TSX Retro pics: gonna be installed/finished this weekend

[Losiracer2]

Okay I'm so excited that I finally got up and started working on my TSX retro. I got my 6k HID kit finally, and hooked it up, took me all of 5 min. it was simple. I already had retro'd a projector in my spare broken housing I had so thats why you only see one projector in an actual headlight and the other just chillin in the spot hooked up. But here are the pics so far: i'm gonna update later this weekend.

My TSX Retro is on its WAY! I'm gonna finish this weekend! so here's some pics:


My HID kit, a 6K D2S converted 9006 Relay (simple Plug and Play) took 5 min. to install





We Have LIGHT!!!

I took this pic in bright daylight too!





I'm amazed at that cutoff










And now for the stunning light output!

[Losiracer2]

^^^^the lights aren't normally THAT blue, I think my camera was on crack when it took this.



Only temporarily fixed in my spare housing, I will do permanent retrofit tomorrow


View from inside the car

[irkage]

very nice, looking forward to doing this myself when I'm not feeling so lazy.

[slick]

in that last pic why is there a rag around the projector?

looks good i have been at that stage i just have to aim mine tonight

[Losiracer2]

in that last pic why is there a rag around the projector?

looks good i have been at that stage i just have to aim mine tonight

lol, oh that was for aiming the projector, basically stuffing a rag in that area to take up the slack and hold the projector upright lol. No rags will be included in the final product however!

[tommi]

great job man. i love seeing other people's diy projects come to life.

[Boost_Lee]

excellent, i need to get on the ball

[Losiracer2]

okay here's the pics as promised:
Okay, I'm 100% DONE! with the retrofit! and it looks AWESOME! I'm so STOKED! I basically did the entire thing in ONE DAY so it was stressful at times but WELL worth it! so here's some pictures of the progress yesterday and today.


^^^ Picture of the BIG saw I used to cut off the back of the headlights

^^what it looks like after the cut

^^^then I painted the housings/sanded the hole for the projector



^^^masked/painted the projector black, first I used the wrong black (flat black) instead of gloss black that I blackhoused my headlights, so I kinda had to repaint them in gloss black. tedious, but everything HAS to match!

^^^pic of what the projector looks like w/ the spacers "in the raw" unpainted.

^^^pics of the areas masked off on the projectors

^^covered the lense so to not get any paint on there

^also did the inside just for extra safety

then I painted it in gloss black since I used the wrong black the first time.

[Losiracer2]

^^^^then I took off the masking to reveal the beautiful lenses

^^^next, I JB welded the Ace flanges, used as the shroud for the projector

^^^finally on the car for the test fitting/aiming



^close up shot w/o the glass on, secured on the car



^^^pictures of the lights right before I sealed them up. taken on my kitchen counter of course, lol

^^^ALL DONE! on the car shots

[Losiracer2]

close up shots of the projector ON:

[2.2litrebeater]

what did you use for spacers?
looks awesome

[Losiracer2]

what did you use for spacers?
looks awesome

I went to Ace Hardware and they had these 8-32 threaded nylon spacers, about an inch long each, in which I cut to size using my dremel. Once I hot glued the projectors in place to the desired spot, I then took measurements from the back of the projectors to the back of the headlight and then used that measurement for the spacers, was like 1 inch and 5/8 on the inner and 1 inch and a quarter on the outer screws since it sits at that angle in the housing. Turned out to be a good way of measuring, since I didn't have to make ANY adjustments for rotation, it was good from the moment i secured them in the housings.

[Losiracer2]

btw, I just want to say WHAT A PROJECT! I got my TSX projectors installed last night/this morning, I started on friday afternoon by removing the bumper/headlights/grill off the car and baking them to get the glass off. Then I woke up on Sat. and it took ALL day sat. from 830am to 2pm then from 4pm-4am, yes 12 hrs, minus dinner lol. So it was at LEAST a 30 hr project as Flyplyricist stated in his retro. But it was well worth it in the end, the lights make driving at night WAY easier.

[Blk EX Coupe]

I finished my TSX retro on my SC a few weeks ago, and it was disappointing compared to my CB's retro. If you had amber corners your retro would look identical to my old one. Looks great btw, I can't wait to see on the wall cutoff shots.

[Losiracer2]

I finished my TSX retro on my SC a few weeks ago, and it was disappointing compared to my CB's retro. If you had amber corners your retro would look identical to my old one. Looks great btw, I can't wait to see on the wall cutoff shots.

I definitely will provide those, I just gotta find a wall somewhere to line them up. You woudn't believe how hard it is to find a vertical wall w/ a perfectly level surface to aim the lights lol