Show off your cut-off line thread
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Show off your cut-off line thread
I am very interested in seeing everyones headlight cut-off line. I see alot of pics of their new HID lights installed on their cars, but not the cut-off line. Pics of the cut-off line on a flat white wall from about 25 feet away would be preferred. Thanks for your participation.
Please include the following:
1. Vehicle
2. Factory or aftermarket HID kit with HID brand (Xenondepot, Hidextra, etc)
3. HID Temperature.
4. Any modifications (lens swap, bowl swap, bulb swap, etc)
Please include the following:
1. Vehicle
2. Factory or aftermarket HID kit with HID brand (Xenondepot, Hidextra, etc)
3. HID Temperature.
4. Any modifications (lens swap, bowl swap, bulb swap, etc)
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Here's my setup. I'm using oem RX330 projector on my '08 IS250. For the RX projector, I swapped out the fresnel lens with an e30 clear lens to get a sharper cutoff beam. The e30 clear lens also helps bring out that rich blue color band.
The internal oem semi-flat cutoff shield is replaced with a custom-made fully curve shield to get an evenly straight yet sharpt cutoff from side to side. I also created a thin slit of 0.1mm on the shield to bring out the prism color band. This creates a multi-color flickering effect as the cutoff beam bounces up and down during normal ride.
Some people like to have a super sharp cutoff within 20ft, but for me, I adjusted the shield so that my cutoff is sharp at 40ft. I use oem Philips 4300k D4S bulb along with oem Denso 35w ballast. No aftermarket kit for me.
Here are some of the outputs.
Cutoff At 30ft:
40ft In A Brighter Environment:
Entire Beam:
Custom-made Fully Curve Shield With Slit:
Prism Color Band at 20ft:
Close-Up of Width - Car parked 40ft:
Prism Color Band at 100ft:
This angle shows the 100ft distant between the wall and my car better:
E30 Clear Lens at Work (each of the doors and garage is about 10ft apart):
Same Cutoff with Car Parked 50ft Back (cutoff remains relatively sharp while maintaining the color band):
Close-up of cutoff step while car parked about 100ft away:
One last thing, by swapping out my IS250 projector with RX330 projector, I lost my bi-xenon and AFS functionality. However, the IS250 headlamp has a separate halogen high beam, which I hardly use.
The internal oem semi-flat cutoff shield is replaced with a custom-made fully curve shield to get an evenly straight yet sharpt cutoff from side to side. I also created a thin slit of 0.1mm on the shield to bring out the prism color band. This creates a multi-color flickering effect as the cutoff beam bounces up and down during normal ride.
Some people like to have a super sharp cutoff within 20ft, but for me, I adjusted the shield so that my cutoff is sharp at 40ft. I use oem Philips 4300k D4S bulb along with oem Denso 35w ballast. No aftermarket kit for me.
Here are some of the outputs.
Cutoff At 30ft:
40ft In A Brighter Environment:
Entire Beam:
Custom-made Fully Curve Shield With Slit:
Prism Color Band at 20ft:
Close-Up of Width - Car parked 40ft:
Prism Color Band at 100ft:
This angle shows the 100ft distant between the wall and my car better:
E30 Clear Lens at Work (each of the doors and garage is about 10ft apart):
Same Cutoff with Car Parked 50ft Back (cutoff remains relatively sharp while maintaining the color band):
Close-up of cutoff step while car parked about 100ft away:
One last thing, by swapping out my IS250 projector with RX330 projector, I lost my bi-xenon and AFS functionality. However, the IS250 headlamp has a separate halogen high beam, which I hardly use.
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That is a clean cut off line. And the colors are amazing. Did your Is250 come with factory HIDs?
Nevermind, i just read your post again.
Nevermind, i just read your post again.
Last edited by evogt500; Nov 1, 2010 at 12:33 PM.
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00 gs300 with factory HID with LS430 retro with PIAA Super Cobalt 6600K @ 50ft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJBx2uhllDw drive by with Philips 85122+ bulbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhbJr..._order&list=UL with Garax 8000k bulbs cutoff @ 50ft 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJBx2uhllDw drive by with Philips 85122+ bulbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhbJr..._order&list=UL with Garax 8000k bulbs cutoff @ 50ft
