How To Electrical :: HID Projector Retrofit... the right way.
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Electrical :: HID Projector Retrofit... the right way.
For your viewing pleasure.... I think I've got my hands tied through winter w/ this little project.. The projectors are TSX HID, which have good output and a colorful cutoff.
I was going to put the projectors in the usual spot, but I kinda like them in the high beam location, they just fit so snug. What do you think?
The mess....
FINISHED PRODUCT...
PHOTOSHOPPED BLACK 1
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And because I have too much time on my hands, I'll post an artists rendering of what it looks like on an IB MCS...
I was going to put the projectors in the usual spot, but I kinda like them in the high beam location, they just fit so snug. What do you think?
The mess....
FINISHED PRODUCT...
PHOTOSHOPPED BLACK 1
PHOTOSHOPPED BLACK 2
And because I have too much time on my hands, I'll post an artists rendering of what it looks like on an IB MCS...
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TSX are lows only, but Im just putting the highs in the old low beam socket. Im not sure what the high beam pattern will look like, so I'll have to test it out.
Bixenons are usually too big, and the TSX are cheap, good output, good color, and are small.
Should I do the joey mod?
Bixenons are usually too big, and the TSX are cheap, good output, good color, and are small.
Should I do the joey mod?
In terms of using the lows for highs that's not really gonna work. The shape of the reflector is incredibly different...and that would hurt the high beam performance....but more importantly, as you know, the low beam and high beam reflectors are all one piece of chrome plastic. This means that when they are aimed (with those two *****) they move in tandem. The high beam reflector is aimed upwards a tad more and the low beam reflector is aimed down.....this way, when the low beam is set to shoot forward, the high beam is pointed upwards a bit to light up more of the area ahead. If you are using the projector, you would have to aim the headlight downwards to get the highbeam area pointed where a low beam should be pointed......but the problem is that this would leave the low beam reflector pointed very far down. So, using it as a high beam wouldn't work too well as the new high beam would be pointed further down than your projector low beam.
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I'll just have to play around w/ the high beam to see if this works. If not, I'll just put it back the way it was, w/ the projectors on top. Im thinking that I can just aim the projectors down, and also aim the entire headlight down w/ OEM adjustments so everything is aimed correctly.
I wanted the projectors on the bottom because they are further forward, therefor making the beam pattern wider.
I think I'll stick with the chrome look, since my car is a Cooper, and already has lots of chrome on it. Joey mods look better w/ black out cars.
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Just kidding partsman, those are yours... I'll just have to make sure I dont screw up.
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Ebay.. About $140 shipped, which is about average. The cutoff beam is way sharper and brighter than the OEM Cooper's 05+ projectors, which i think are bosch.
Took it off. Since Im not using that socket for the low beams anymore, I dont think it will matter. The lens is just a diffuser, which spreads the light. I may put it back for esthetics, if it works w/ high beams.
Took it off. Since Im not using that socket for the low beams anymore, I dont think it will matter. The lens is just a diffuser, which spreads the light. I may put it back for esthetics, if it works w/ high beams.
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Uhh.. Let me add up the hours and pints of blood I've lost while slicing my hands open on sharp parts. When I wrap this up, Im guessing the price wouldn't be worth your while. Also, theres the liability, because I might screw up.
If anyone lives near by, I could show someone how, or work on it w/ you. Im in flyover country though....
If anyone lives near by, I could show someone how, or work on it w/ you. Im in flyover country though....
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Update...
The projectors have nothing to bolt onto in the high beam spot, so I'll have to scratch that idea, and put them where they used to be, up top.
Now i have to buy some sort of shrouding to hide the projectors... too bad, I liked the look of them in the bottom.. Looked clean. Oh well..
The projectors have nothing to bolt onto in the high beam spot, so I'll have to scratch that idea, and put them where they used to be, up top.
Now i have to buy some sort of shrouding to hide the projectors... too bad, I liked the look of them in the bottom.. Looked clean. Oh well..
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Just got the projectors mounted.. Lots of trimming and hacksawing..
A giant mess later, they are mounted, and in desperate need of a good leveling. I think the light reached the roof of my garage...
BEFORE (OEM '03 XENON)
AFTER (TSX PROJECTORS @ 10')
Needless to say, the results are worth the effort compared to the OEM reflector xenons.
A giant mess later, they are mounted, and in desperate need of a good leveling. I think the light reached the roof of my garage...
BEFORE (OEM '03 XENON)
AFTER (TSX PROJECTORS @ 10')
Needless to say, the results are worth the effort compared to the OEM reflector xenons.
Last edited by burley; 11-01-2007 at 09:51 PM.
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I'll get some pics of that up soon, but basically the reflector cracked from the bulb up to the top when I was cutting them, so I cut WAY more than I wanted, but its working out so far.