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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 12:20 PM
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Has anyone ever saw or heard of a retro with M45 projectors. I'm curious as to the light output and looks of these. Are they better than the output of the LS430. I can get the 2 projectors for about the same price. Any suggestions on which one. Thanks
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 03:25 PM
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don't know anyone using M45 projectors for their retrofit and that can tell you a lot
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Nothing has better output than the LS430, but the M45 projectors look pretty cool.
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 07:23 PM
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2GS M45 retro's are the shizzle... highly exclusive just like the LS460.
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use the search
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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 03:12 AM
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which m45 were you talking about?
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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 06:40 AM
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M45 projectors are basically LS430 projectors without the extra bowl towards the underside of the projector. The projectors do reflect some extra light towards the sides through a special hole but they are still not as wide as the LS430s. BTW they ARE side specific i.e Left projector is different than the right one.
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https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...m35+projectors
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Thanks for your input guys. For some reason when i searched I didn't see that link. Hmmmm, now to decide which ones.
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