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Old 01-12-2009, 05:51 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Finally, projectors in my Trix!!!!

here are some pics of what Ive done all day!

some things came up and couldnt finish both heads, but Ill get to work tom morning!























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very nice retro!

what projectors did you use? any pics of the cut off?
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Old 01-12-2009, 07:36 PM   #3 (permalink)
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cut off comming soon!

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Old 01-12-2009, 08:47 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Which projectors are these?
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Old 01-12-2009, 08:53 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I have no idea! no brand, no car model specific! just plain projectors!
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Old 01-12-2009, 09:54 PM   #6 (permalink)
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...does that mean you don't even know if they're halogen?

Why spend the time to do a retro if you're going to do it hastily? I'm assuming you did angle them beforehand. Good effort/learning experience otherwise.
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Old 01-12-2009, 10:28 PM   #7 (permalink)
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...does that mean you don't even know if they're halogen?

Why spend the time to do a retro if you're going to do it hastily? I'm assuming you did angle them beforehand. Good effort/learning experience otherwise.
lol! Im not a noob!

or course I tested them before tearing the heads apart!

plus! that rh side head in the pics I got it from a junkyard this morning for $10 and used it to practice on!

Im getting brand new head to do all this once Im sure it will work!

they are H7 halogen bulbs with halos!

HIDs will fit in them!

that will be orderd soon as well!

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Old 01-13-2009, 08:11 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Looking very good. I'd like to see the halos on alone at night. Nice work!
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Old 01-15-2009, 09:45 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Looking very good. I'd like to see the halos on alone at night. Nice work!

halos comming soon! I havnt had time to wire them





before I sealed them


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why didn't you use real xenon projectors? since you were going to spend all that work retrofitting you might as well get better projectors...you'll get better output with them when you put hid's in it because with the h7 i think the flare to the right side is high. nice attempt tho.
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Where's the obligatory garage/wall light cutoff pic?
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why didn't you use real xenon projectors? since you were going to spend all that work retrofitting you might as well get better projectors...you'll get better output with them when you put hid's in it because with the h7 i think the flare to the right side is high. nice attempt tho.
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plus! that rh side head in the pics I got it from a junkyard this morning for $10 and used it to practice on!

Im getting brand new heads to do all this once Im sure it will work!

they are H7 halogen bulbs with halos!

HIDs will fit in them!

that will be orderd soon as well!
because it was just a test! to see if I could do this and to see if it works! and you cant beat all this for $60... your forum name explains everything lol!

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Where's the obligatory garage/wall light cutoff pic?
I still need a lot of adjusting to do! highs are off. My vacation days are over! Ill ahve to wait until sunday. Hids will be here soon! ( I hope )

highs are the 2 round spots over the light line




my next try will probably be with these

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Old 01-15-2009, 09:42 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Do you have a shot w/o the highs on?
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Do you have a shot w/o the highs on?
he does on some spam filled website known as MO, weird how m a t r i x o w n e r s.com is now ********* off on TN.
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because it was just a test! to see if I could do this and to see if it works! and you cant beat all this for $60... your forum name explains everything lol!
haha my forum name has nothing to do with the real me =P or maybe it does because i'm always broke lol i may be low in cash but i'm doing it right and using real projectors made for real HID's my project so far is costing me about $1,200-$1300 and that's because i spent like close to $500 buying new oem headlights since i can't find any elsewhere =/
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