williepee

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hello

very few know me on the forum, so hello

growing tired of my s2000 retrofit performed by chrispy (which will be for sale soon), I decided to venture into the retrofit world for myself.

I was searching for a pair of cheap headlights to use, and I found a forum member who had a set for cheap!

USPS did their "job" oh so well



luckily, the seller is a stand up guy, and gave a partial refund

off to home depot i went for Loctite's plastic bonding system to fix this




and it was as good as 'new' (sorry folks, didnt snap a pic

lenses were pretty beat, so sanding and polishing time. wetsanded from 800 to 1000 then 3000 then polish



then this



then this




and they came out looking like this



off to the projectors. I went to hidplanet to search, asked a member here, and still don't think I have achieved a decent cutoff. after spacing the lense, shield, and washer mods



tested with ddmtuning 35watt ballast and 5k ddmtuning bulb. will be using 85122cm bulbs for the road.


to be continued......

monkey92

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its hard to get a really good cutoff line with the M45 projectors, it took me a while

williepee

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for that picture: three spacers behind the lens, added a washer behind the shield, 4 washers on the bottom of the housing, 3 on the top and that was the output

monkey92

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the cutoff you currently have on that pic is actually really good. the step is sharp also but to be honest when your driving you dont really see that cutoff and color too much unless your in front of a car or wall lol. but you will still have the flicker effect with the cutoff you have

tmf2004

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WRX2GS

When you go retrofit dont use lose the autolevel feature of the stock HID's?

williepee

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I have stock halogen, I'm retrofitting a halogen headlight to use an hid projector.

For those with factory hid, you can use the brackets from Luxurymods to retain your auto level

abounly

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The cut off is super good, because theres no lens on it. Expect to lose like close 40% sharpness with the lens. You'll still see the cutoff when driving.

Nope, retrofits have nothing to do with the autolevel

williepee

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So I should try to make it better than it looks now?

abounly

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I would, still looks kinda hazy to me. This is how mine looks



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monkey92

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the plastic lens from your headlight still looks kinda hazy and thats gonna make your cutoff line look a little less sharp when you put it all back together, i didnt know until i put it back together and my cutoff line didnt look the same as it did before i put it back in the housing, if you havent sealed it yet i would suggest try sanding and polishing the lens as good as you can get it to be, clear like sc300jz will be best but i think it might be hard to get it there.

williepee

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Already in the process. 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 2500 3000 plastx then sealant.

Overkill? Probably so.

MikeFoxx

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I wish my iphone would load the pics in the first post. Sounds great lol gonna check back and hopefully catch some shots.

xuserx04

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What happened to this retro? Any updates?

SwayNV

sc300jz - loving your headlights

williepee - Selling those s2k's yet? got any pics? ^_^