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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 12:05 AM
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The pictures aren't the best but you can definately tell how great the output is with those projectors.
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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 10:06 AM
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Yeah I know. I will try and get some better pictures tonight.
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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 11:18 AM
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Wow, those are simply beautiful! How hard was the retro?
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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by GS3Tek
Stage3, your autolevel will still work b/c the whole projector is bolted onto the bowl...and that's where they move up and down.
That's good to hear...
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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 09:14 PM
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Alright guys, here are a few pictures of the cutoff. I know its not perfect, but I am not taking everything apart and fixing them anytime soon. . As long as I am not blinding anyone, I am cool with it. I tried to get some good pictures of the total output, but I suck with the camera and I can't find a good place that is completely dark. Believe me though, pictures don't do these projectors justice.





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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 09:18 PM
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Very Nice! Now come to Wheaton and lets do my GS
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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by cHiTwNGS43
Very Nice! Now come to Wheaton and lets do my GS
Give it a shot, its not that hard.
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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 10:28 PM
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you should have written this up as a diy job with pics. good job on the retrofit.

let see some shot of how wide these hids are.
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Old Jul 4, 2007 | 11:27 PM
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I take it you upgraded from halogens, or did you "upgrade" from the stock HIDs?

Also if you upgraded from halogens, then I guess there's no auto leveling right?
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by URDONE
Alright guys, here are a few pictures of the cutoff. I know its not perfect, but I am not taking everything apart and fixing them anytime soon. . As long as I am not blinding anyone, I am cool with it. I tried to get some good pictures of the total output, but I suck with the camera and I can't find a good place that is completely dark. Believe me though, pictures don't do these projectors justice.




You can get away with it by adjusting up the right side and lowering downthe left side , you want to blend both sides so they look uniform as possible because as time goes by you will get annoyed by your cutoff line
there is no need to remove the lights you just need to tweak and tune them
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 01:02 AM
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Looks great, great work
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 01:32 AM
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Looks good. Like it was from the factory. And yea, no need to remove again. Just reaim.
-Will
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 05:10 AM
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Originally Posted by smuv gs3
You can get away with it by adjusting up the right side and lowering downthe left side , you want to blend both sides so they look uniform as possible because as time goes by you will get annoyed by your cutoff line
there is no need to remove the lights you just need to tweak and tune them
Yeah I know. I will get to it, but probably after I move into my new house and I am settled.

And yes, I did upgrade from halogen. I do not have the autoleveling feature.
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 06:11 AM
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looks incredibly oem. im jealous.
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 11:48 PM
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its looks really nice man ..nice job they look OEM. am thinking to buy LS430 projectors allso for my car, were can i buy good projectors ,,ebay?
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