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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 07:44 AM
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FC3S bixenon retrofit

If you are looking for a brigher and better looking lights than stock u have couple of choices.Ebay diamon cut is pre bright and cheap or best one i have right now is hella h4 conversion headlights with white silverlight bulbs. They give really nice light output and u have a really nice cut close to projector.
H4 conversion headlights with plug and play hid kit is a another option that i wont recoment. They is lots of glare doent matter what headlight you use.
Best option is the retrofit. which getting projectors from cars that have xenon projectors with cutof plate whis gives you the brightest and cleanses look.
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FX bixenon clear projectors
50 watts 6000 k ds2 kit
ebay black projectos housing (i got the cheapest one and its glass not plastic!!)
2 perma poxy stick
black spray paint
this is what i got from ebay, its got a glass which is pre good lol projector in the middle is just a bent glass
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bixenon projectors
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i heat the headlight in the oven at 350 for 5 10 minutes and then cracked it right open
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try to see how i wanna put it in
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took the projector a part start cutiing the pieces that i dont need
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 07:45 AM
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this is what i was gonna do first just cut the headlight in half put a abs plastick with some patter and screw it on but after i cut the headlight i saw that i didnt need to do that just jb wel it on
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i cut the headlight about 2.5 in from the bottom
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testing the projector in it was a perfect fit
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cheking the clearens
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 07:48 AM
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PROBLEm<!!!
bulb holder was just too long and it was touching the chassy and headlight cover so i need to figue out somethig after. I put the projector almost closes to headlight glass possible so i cant so anything on the headlight thats why i deside to go ahead and finish the headlight doesnt matter if u cant even make it fit...
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aliging the projector before putting exoxy stick
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outside
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inside
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its hard already it only takes less than 10 minutes for it to get rock hard
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You have t mix both color together with ur finger really really good for it to hold good
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i just covered the lens and painted epoxy and inside black just for little better looks
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ALMOST FINISHED WITH ONE SIDE
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 07:48 AM
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can u guess which one is the retro LOL
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Left is the one i just finished and the right one is the one that i didnt start yet
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About to start on the other side tomarrow but u got the point
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 08:05 AM
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can't see the finished product. all the pictures got deleted
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 06:29 PM
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Good job man, I'm starting my retrofit tonight. Make sure to post some pics of the beams when your are done.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 08:05 PM
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i gota buy me another hid kit one side on my car took a crap today.

i got the diamond cut ebay ones with in chrome not black.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 08:10 PM
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you did a great job man!
thanks for the write up and the time to take the pictures, very creative and much appreciated.

Tho im not a fan of how the headlights will look when the lights are up, cant deny its a clean swap.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 08:15 PM
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lets see them on... and cut off..

looks good so far man
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:20 AM
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:36 AM
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Where did you find 6000K D2S bulbs? Are you hooking up the motor for the bixenon? How will you wire that?

I am going to test my cut off tonight but I ended up leaving it silver inside for now.
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:55 AM
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 10:10 AM
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its a ebay kit i just wanna give it a try
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 10:11 AM
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it came out nice. wirring is easy i am just going to use the power and ground from the same plug.

Originally Posted by NJGreenBudd
Where did you find 6000K D2S bulbs? Are you hooking up the motor for the bixenon? How will you wire that?

I am going to test my cut off tonight but I ended up leaving it silver inside for now.
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 08:18 PM
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Cool man. I got some actual Osram Sylvania 4300K D2S with the AMP connectors when I got the TSX projectors.
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I really like the way yours came out though, I want to see the difference between the highs and lows. I'm losing out on my high beam with the TSX units....
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 10:41 PM
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Why dont u try to put a driving light in side your bumper lens? i was at pepboy yesterday and i was a driving light that was really skinny and long right size to fit it there.I am still going to do that after this is done
Its been more than a week and i am still waiting for my hid kit to finish this
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Cool man. I got some actual Osram Sylvania 4300K D2S with the AMP connectors when I got the TSX projectors.


I really like the way yours came out though, I want to see the difference between the highs and lows. I'm losing out on my high beam with the TSX units....
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 10:52 PM
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driving lights inside your ftp lense isnt that great imo.. not what they where meant for.
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 11:06 PM
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driving lights inside your ftp lense isnt that great imo.. not what they where meant for.
no its only to use for high beam if u dont wanna lose ur high beam
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 01:08 AM
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these are going to put out more light than little driving light stuffed behind the ftp anyways. I still might due fog lights but I have to find just the right lamps.
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 09:11 PM
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HID Fogs

Originally Posted by NJGreenBudd
these are going to put out more light than little driving light stuffed behind the ftp anyways. I still might due fog lights but I have to find just the right lamps.
Stock lamps work just fine. I used 3000k's to get the JSpec yellow effect, not to mention yellow is functionally better in fog. Just drill out the centers of the stock fogs bulb mount with a hole saw, and you're good.


Also, I installed PIAA driving lamps with 6000k HID into the grill work. Wired so they go on automatically with the high beams to create essentially a 4 bulb headlight set up.
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 05:52 AM
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njgreen- how long ago did you buy those tsx projectors? why not the minis?
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So do these fit in the car?
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 10:30 AM
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So do these fit in the car?
I'm assuming they don't because he typed this:

Originally Posted by h_block88
PROBLEm bulb holder was just too long and it was touching the chassy and headlight cover so i need to figue out somethig after. I put the projector almost closes to headlight glass possible so i cant so anything on the headlight thats why i deside to go ahead and finish the headlight doesnt matter if u cant even make it fit...
I don't know if you can decipher that gibberish any better than I can.

I just figured he half-assed this project like he half-assed his Elementary School English classes.
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 10:43 AM
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lol thats the gibber I was talking about... an awful lot of nice work, its a shame.. should have thought about the fitment prior
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Originally Posted by Rob XX 7
njgreen- how long ago did you buy those tsx projectors? why not the minis?
Rob, at the time the Morimoto Mini projectors didn't exist. Just as a tip for anyone looking to retrofit, the glass lenses on the H4 housings actually cause a loss in sharpness of the cutoff over the plastic
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