1st Gen Retrofit Walkthrough: Morimoto Mini H1

yeah.... I just used it someplace so my OCD wouldnt drive me crazy

 

my cutoff looks a lil off and not straight, any way on adjusting the aim?

 

the same way you adjust the headlight normally, by using the alignment screws on the back of the housing

 

i have an 01 taco and im fixing to do the retro... only im wanting to replace the entire housing when i do it because mine are old and yellow looking. Any suggestions on the best housings to use??

 

there's not many super high quality housings on the market other than OEM, but you cant throw projectors in those.

I just got the cheapest Ebay assemblies with the mindset that if they get f'd up, I can replace them without destroying my wallet. Also, since you'l be opening them up you can add glue to them to seal them better, which is the main downfall of cheapo assemblies

 

if you do retro non oem, get some buytl rubber window sealer. they have it at Autozone in a spindle

 

updated the op

 

this is going to be my next mod after i lift my truck thank you for the write up

 

Nice writeup bro! This is the same writeup almost for my 2007 just different headlight housing. Reason I ask I just got all my stuff in today for my mini H1 retro. I got everything from TRS it's just been a pain in the ass to find a writeup for the mini H1.

 

yep, writeup's pretty much the same for the 2nd gens

take off, bake, open, insert projector, close, bake, put back on

 

How is everything holding up? Any issues with the "cheap" bulbs, ballasts, and harness?

 

the only problem I've had so far was with my supah cheeep relay harness that came with the supah cheeep HIDs

went wheeling through mud and water and water got inside the wiring of the harness; but after I replaced that there's been no problems and it's almost been 3 years

 

Good to hear. I'm thinking of just piecing one together like you did so I can save some money. Yours came out awesome.

 

havent had any problems with my projectors from rymc, hit him up!
let us know how it goes

 

Thanks I'll definitely post a pic. I've pm'd and texted rymc but haven't heard back yet. We'll see though.

 

weird, i didnt get email notifications

i dont have anymore mini h1's but ill have to check the storage

i know for sure i have mini d2s, fxr, and s2k's though

personally the mini d2s has an amazing highbeam vs the mini h1

 

Does anyone know if this is still an issue with newer kits? I just received a mini H1 kit and the plug on my harness looks like


Black | Blue
White

And correct me if I'm wrong, but that plug is only used on one light, correct? And you just leave the passenger side unplugged?

 

it doesnt look like the problems were localized to one set of projectors, kind of randomly hit or miss (99% of the installed kits ive heard about havent had this problem though)

and you're right on the plug. Power comes from the battery so that one plug is basically just an on/off and hi/lo switch

 

Sweet, thanks. I'll give it a shot tomorrow and see what happens!

 

Mine didn't come with those either- do you have a socket set? 1st gens don't have the fitting for a screwdriver, gotta use a small socket wrench