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Old 07-20-08, 02:35 PM
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does this cut off line look ok? i need to know if i should adjust them more before i use the silicone











Old 07-20-08, 02:43 PM
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Look! your headlight output are in the shape of batman!
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Not sure how retrofit cut off lines are supposed to look but imo that looks horrible. You'll be blinding everyone with that glare.
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haha its the light knights car
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Originally Posted by ba-b4
Not sure how retrofit cut off lines are supposed to look but imo that looks horrible. You'll be blinding everyone with that glare.
thats in my garage very up close maybe the glare goes away when projected far? its really bright out those pics are the best i can do for now
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I've heard before that the glare above the cutoff is due to the chrome in the SC headlight housing. Since the projector sits so far back in the SC and the TSX projectors sit closer to the front on a TSX, then some of the foreground light might be reflecting up. If you're all into the blacked out headlights, all the more power to you (so you won't be blinding people).

Get us some 30ft cutoffs though
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I've taken garage shots of my retrofit and it does not look like that at all...something's up
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Originally Posted by elucid8
I've heard before that the glare above the cutoff is due to the chrome in the SC headlight housing. Since the projector sits so far back in the SC and the TSX projectors sit closer to the front on a TSX, then some of the foreground light might be reflecting up. If you're all into the blacked out headlights, all the more power to you (so you won't be blinding people).

Get us some 30ft cutoffs though
waiting for darkness


Originally Posted by Kaydee
I've taken garage shots of my retrofit and it does not look like that at all...something's up
can i see pics? blah ive been working on this forever
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heres some from far away almost done i will post from beginning to end in another thread detailed with ton of pics. but does the output seem right? the cut off line good?(sorry for camera phone pics)




from the side^^






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no offense or anything.. but you FAIL horribly at taking pictures....

go find a building and take output pictures..

this was my retrofit.. on my Honda Prelude >.> its alright.. prettty good for a First timer.. from a Reflector to projectors!

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btw ur headlights are off.. soo try adjusting one of them or both of them down.. or up iono but lookin at the FIRST picture.. it seems like you need to adjust BOTH of them down
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haha i do fail at pictures they are not bolted in so ill take more pics when i get them securely in
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Mine need adjusting downwards... however the cut off I got (with the factory lined headlamp lense and OEM fresnel projector lense...) is like so...

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They does look a bit odd, what kinda bulbs are you using?

TSX projectors should look amazing, cutoff lines should be sharp and look great.

The TSX projectors were used in my first retrofit:


Rotation of one of them is a tad off.
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yea the rotation on the right light is off its the piece of metal in the projectors that creates a cut off line its a bit slanted to the right im going to try to move the projector. i am using 4300k oem tsx bulbs
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