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ive seen a couple of them on here, and ive been to "the site" that explains how to do it but its not detailed at all and i have no idea where to start or how to do any of it. Anyone got a good link or anything to help me out? Anyone have a pair the wanna sell me.... haha lemme know
I dunno what "site" you've been going to then, because hidplanet's forums are about as detailed as they get. If you don't get it from reading up on that forum, you probably shouldn't be attempting the project. There's even a guy on there who started his own retrofitting business and will do any car, although I'm sure his labor comes at a cost. You can buy mine for 2 grand cuz there's no way in hell I'm parting with them for cheap.
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you act like im a newbie bro lol im not an idiot, i just think i might have had the wrong site. Im not too good with cosmetics and looks, just engine stuff. Whats the link for the site? Where can i get ahold of the dude who makes them?
Ah didn't mean to sound condescending or anything, just that you said "the site", which doesn't mean a whole lot to me since there's a lot of sites on the internet. Head off to hidplanet.com. They sell most of the stuff you need and have a great forum. There's a guy on there, I think named Larry (handle: LittoDevil or something to that extent), who's been doing retrofits for quite a few customers lately.
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Why not just buy an ES300 that came w/ dual projectors? that way you could just bada-bing bada-boom swap in your e46 projectors and you're set! IMHO that would be the smarter way to go.
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Why not just buy an ES300 that came w/ dual projectors? that way you could just bada-bing bada-boom swap in your e46 projectors and you're set! IMHO that would be the smarter way to go.
So what you're basically saying is... instead of spending $500 and several hours of work on retrofitting projectors, you would rather spend thousands of dollars on a new car and THEN swap in some HID projectors into it? I think DarkMastyr and I are thoroughly confused...
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i think he meant ONLY buying the projectors from an ES at like a junk yard or something (if you could find them) and then doing the retro with those. but im still confused as well, cause it would still have to be a retro fit, cause it's not like the headlights would fit.
i think the quote in his sig tells all. haha
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These are the only ones that I took that show what you're asking for. The blue tape was a temporary bandage to hold the (very thin) sheet metal together as the JB weld hardened. This served as the shroud. The bezels were some conduit caps or something that I found at Lowes. They remind me of the range rover style bezels, sort of an industrial look. Mainly it was because I was too damn cheap and couldn't justify spending $75 on a pair of E46 bezels when I could do it for $5
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wHY DO PEOPLE STILL THINK THEY COST $500?!?! tHEY DROPPED THE PRICE TO $300 because of the demand for those. It is no longer $500!!
SRY my capslock is screwed up
Who dropped the price? The cheapest full kit I know from hidplanet runs $390 shipped, including projectors. I hope you're not talking about some kit that XenonDepot or XenonKing or whoever the hell they are sell, because those are aftermarket rebased kits (not OEM parts) that don't come with projectors and are generally regarded as trash.
For a good pair of shrouds and bezels, tack on another $75. Then you have to figure in miscellaneous costs like paint to black out a housing to reduce glare, JB weld, all the electrical components like fuses/relays/wires to build your own wiring harness. At BEST you'll be slightly under $500. Show me where you can do a full retrofit for $300 (and I'm not talking about getting some fantastic one-time deal off eBay or some other private sale).
Oh let's not forget the clear lens that you have to pull off a pair of crystal clear headlamps if you have fluted lens and don't want your new hids spreading light in random places because of them. I didn't even include that cost.
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haha lemme know
cuz there's no way in hell I'm parting with them for cheap.
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