HID Retro complete!!

well, its finally finished! i used 08 acura TL projectors w/ clear lense, OEM toyota denso ballasts, phillips 85122 bulbs and homemade wire harness. i also left the blinkers chrome, and swapped out clear lenses here too.

here are the pics...

OEM output..


HID output...


both (i know the driver is a little off, but you cant tell when actually driving, it was my first retro so lay off!!)


misc pics..





EDIT...mounting and process pics...










i got a metal housing used to hid recessed lights at lowes and cut it to size


then filled in the OD w/ 3M ruuber sealer to make it smooth


then vacuum formed using 0.060" thick polystyrene (3.5 mins at 275* was perfect)



now, here is where i ran into a jam. i was going to use a gatling gun shroud, but when i was going to glue it on, it just didnt look good and i would have never been happy w/ it. so i got some 3" ABS PVC and cut about an inch piece to surround the projector and vacuum formed again around it. then i used a kitchen sink drain surround and cut to fit...worked perfect. link to drain surround here. i got this idea from a member on xr-underground (HiTek21). i then used plumbers goop and let dry for a few days in order that it wouldnt fog up the headlights.

let me know if you guys have any other questions...

output nightshot and backside photos per request...

 

looks good

 

Looks great. Awesome job man.

 

Clean work bro. Definitely love the cleared look too.

 

do you have any pics during the retro? What did you use as a shroud? looks really good.

 

that looks great nice work

 

Sweet, now can you make me a set... I'm too f'n lazy!

 

nice looks good. wish my lights came with quality projectors.

 

updated original post...

 

looks good, real good

 

Looks solid dude!!!!!!!!

 

Man, excellent work. The TL projector fits perfectly inside the sink drain strainer. Output looks pretty good as well. The cutoff is quite nice. I didn't really notice the driver's side being off a little until you pointed it out-the shadowing threw me off. You would probably drive yourself crazy trying to get it rotated just right. Not worth correcting in my book. Once again, great job.

 

looks sick

 

Hella nice man, that is one clean looking headlight mod.

 

I used to own a 05 TL and my driver side was like that from the day I got her lol

 

Nice work. I wish I had it in me to build a vacuum forming box just for that purpose. Vacuum formed shrouds look so nice.

 

I know you wanna make me a set!

 

that looks so much better than my NON projectors HID headlights

 

haha its finally done, well done! that looks really good and took a long ass time, lots of work went into those, i'm glad they turned out well

 

Looks good, thanks for the link to this write up off High-Intesity.org!