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

It wasn't moving a little at a time. It would move like 30 degrees in a day. And then I would adjust it back. And then again.

The driver's side is slanted at about a 10 degree angle anyway so I'm just going to use the spare housing I have and redo them.


UPDATE: the ball and socket portion wasn't secured. And that seemed to fix literally everything. I'm glad it was so simple.

 

I can't get my locking washer on far enough to egg the bulb holder on, any suggestions?

 

Look on the trs on going group buy thread

 

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Awesome write up. I'll be doing a retrofit with mini D2S whenever I find a spare weekend to tackle them and this write up will be a solid baseline to use. Do you know of anywhere that has a good write up one the routing of all of the wiring so everything looks nice and clean when you are done?

 

I just drill a hole just under the opening that my d2s fit in, could probably use existing slits though

 

Just route the wires around your engine bay and zip tie where necessary for the main wiring harness

 

that's what I did. and I also learned that you don't need to put that third screw that's underneath your headlight back on once you remove it.

makes the installation and removal process so much better.

 

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Thanks for the write up, hoping to do my 2012 in the next couple months

 

I never put mine back in from a year ago, I unmount mine and mount some customer lights in my truck to aim them

 

Awesome write up. I just finished my D2S retro last night and this was my go to guide.

 

All the pics are gone but I'm running into some trouble can anyone help me?

The passenger side projector won't tighten to the bowl and the passenger side is really tight to the point I can't get a washer on.

Are they side specific or will adjusting the bowls help?

 

I had the same issue. I stretched the silicon washer out over the back side of the projector to give more clearance. Once I did that all the necessary hardware fit.

 

Sorry about the pictures guys, My photobucket account hit the maximum bandwith amount and they stop showing my pictures unless I pay monthly for more bandwith.

I have another account set up now and hopefully soon can restore the thread

 

Forgot to update this after I got done last weekend.

Install wasn't that bad, except for the trouble getting the locking lug nut tight enough to put the bulb holder on. I ended up getting it as tight as possible and ground off 3 spots on the nut like was suggested in there online tutorial. Didn't see the posts about stretching out the o ring until after. I jb welded the crap out of it when I was sure it was level so I don't think it's going anywhere.

Only problem is I forgot to do the install on an empty tank, so we'll see how bad it rotates when I get near empty.

No leaks/condensation so far but I do have a little bit of hazing on the inside, I had to touch up some painting right before I closed them up so that's probably the cause. It's not very noticeable and hopefully it'll all go away eventually.

TRS shipping was super fast and I'm thankful they are hooking TW up with an ongoing group buy.

I hope to get the led fog-lights from them soon.

And thank you A7xschecter6661 for the awesome write up, I finally figured out I could see the pictures by clicking them and going straight to Photobucket.

One tip I will add for people doing H1's, you don't have to remove the big reflector bowl if you don't want. I took a trash bag and wrapped the whole light minus the bowl and then painted the bowl.

 

Is positioning the headlight to the truck necessary? couldn't one just get the projectors looking good and even in the reflector bowl and then use the headlight adjustment screws/bolts built in already?

 

Maybe with the H1s or D2s not with the FXRs cause once they're epoxied they aint moving. Plus you can only adjust your headlights so much and aligning them prior to will let you get maximum effective adjustments

 

Alright thanks. Best way to align them and then keep them in that exact spot without epoxying them while they're on the truck? I imagine if you did that, the projector would slide around? Using Mini D2S

 

D2s don't require epoxy for 99 percent of applications just screw them in

 

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