[WestCoastff]

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....:naughty: haha lemme know

 

[DarkMastyr]

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 :lol: cuz there's no way in hell I'm parting with them for cheap.

 

[WestCoastff]

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?

 

[DarkMastyr]

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.

 

[WestCoastff]

cool thx man i appreciate it, ill take a look.

 

[BlueFusion6851]

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.

 

[DarkMastyr]

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[white3ch0c0late]

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... :lol:

 

[felkajamine]

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

 

[RedPhoenix]

wow. lmao

dark, do you have close ups on how your shrouds are connected inside the headlights?

 

[DarkMastyr]

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 :lol:

 

[RichieRichJP]

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

 

[DarkMastyr]

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.

 

[Grayguy]

Ok, are projectors really that much better than normal light to spend several hundred dollars on? Does some one have some comparison pics?

 

[RedPhoenix]

yes.

lol

i see this a lot at my work (lots of rich people) and i see people driving and then a landing strip of light, its the bmw or benz, lol.

 

[DarkMastyr]

Ok, are projectors really that much better than normal light to spend several hundred dollars on? Does some one have some comparison pics?

Yes. Without projectors, the light goes everywhere except the ground, where you need it to be.

Here, educate yourself with information already available on this forum.

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t98451-2.html

 

[RichieRichJP]

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.

the guy I'm buying all my turbo parts from knows, and I think he just has the hook up. I'm sure he wouldn't tell me who he gets em from, but he's selling them for $300 out of his store

 

[DarkMastyr]

the guy I'm buying all my turbo parts from knows, and I think he just has the hook up. I'm sure he wouldn't tell me who he gets em from, but he's selling them for $300 out of his store

What store? Show me. If you can get all those parts I mentioned together for $300 for every customer who's interested (i.e. not some special deal, favor, hook up, etc.), that'd be one hell of a contribution not only to TN, but to the automotive community in general.

 

[RichieRichJP]

What store? Show me. If you can get all those parts I mentioned together for $300 for every customer who's interested (i.e. not some special deal, favor, hook up, etc.), that'd be one hell of a contribution not only to TN, but to the automotive community in general.

Here is his website
http://www.speedzonefl.com/

I'll have a talk with him in the next couple days. I'm very positive we can work something out for TN

 

[[SMAN]]

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.

Just to clarify as to why this is won't work that well. The IS300 dual projector setup consists of a large forged metal projector with lenses attached to the end. It is one big peice that is linked through all. So you can't just simply swap out the low beam. The whole peice must be removed, and then your stuck with jsut an empty shell and still no high beam. I had origianly thought of doing the reverse of this (taking is300 projectors into my headlights) but the metal piece is just so HUGE that it wouldn't fit in properly.