using ANY fiberglass. I'm thinking of making a new post tutorial type deal on everything I did.

It was different from your typical fiberglass resin cutout method.

 

I did it without using any fiberglass as well. I used clear silicone to hold the projector to the housing, nothing more. There's more than one way to skin a cat though.

 

The way I did it was to drill2 holes through the housings and use some existing threaded holes in the projector housings to affix a screw/spacer combo to, then fill in all the openings/gaps with black RTV silicone/adhesive.

 

Simple and effective. I like it.

 

They work extremely well but if I had it to do over again I would have gotten the Morimoto H1 style projectors. The large and oddball shape of the D2S versions warranted cutting out a large square opening in the fiberglass header panel and I even had to use a carbide bit to put a small 1/2" notch in the core support.

 

Those Round lights makes our cars look like Johnny 5

 

LOL!


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Yours, not so much, but some of the others, where all you see is the big circle, sure do!

 

Noooo Disassemble!!

 

 

Johnny 5 quote?

 

Oh. It's been years since I saw short circuit. But yeah I remember now that you mention it lol.

 

Disconnected my Halo's.
They finally started to **** me off enough to where I wished I had never put them on. Defiantly don't fit a thirdgen and I wouldn't suggest it to anyone.

 

I didn't want them either, they seem too BMW'ish for me. I never got around to installing the driver side HID on my car, but I do plan to finish the install this weekend and finally wire it up. The car is in running condition again so I have a lot of motivation to finish everything up this weekend.

 

Really? I didn't have to do any of that on my '84. I used the D2S Morimoto mini's and yeah, they slid right in and seated perfectly.

 

Also... what shrouds did you use? I'm building my 3rd pair of headlights haha, and these are gonna be all black like yours, I just can't decide on a shroud.

 

Almost looks like the same shroud I used only painted black.

 

What other option are out there for our cars?
I love the extra brightness you get from the HID's but absolutely hate the look you get when theyre off ( circles )

 

I have thought for hours about how to take away that "jonny 5" effect but I havn't been able to see a way around it using an HID projector.

Other options would be:
Ebay H4 housing w/ HID kit (not recommended)
Sylvania Silverstars seem to be popular and I can personally say that they are the best sealed beam option.
Drive around with your brights on (also not recommended)
HID kit in the fog lights for while driving alone. (why not just use brights)
Any other thoughts on this?

 

Believe it or not I used no shrouds. I didn't like the way they looked crammed into the small 4x6 housing. I removed the plastic lens holder from the projector, carefully took out the lens and painted it with the same gloss black/clear I used on the inside of the housings. Everything got baked in the oven to properly cure the paint.

 

Also, since these are high/lo projectors, I have been toying with the idea of fabbing up a second set for the inner highbeams only using a 55 watt HID kit and running it to a factory IROC foglight switch. Kind of a "country road only" thing.

 

Interesting.
How much side light do you get escaping from the holes in the side of the projector housing?

 

I get a decent amount. You would be able to see it much better if it were a chrome housing but I liked the black better.

Also out of curiosity, if I were to start marketing these for say, $400 a set how many people would be interested?

 

I thank you guys for the idea, I am going to order this kit to build a set; http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...roducts_id=227 I was wondering which wiring harness I should get, any help would be appreciated.

 

My first thought would be, alot. Had TONS of PM's about making these. Probably start a new FS thread with pics.
And that is one HELL of a picture!! Gooood looking car!! Did you black your front markers or are they actually missing in the picture? lol

You actually need a male H4656 for the low beam connector on the relay harness but they dont offer it. If I recall, I used spade clips to connect my harness. Easy and cheap. No hacking up the wiring incase I ever wanted to return to stock.

 

I blacked them out however I am going to grab another set from the yard and redo them. I got carried away used WAAAY too much nightshades.

My original intention was to have them appear black in the day but light up well at night. You can barely see the light shining through them even at night. If I'm coming towards you with the headlights on forget about it you will see absolutely nothing.

BTW my friend said the same thing. He said it looks like they're part of the bumper where a pair of badges should go. Lol.

 

I seriously thought you had taken them out.
That's awesome

 

 

Well, as I said earlier, the Halo's bugged me more and more and I finally took them out and made another set of REAL D2S projectors for the hi beams. I took the cutout plate out of the hi beam projectors and they work great.

Made black shrouds out of a peice of ABS plastic I got off ebay for like 5$. I have my other ones if anyone wants them.





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After

 

wow... you are a crafty person haha. I have halos on mine now and yeah... they're starting to bug me more and more. I've made a few different sets of headlights since my first ones. This is my current setup now, The "brights" on my driver side is being used as a Ram Air funnel haha.



New Hood as well.

 

Nice to see a local boy in the Northwest! Checking out some of your work on your facebook page, all looks good! i might have to throw an order your way

 

Any links to a plug and play hid kit?

 

I prefer Kensun off of amazon over DDM mainly for their customer support. I had a ballast go out with each company and DDM wanted me to send back the bad ballast in order to send me a new one. Kensun just sent me a new ballast, no questions asked. I also got a light from Kensun that had a slight crack in the plastic and they sent me a new bulb right away. I also ordered a second set of bulbs from DDM that were 4300K vs 5000K because the 5000k were really blue and i wanted crystal white,THEY WERE THE SAME BULB! Kensun's 5000k are actually white and not blue.

http://amzn.com/B0050ZA6NG

 

That hid pattern looks great! I have h1 bulbs behind my projectors that work good but I'm digging how intense the light is. Great job man

 

what options and what not do I need to get with that? Also, why has it been marked down for nearly $300 to $6x......

 

When I was searching for halo's I kept feelin like they had a "beady eyed" look...bigger is usually better rite?

 

H4 bulb and you can get 4500k or 5000k for a crisp white 6000k max for hint of blue. you will need new housings like autopal, hella...ect. this set up with the properly shielded bulb is a good upgrade over stock and doesn't blind oncoming traffic when aimed correctly

 

Sidwyz i like the look. The front of your car flows very well.
Did you make those turn signals?

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/auto...ront-turn.html heres the link to my thread. i been busy so i still havnt posted the replacements...mainly because its not put together yet lolz

 

Could someone give me a link to a site or page with the halos you guys are talking about?

 

Has anyone considered using the jeweled/textured glass that's found on the regular sealed beams with the HIDs? Might give it a more factory appearance. I'm not sure how it would alter the way the light gets directed, however. It's gotta be better than HIDs in halogen housings, though.

 

the textured glass would diffuse and scatter the focused beam of the HIDs and make them way less effective.

 

What about the jeweled housing? Since they're projectors it wouldn't matter.

 

Added a video I made

 

Hey guys! Just dropping by, if you guys aren't aware yet, a company called Skinny Boy Lighting makes custom retrofitted projectors for us, in any housing with anything we want. The quality is great, and the lighting is vastly superior over stock. Come by and check them out! If you are interested in purchase right away, come down to our web store thanks for looking!

 

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Are you selling these? Just curious

 

My good friend, Kyle makes them

I actually had mine upgraded recently to color changing halos.

Here is a link to where you can buy them

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SkinnyBoyLighting?fref=ts

Online Store: http://skinnyboylighting-com.webs.com/

He builds them to order, so if you want something special just ask.



Here are a couple more pics of mine.

 

I'm actually on here as well, I'm Kyle and I own and operate Skinny Boy Lighting, just not a very active member lol