lexus4jess

you are right.you can aim the projectors by eyeballin it.The beam has to drop about 2inches in a 25 ft distance.(about)

2jzsc3

I'm getting one of the CL member's IS300 OEM HID kit.. comes with ballasts bulbs and oem harness.. it should work right?

indypwr

yeah, jesse is right. that is exactly what i did. it's not very hard at all. after the retrofit, i turned on my lights
and noticed that it was pointed down a little bit. i mean, it's not like one is pointing up and other is pointing somewhere else..... the custom brackets itself is a direct fit to the mounting bolts which made adjustments so easy. heck, i only adjusted about less than 5mm going up on the projectors in order to get the perfect height/level of the light output. when i did this, i parked approximately 20 feet from the wall.
very easy to do!!!....no hassle!!!

also, my other way of checking my light output is this:

when driving next to a car at night (duh, of course at night), check to see if the cut off line of yr lights
if it passes the side door windows of the cars next to you. it's hard to describe but just check
the other car's side door while driving next to it and see where ur cut off line sits..........either
below the window or above the window. you can also use the car's side mouldings as a guide as well.

well to make this short, if the cut off line passes or shines the driver's face, it might be too high and need
to be adjusted. if not, then you can leave it or adjust a little higher.

hope that helps................

lexus4jess

YES IT WILL WORK.

siniquezu

No. Bulbs are D2R. You need D2S for projectors.

2jzsc3

thanks for the replies guys.. i've had this installed last week with d2s bulbs.. not too satisfied.. i wanna retrofit now..

ACleanSC4

iTrader: (7)

retrofit or nothing...i've used all those plug-n-play kits before...doesn't compare to the retrofit at all...

lexus4jess

so all you need are projectors and shrouds.And your good to go.

Senator

Hey indy, what program did you use for that plate? I know that I am entering into this thread way late, but I work in a machine shop and could cut those out in spare time.

also, did you use a CAD program to plot the points? or free hand?

Thanks.

Josh

indypwr

send pm to "lexus4jess" and he'll explain to you more.

lexus4jess

hey ,whats up.

The brackets are made in a waterjet machine.at 40,000 psi. Still have all my fingers.I work in a sheet metal shop.I can mass produce the brakets with a stamping die.I made the program on a cad program.Made this in my spare time too.hehe I program the dxf file.They are made out of 6061T651 QQ-A-250/11 AMS 4025 AIRCRAFT GRADE ALLOY.

Check out the links on my sig.

lexus4jess

here is the machine that does the work.

lexus4jess

did you get your retro done yet??

2jzsc3

yeah, a long time ago.. i tried to custom fit the E39 projectors and tried real hard to aim it correctly.. works good, but now that i think of it, i should have bought those metal plates from you.. too lazy to redo the whole thing, but satisifed for now.. thanks!

lexus4jess

sweet