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Old 04-13-07, 10:54 PM
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Exclamation I Dont Know What Retrofit To Do For Lights!!
Help Me Out Guys, I Want To Have All 4 Hid Across The Front On At The Same Time...and The Fogs
Can I Do This With Out The Inner Lights Blinding People Coming At Me? Aren't They Angle To Be Hi-beam?


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Old 04-13-07, 11:05 PM
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your question will probably get answered quicker if you open a thread on that subject..........

make sure you do a search first.
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Old 04-13-07, 11:07 PM
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BIGVIC, my setup uses TL bi-xenon projectors on the outside and TSX projectors inside. I did all the work myself. The shrouds were custom made...not to mention took a hell of a long time lol. I laid a layer of fiberglass between the bowl and projector. The ballasts are Bosch Gen2 modified for 65w output.

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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
BIGVIC, my setup uses TL bi-xenon projectors on the outside and TSX projectors inside. I did all the work myself. The shrouds were custom made...not to mention took a hell of a long time lol. I laid a layer of fiberglass between the bowl and projector. The ballasts are Bosch Gen2 modified for 65w output.

Close up pic of the shrouds.
well you did a hell of a job, i dont have enough confidence in myslef for all that, you wanna make some money?

btw how much did all that cost?
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Old 04-13-07, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by BIGVIC23
well you did a hell of a job, i dont have enough confidence in myslef for all that, you wanna make some money?

btw how much did all that cost?
Sorry, I'm not allowed to sell retros on the forum
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Old 04-14-07, 08:22 AM
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http://www.advancedautomotiveconcepts.com/MainSite.htm

check out this site.

lils, is this the site you were referring to?
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yeah wasnt there some problems with that company and CL members? What happen to Ti Guy?
yes there was... TiGuy99 (Mike) is still around, I talked to him a few days ago.

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stay away from that dude/company! he did some retros here (mine included) and the quality was crap! too many problems, ended up having to go elsewhere to redo.
I had a lot of problems with that guy and his company too, and I know 3 other members that had the same problem, but won't mention who they are unless they want to chime in.
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Old 04-14-07, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
Sorry, I'm not allowed to sell retros on the forum
Y not? I would also buy a set from you. Become a vendor!
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Old 04-14-07, 01:55 PM
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if i could i would do the ls430 retrofit thats nice and subtle, or the tsx and tl ones like jefftsai's thats very clean
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
Sorry, I'm not allowed to sell retros on the forum
well, how much is all that going to cost me roughly? just for the parts
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Just hop on ebay and look for used projectors and housings. Prices as follows.
$350 - Acura TL Projectors
$180 - Acura TSX Projectors
$250 - GS Headlight Housings
$175 - Ballasts for low beam (2 units)
$175 - Ballasts for high beam (2 units)
$150 - Halo CCFL Ring Kit

Keep in mind, these are average selling prices for USED parts on ebay. You might get lucky on the auction and pay less for the parts.
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Old 04-14-07, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
Just hop on ebay and look for used projectors and housings. Prices as follows.
$350 - Acura TL Projectors
$180 - Acura TSX Projectors
$250 - GS Headlight Housings
$175 - Ballasts for low beam (2 units)
$175 - Ballasts for high beam (2 units)
$150 - Halo CCFL Ring Kit

Keep in mind, these are average selling prices for USED parts on ebay. You might get lucky on the auction and pay less for the parts.
wow $1280 for some headlights
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Old 04-14-07, 10:14 PM
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so? some of you guys pay just as much for tail lights lol
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
Just hop on ebay and look for used projectors and housings. Prices as follows.
$350 - Acura TL Projectors
You can pick some up for about half that price.
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Originally Posted by KANEDL25
You can pick some up for about half that price.
I haven't built a retro in a while. I just checked on ebay and prices have come down quite a bit. Not quite half, but about 30% less. Anyways, those were the "average" selling prices back when I did this retro(around Nov 06').
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Originally Posted by LiLS
so? some of you guys pay just as much for tail lights lol
JP'S tails now go for $1650.00 a set so $1250 for front lights is not to bad
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