YEAH!! About to start My Xenon Projector Retrofit!!!

[thisdj78]

Ok ya'll, I'm eventually going to make the move to projector. It's going to take a long time since the projectors I ordered are kinda big. I bought these BMW 540i xenon headlamps:





and I want my headlamp to be like this once I'm done:



I'm very satisfied with my current HID setup, so I'm not in any big rush........but I'm always into trying something different.

Besides, I may not have enough room to fit these in, they are about 7 inches long and 5 inches wide!!!

oh well...........I'll keep yall updated with pictures, maybe starting Friday.

[khanhdom]

good luck man...the final product looks great

[thisdj78]

Thanks!

You're in htown? What part and year Camry?

[khanhdom]

just posted my pics look here
http://toyotanation.com/showthread.php?threadid=21349
and I am in the Northwest area...by beltway 8 and bammel north houston...what about you?

[thisdj78]

Originally posted by khanhdom
just posted my pics look here
http://toyotanation.com/showthread.php?threadid=21349
and I am in the Northwest area...by beltway 8 and bammel north houston...what about you?

Duh *smacks own forehead*...........man I just finished looking at those too, my bad. Tight rims man.

I'm down in Clear Lake.........

[khanhdom]

thanks....cool...clearlake is not too far away...we got kinda alot of houston guys in here

[808Camry]

Try get some HID projectors from Ebay, they're about 2 inches in diameter, I'm not sure on teh length though probably the same. Good luck!

[thisdj78]

Originally posted by 808Camry
Try get some HID projectors from Ebay, they're about 2 inches in diameter, I'm not sure on teh length though probably the same. Good luck!

You mean Audi projectors? Yeah I was looking at those, but they are $150+ and thats without the D2S bulbs.

I already bought these BMW headlamps though........$100 for the pair! has the D2S bulbs too, only thing that's missing is one ballast (anyone want to buy the other one?).

[warlock]

SWEET good luck

[thisdj78]

Here's some pictures already! Haven't recieved the projectors yet....hopefully by 7pm, but I wanted to go ahead and get started with the preparation.

First, I heated the lamp and got the lense off........I just hope I can get it back on:



Since I've been bitchin' about not having DRLs, I figured I'd make my own while I had the lense off, so I used the ventilation hole as a starting point, and I drilled the hole out to accomodate a set of 885 bulbs I bought:



Here is what the back of the bulb will look like once I JB Weld it to the lamp. The bulb will be wired to my parking lamps......by the way, anyone know which color wire is + and - on the non-flashing parking lamp?:



And heres the bulb looking at it from the front:




I'll probably have more pics once I get these projectors in............

[808Camry]

How did you take off the lens? Did you heat it at 350 degrees and then pry off the lens?

[thisdj78]

Yep, for about 5 minutes.

You gotta keep an eye on it though, I forgot to put one in the middle shelf and the heat from the top ruined one of my lenses...........but I have 3 sets of headlamps, so it's all good.

[thisdj78]

Hey, does anyone know the wiring configuration/color for the front parking lamps? I need to know which one is positive and negative.....and which ones are just the constant lamp, not the blinking one.

[808Camry]

I'll let you know tomorrow, I'll pull mine out and tell you.

[thisdj78]

Thanks!