Wanted to know if anyone has done a retro to their ebay one piece. I found some e46/audi tt projectors and wanted to know what your opinions were on them. my projectors in my housing came loose so i figured i would just retro them. any help would be much appreciated. im trying to see how much work i am getting myself into. thanks
-
-
**Blk Housed Slut Crew Member #1**
**Don't b scared be prepared for the worst**
Da Drizzle's Sedan - Dr. Diy's Blk Housed Thread
'90 2Tone Coupe-Car Heaven_'89 Lude-Junk Yard
Mostly Usdm, some Jdm,Edm,&Puerto Rican RICE -
aww_shiet, who was voted "Accord of the Year" a few years back, was one of the first to do a retrofit on cheap aftermarket lights.
The bad part of those cheap lights is the projector output... so replace that with something good, and it's worth having.
Comment
-
I mean the one piece like these:Originally posted by F20A CB7 View Post
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1990-...Q5fAccessories
Anyone?Comment
-
It's a plastic housing. That's all it is. Replace the projectors with any quality projector retrofit and they'll be good.
Or are you mistaking "retrofit" to mean "installing these shitty lights on my car"?
Comment
-
ha ha i think what Deev said is what you should do. the link you post are lights with not so great output. so buy em and put your good projectors in there case closed...Originally posted by deevergote View Post
Ride List
1990 Accord dx coupe - my baby (dsm turbo set up in progress)
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3202853
2005 Mazda 6s - daily driver http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3171724(totaled
)
newest 2006 mazdaspeed 6
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/4073987/2006-mazda-mazda6Comment
-
From the first post, I gather that he understands the meaning of a retrofit. That being said, it's just a housing. They all fit pretty well. I've never heard of fitment issues, even with cheapo lights. The only problem with those is the output, and that will be corrected with a quality retrofit and some HIDs.
Comment
-
check out my sig...I did oneNew paint job and bumper 8/8/11
tsx retrofit
f22b dohc boosted
custom gauges pods
Motivation is one of the keys to life....tell me "can't" and I wll show you I canComment
-
those are sick thats what i was thinking about doing. i already had hids in them and the output was fine but when i went to adjust them the projector popped out of place so i figured id do a retrofit on them should i stick with 6k or move to 5k for brightness?Originally posted by Gtseviper View PostComment
-
I believe 6-5k should be great for light output...I have 8k but I am planning on going 6k to keep the blue tint and have better light outputNew paint job and bumper 8/8/11
tsx retrofit
f22b dohc boosted
custom gauges pods
Motivation is one of the keys to life....tell me "can't" and I wll show you I canComment
-
6k isn't really bad as far as brighness goes. It's when you get to 8k and above that it begins to reduce visibility significantly. It may look cool, but for lights that you depend on for safety, not a good thing! The color is in the bulbs, though, and bulbs come cheap-ish anymore... so you can always pick up some bulbs with more color for show! I want to do that myself.
blueplanet, if you had cheap ebay projectors, and you do a retrofit with proper HID projectors, you will notice a considerable difference.
Comment
-
yeah i know it was fine for a while but once cars with the same 6k hids started to overpower my lights i was getting annoyed so now that they are busted it gives me a good reason to do a retro. plus i plan on getting some hid projector fogs to brighten everything up a little more. hahaOriginally posted by deevergote View PostComment
Comment