Retro day!

Well half retro day probably.
I'm going to get the lights apart and projector mounted, and hopefully lens back on if the adhesive comes in the mail today also.
I'm not painting the bowl, so this should be a fairly easy project.

One thing that caught my eye while searching was a picture of one guys post about rotational alignment.

Are all headlights off center or is it just OEM? I've looked at the Depos I have and everything looks straight. I'm obviously going to bench test but I just wanted to bring it up in conversation.

 

Just to update.

I just bench tested one of these on a completely level surface against a wall with a large carpenters square perfectly level on the wall.

Spot on with minimal rotation needed.

 

Pics for the hell of it.
Super easy mod. 260 for 7 minutes. Came apart very easy. Projectors went in without an issue. No rotation or modifying tabs necessary (these wre DEPO brand if that matters), just mind any slight movement while tightening the nut.
All sealed up, left factory glue that i couldn't pull off, added window weld, pressed together, tossed in the oven again for 7 mins at 260. Screws and spring clamps to tighten the seal up then a bead of silicone around outer edge gaps to finish it off.
So much easier to just tackle this than reading a million scattered threads about the internet that might scare you off. Having a second set of lights totally eliminates any pressure of same day install as well as the nervousness you may screw up (which probably wont happen if your methodical)

Took all of 3 hours to do this mod. Now im debating on what LED marker lights I want and if I want to grab some LED turns with resistor or to just leave that one alone.

I hope to get these wired in the next decent day on a weekend.

 

Looks good man. Thanks for the pics

 

Have pics from the back of the headlights, where the bulb mounts?

 

Fortunately i took one before i got started.

 

No modding required to do the Rotational adjustment?

 

Not on these. Must have gotten lucky unless DEPO just makes them this way. The top tab is perfectly centered.
there was very little play. I mean a millimeter either way max.
I did twist it as far as i could either way just to see and and there was minimal difference. I could barely tell from 15 feet away on the level. Which was perfectly level with a shim btw. I think my fridge is tad off center after further review.

 

Very tempted to buy a 2nd set for when I'm ready for my retros.

 

Def the way to go.

 

Looks great. What projectors did you end up going with? Morimoto's?

Max

 

Yeah, Morimoto mini H1 with motocontrol.
I just need to pre sort out where im going to mount everything under the hood and ill slap them in one of these days.

 

some finished pics, shot with markers is pretty useless but these led sidemarker lights are rediculously bright FYI

https://www.amazon.com/JDM-ASTAR-Ex...&qid=1487713068&sr=8-4&keywords=194+amber+led

Super impressed with the quality of the TRS kit. Just wish they made XB fogs in yellow... cough cough TRS...
I need to figure something out with the fogs to tie the front end together. Maybe just bhlm housings off Amazon or something at least.