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HID Retrofit

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levos1 MR2 Aficionado Total Posts : 305 Scores: 0 Reward points: 2199 Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15 Location: Sydney Australia Status: offline 2013/05/25 20:46:11 (permalink) 0 HID Retrofit OK guys!! Havent posted in a little while.... so quess whose back!!! Check out my build thread for my headlight conversion.... So... I bought a set of crystal housings for my car years ago with the intention of doing the complete retrofit with BMW Bixenon projectors etc etc, Funds and "that's good enough" attitude prevailed for years to come, and the Phillips H4 hi/lo kit was pretty cool... untill finally... This Happened....... And it was time to make it all right again in the universe..... Here is the build up of my light Upgrade! Lots of Pics guys! SO enjoy! "Encouragement Award" Top Coupe @Toyfest October 2005 "Best Toyota MR2" Al Palmers March 2006 *"117RwKw" @ Toymods Dyno Day 14 Jan 07 #1 31 Replies Related Threads
levos1 MR2 Aficionado Total Posts : 305 Scores: 0 Reward points: 2199 Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15 Location: Sydney Australia Status: offline Re: HID Retrofit 2013/05/25 20:47:54 (permalink) 0 So with 1 headlight down I sadly resorted back to stock headlights...... for a while...... All of this has to fit into that small area.. "Encouragement Award" Top Coupe @Toyfest October 2005 "Best Toyota MR2" Al Palmers March 2006 *"117RwKw" @ Toymods Dyno Day 14 Jan 07 #2
levos1 MR2 Aficionado Total Posts : 305 Scores: 0 Reward points: 2199 Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15 Location: Sydney Australia Status: offline Re: HID Retrofit 2013/05/25 20:49:19 (permalink) 0 Quick test fit to see if all that stuff was actually going to fit into the headlight area.... post edited by levos1 - 2013/05/25 20:54:13 "Encouragement Award" Top Coupe @Toyfest October 2005 "Best Toyota MR2" Al Palmers March 2006 *"117RwKw" @ Toymods Dyno Day 14 Jan 07 #3
levos1 MR2 Aficionado Total Posts : 305 Scores: 0 Reward points: 2199 Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15 Location: Sydney Australia Status: offline Re: HID Retrofit 2013/05/25 20:52:15 (permalink) 0 Opened up the headlights... Cutting begins.... Test fit with everything.... Test in the car to see if the projector will actually clear the mechanism behind the headlight post edited by levos1 - 2013/05/25 20:55:52 "Encouragement Award" Top Coupe @Toyfest October 2005 "Best Toyota MR2" Al Palmers March 2006 *"117RwKw" @ Toymods Dyno Day 14 Jan 07 #4
levos1 MR2 Aficionado Total Posts : 305 Scores: 0 Reward points: 2199 Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15 Location: Sydney Australia Status: offline Re: HID Retrofit 2013/05/25 20:56:34 (permalink) 0 "Encouragement Award" Top Coupe @Toyfest October 2005 "Best Toyota MR2" Al Palmers March 2006 *"117RwKw" @ Toymods Dyno Day 14 Jan 07 #5
levos1 MR2 Aficionado Total Posts : 305 Scores: 0 Reward points: 2199 Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15 Location: Sydney Australia Status: offline Re: HID Retrofit 2013/05/25 20:59:12 (permalink) 0 The secret ingredient! Shhhh dont tell anyone..... "Encouragement Award" Top Coupe @Toyfest October 2005 "Best Toyota MR2" Al Palmers March 2006 *"117RwKw" @ Toymods Dyno Day 14 Jan 07 #6
levos1 MR2 Aficionado Total Posts : 305 Scores: 0 Reward points: 2199 Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15 Location: Sydney Australia Status: offline Re: HID Retrofit 2013/05/25 21:00:22 (permalink) 0 Due to a stuff up with my order and receiving 2 different sized projectors I decided to take advantage of the situation and the need to wait for more postage. Due to the fact that the MR2 Battery is in the middle of the car... I was going to have to modify the wiring loom anyway... so decided to order a second loom. Now I would have 2 separate sides each with their own Hi/Lo control box and fuses. Having gone through a number of different HID kits I decided this would be a good addition to trouble shooting if i needed to in the future! "Encouragement Award" Top Coupe @Toyfest October 2005 "Best Toyota MR2" Al Palmers March 2006 *"117RwKw" @ Toymods Dyno Day 14 Jan 07 #7
levos1 MR2 Aficionado Total Posts : 305 Scores: 0 Reward points: 2199 Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15 Location: Sydney Australia Status: offline Re: HID Retrofit 2013/05/25 21:01:23 (permalink) 0 Had to fire them up to check the beam pattern..... "Encouragement Award" Top Coupe @Toyfest October 2005 "Best Toyota MR2" Al Palmers March 2006 *"117RwKw" @ Toymods Dyno Day 14 Jan 07 #8
levos1 MR2 Aficionado Total Posts : 305 Scores: 0 Reward points: 2199 Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15 Location: Sydney Australia Status: offline Re: HID Retrofit 2013/05/25 21:02:42 (permalink) 0 Night time test.... "Encouragement Award" Top Coupe @Toyfest October 2005 "Best Toyota MR2" Al Palmers March 2006 *"117RwKw" @ Toymods Dyno Day 14 Jan 07 #9
levos1 MR2 Aficionado Total Posts : 305 Scores: 0 Reward points: 2199 Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15 Location: Sydney Australia Status: offline Re: HID Retrofit 2013/05/25 21:04:48 (permalink) 0 Fixing the projectors to the housing.... "Encouragement Award" Top Coupe @Toyfest October 2005 "Best Toyota MR2" Al Palmers March 2006 *"117RwKw" @ Toymods Dyno Day 14 Jan 07 #10
levos1 MR2 Aficionado Total Posts : 305 Scores: 0 Reward points: 2199 Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15 Location: Sydney Australia Status: offline Re: HID Retrofit 2013/05/25 21:06:17 (permalink) 0 More glue! "Encouragement Award" Top Coupe @Toyfest October 2005 "Best Toyota MR2" Al Palmers March 2006 *"117RwKw" @ Toymods Dyno Day 14 Jan 07 #11
levos1 MR2 Aficionado Total Posts : 305 Scores: 0 Reward points: 2199 Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15 Location: Sydney Australia Status: offline Re: HID Retrofit 2013/05/25 21:07:44 (permalink) 0 The next problem was that the projectors are usually supposed to be mounted inside a headlight with more space and therefor waterproof from an external housing.... so because the HI beam shield mechanism is on the bottom i couldnt glue over it.... so had to effectively create the back of the headlight.... I decided to make it out of clear perspex so i could see what was going on inside if something happened to not work?! "Encouragement Award" Top Coupe @Toyfest October 2005 "Best Toyota MR2" Al Palmers March 2006 *"117RwKw" @ Toymods Dyno Day 14 Jan 07 #12
levos1 MR2 Aficionado Total Posts : 305 Scores: 0 Reward points: 2199 Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15 Location: Sydney Australia Status: offline Re: HID Retrofit 2013/05/25 21:09:00 (permalink) 0 Next I decided the initial putty that was holding the projector in the housing that we used pose the projector looked pretty ***ty and was going to ruin the overall look inside the headlights once everything was complete..... I also needed a better surface to mount the projector to.... "Encouragement Award" Top Coupe @Toyfest October 2005 "Best Toyota MR2" Al Palmers March 2006 "117RwKw" @ Toymods Dyno Day 14 Jan 07 #13
levos1 MR2 Aficionado Total Posts : 305 Scores: 0 Reward points: 2199 Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15 Location: Sydney Australia Status: offline Re: HID Retrofit 2013/05/25 21:11:37 (permalink) 0 Test fitting the shroud and the glass! Getting close now! "Encouragement Award" Top Coupe @Toyfest October 2005 "Best Toyota MR2" Al Palmers March 2006 *"117RwKw" @ Toymods Dyno Day 14 Jan 07 #14
levos1 MR2 Aficionado Total Posts : 305 Scores: 0 Reward points: 2199 Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15 Location: Sydney Australia Status: offline Re: HID Retrofit 2013/05/25 21:13:40 (permalink) 0 I decided there was too much chrome once everything was together ..... so had to prep the lights for painting! "Encouragement Award" Top Coupe @Toyfest October 2005 "Best Toyota MR2" Al Palmers March 2006 *"117RwKw" @ Toymods Dyno Day 14 Jan 07 #15

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