kennyD

Starting on the first head light today. That was my plan to perfect one side and then repeat for the other.

I noticed that the TL projectors sat almost at the same height as the IS's. The only issue is getting ride of the AFS motor. I realized now that it will not be possible to have AFS. Haha.. dreams.
Anyhow, I almost got it.

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B16da9

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Looks good so far, btw you should be able to reuse the OEM shrouds to make it look OEM.

kennyD

I see why we've never seen a TL retro before. It is extremely difficult to make them fit in the bracket. I'm having a lot of trouble myself. Had to stop and go to school. But tomorrow wil be another day. Have to space them further forward to fit through the OEM chrome face. Just haven't figure out how yet.

kennyD

At least I have TSX ones if the TLs just won't sit.

But at this rate, looks like I may have to get rid of bi-xenon solenoid to make wiggle room.

Jaytea

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Looks good so far - sucks the AFS motors dont work :P

kumquatism

iTrader: (10)

The beam pattern will be so good, you won't even miss your AFS

kennyD

Exactly the confirmation/motivation I was looking for/needing today.

kennyD

Just for laughs and snickers, I paired the TL front half and lens with a 2IS bowl and fired it up... looked worse than stock IS. Idea.. scrapped.

Tomorrow There will be more mounting.

MikeFoxx

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Good stuff

kennyD

Looks like I'm going to have to go the TSX route. I've cut as much as I am willing to do to the bracket. Still will not sit back far enough to not affect the front cover. *sigh*... they really are big.

I want to retain auto leveling, so I cannot have it hit the face-shield-chrome-cover-thing. That would be bad.
TSX it is..

I also noticed that AFS equipped headlights have a slightly different bracket than the non-afs.

B16da9

iTrader: (7)

Correct the factory HID headlights use a cast aluminum bracket while the halogen ones have a composite type of material.

two2tone

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TL has much better projectors than 2IS for sure... I personally would luv to do this one day but so afraid to screw up something lol

kennyD

I've read and looked at pictures and read and read ... and read... And defied all the advices against TLs. But I tried. Looks like TSX it is then.

The TLs would require so much cutting that you are losing a lot of structural integrity of the bracket. Not something I want to deal with. I have a really nice set of TSX's right now, with perfect bowls. No defects. Have to make this work now. We did side by side comparison in a garage, and although TLs' have much better light distribution, TSXs' are pretty wide as well. Nothing to scoff at.

topspeed55

Props for the effort man. I was really hoping you were able to figure it out but I'm also not surprised that these massive projectors are next to impossible to retrofit in our headlights. Our headlights are the first, and of only that I know of, to use side inserted bulbs. With tight spaces like that, retrofitting just isn't worth is IMO because I don't like the idea of cutting a big hole behind the housing to clear the bulbs. All 5 of my past retrofits were done by cutting halogen reflector bowls and that's a much easier method to custom mount projectors. Retrofitting a projector headlight with a different projector is at a more difficult level in itself.

You could also trim the chrome bezel/shroud but that wouldn't be easy and you'd have to paint it afterwards. Just another option.

kennyD

I thought about trimming up at chrome piece to make it fit. But that would mess with the aesthetics of the whole headlight. I decided to switch to TSX projectors instead still has a really nice cut off in pretty decent angle.

Believe me I really want to use the TL projectors too.