How to: Retrofit Morimoto FX-R & Mini H1- in depth

Well I called TRS and he was stumped since my other projector is sturdy and both are set up the same so I bought a new hardware kit with a new adapter plate. Hopefully it'll fix it. If not I'm going to jb weld the adapter plate in place lol. I'll keep you updated!

 

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So do you have to take the rubber weather strip off before baking? And if you do what did you use to re- attach?

 

Awesome right up. Thank you. I will be coming back here for pointers when I do mine.

 

I peeled mine off carefully so it wouldn't melt in the oven (it might not even require removal).

To restick it you can either buy new 3m skinny tape and replace the tape, glue it or just heat it up with a heat gun and restick it.

I did mine out in the cold, I will have to check on it and see if it is on there good. I just restuck mine

 

Yep, just baked with weatherstrip on and no issue. I ran at 275 for 8 minutes with no issues. Decided to take a chance. Thanks for the input!

 

No problem, now we know

 

I put mine in with that on at 315 for 15 minutes and they were still fine haha

 

The oven was off though lol

 

Haha yeah I forgot about that part but I did it like 4 times

 

I tried it off first, didn't do crap. On is the way to go 6-8 mins. Still a little hard but not bad.

 

We did 315 then turn off then 15 minutes worked perfectly the only reason I had to re do the headlights was because of that alignment ring and Nofords08 and I didnt aim them before sealing them up because there was a storm heading in so we rushed... So I had to do it twice

 

I did the same...I didn't want to take any chances of the projectors with all the vibration from the daily drive, so I jB weld the adapter/plate to the back of that bowl. no way that thing is coming off
not like im ever going back to stock bulbs anyway

 

I feel the itch to do another retrofit. Trying to talk a friend with an older tundra into doing it

 

same here..its actually pretty fun..l feel accomplished hahaha
almost want to sell the one I just finished so I can move on and tackle the more complicated FX-R

 

Very informative tutorial. I've been getting condensation in my passenger side retro; I'm thinking it has something to do with the slits for the air intake and water seeps in from the parking light. Driver's side is fine. Everything has an extra bead of silicone around it. Anyone else have this problem?

 

No problems here but it's been below freezing for the most part, some rain but no condensation yet. I added extra butyl in the channel to make sure it seals.


My first retro I siliconed but I don't do that anymore because if you ever take it apart again removing the silicone is a HUGE pain

 

Dd you guys use large or small rubber washer between the reflector and bowl? Do You really need to jb weld the nut on the projector? I hate doing permanent in case of a projector failure etc.

 

Use permatex clear 60 second epoxy, scrapes off easier but is still "permanent". This keeps it from wiggling loose.

Small silicone washer seems to work the best, bigger one is for something else. I forget. I think they tell you when to use one or the other in the guides on TRS

 

H4 is large and H7 is small silicone washer. It was on TRS install guide. Found it just after the post. Gotcha on the permatex. Thanks! Had some paint issues with one of the shrouds but stripped and fixed. Put me back half a day. Enjoy all the food and football everyone!