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Old Feb 2, 2004 | 07:24 PM
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Hi. I am ready to send my headlights to Illusion-lighting for projector retrofit. Any of You guys have done retrofit by Them?Is this good company? Can I trust Them? Thank You.
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Old Feb 2, 2004 | 07:44 PM
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Johnny is a member here but he does not post much. His handle is see_fu. I know he has done one GS on here.
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Old Feb 3, 2004 | 12:49 AM
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What kind of car do you drive, what kind of setup do you want on your ride and where in IL do you reside? Did you read my writeup on my retro project?
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Old Feb 3, 2004 | 02:10 PM
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I have 2001 GS 300, I am looking for E-code projectors and I am from Chicago.Only company I finded is Illusion-Lighting. I am looking for high quality company or person who do my job (retrofit) right.I have extra set of brand new headlights for this job. Thank You for reply.
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Old Feb 3, 2004 | 10:26 PM
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i have projectors done by johnny (illusion lighting) and couldn't be happier! i highly recommend him
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Old Feb 3, 2004 | 10:38 PM
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If I had time and was in Chicago I would do them for you. I;m on campus at U of I Champaign finishing my last semester here. In all reality, the job takes time (alot when done right) perfect. Usually tests like aiming consume the most chunks. Other than that, I would say talk to John if you don't mind your equipment being sent out. I've seen their work. I'll be selling my 95 headlamps retrofitted and all for 750.00 if you know anyone with an ES300 92-96 that wants 2001 3 series xenon lighting. I've got the entire system retrofitted in there complete with the color modified projectors that do that cool violet flicker when my car goes over bumps. (seen by oncoming traffic of course)
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 09:03 PM
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here are picture of my work with retro fit gs300 93-96 headlights.The right headlights has bi-xenon 7 series projectors,the left has the whole Z4 headlights assy.including the high beam that is a h7 bulb.
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 09:08 PM
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more pic.this one has audi tt projectors.
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you will still be able to ajust the projector with the stock screws.
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Originally posted by tiguy99
If I had time and was in Chicago I would do them for you. I;m on campus at U of I Champaign finishing my last semester here. In all reality, the job takes time (alot when done right) perfect. Usually tests like aiming consume the most chunks. Other than that, I would say talk to John if you don't mind your equipment being sent out. I've seen their work. I'll be selling my 95 headlamps retrofitted and all for 750.00 if you know anyone with an ES300 92-96 that wants 2001 3 series xenon lighting. I've got the entire system retrofitted in there complete with the color modified projectors that do that cool violet flicker when my car goes over bumps. (seen by oncoming traffic of course)
Hey, I'm down in Champaign as well. How long did it take you to do the complete job and where did you get the projectors from?

Do you use regular factory HID components, or do you go ahead with the retrofit ones that have a rebased bulbs that fit into the original halogen sockets?

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-Brian.
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