flomtony

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Hey guys, my roommate drives a TL and he recently upgraded his projector lens. So he has a extra set of stock TL lens for me to use. Now question is can I swap my stock lens out and use them or will I have to retro a whole new projector? I've searched around I've only found people swapping out the whole projector. Thanks guys.

-Tony

whitebeast

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the TL lens is little smaller than our lens. It won't fit!!!

flomtony

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Ahh ok good to know. Do you know any better lens that would be a direct swap?

whitebeast

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Sorry i don't. We just retro fit projector not only the lens

chi123

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You can get the 3" STI lens from The Retrofit Source. That's a direct fit for the IS. But since you're already taking apart the headlight, might as well retrofit it. If you have halogen housings, you can fit the whole TL projector inside.

kennyD

Hey, I just happen to have a pair of each projectors lying in my garage, so here's a comparison for you.

TL vs IS250 (TL on left)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71947913@N07/9276429739/http://www.flickr.com/photos/71947913@N07/9276429739/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/71947913@N07/, on Flickr

TL is actually just slightly larger diameter than our IS lens.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71947913@N07/9276428605/http://www.flickr.com/photos/71947913@N07/9276428605/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/71947913@N07/, on Flickr

TL lens sitting on IS250 projector bowl. Will not sit perfectly in the groove.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71947913@N07/9279211184/http://www.flickr.com/photos/71947913@N07/9279211184/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/71947913@N07/, on Flickr

TL lens with IS lens retainer on. I believe it will work just fine.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71947913@N07/9276426027/http://www.flickr.com/photos/71947913@N07/9276426027/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/71947913@N07/, on Flickr

Looks like it will do, if that's what you really want to do.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71947913@N07/9279207832/http://www.flickr.com/photos/71947913@N07/9279207832/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/71947913@N07/, on Flickr


Will it fit in the groove perfectly? NO. Can you make it work? YES. But I have actually fired up the combo in a dark garage, and expectedly.. the output still sucks. Mainly because the bowl is a horrible design. So definitely NOT worth taking off your bumper, taking off your head lights, baking them, opening them up.. just to swap out the lens with almost zero improvement.

Lens swap on IS projector is a huge waste of time IMO. If you're going to open the lights up, you may as well retrofit.

azfsprt

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Ya just retrofit them Too much work for nothing.

All the honda cars are very similar. I know in the market the s2000 has the best projectors and the TL is next to it.

06pearlex

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i retro fit mine with fx-r projectors like a month ago.