I want your retrofit helpful tips/advice!!

Looking good hoping to get some cash soon may get sooner than waiting til the GB start again

 

Passenger side mounted.. One more to go tomorrow and I'm done.. Thanks guys for the help

 

everything is finally mounted back on. ill take more pics next time...im a little tired and just glad im finally finished LOL

 

Hey Paul, what did u use to modify the H4 Ring?

 

I used that heavy duty cutter/scissors.. Don't know what it's called but I had one laying here.. It literally cuts it like paper.. Took less than a minute

 

Do you have pictures of this adapter

 

Sorry didn't take a pic of it. Basically it's like the "Y" and just trim a little off each of the 3 legs (make them skinnier not shorter) so you can rotate the projector more and get a better 180degree cut off

 

Okayy so u used Metal Snips to trim it.
So did you mount it on your truck to test the alignment before sealing it?

PS: What paint did u use?

 

We both got ours done same day! Nice. Lookin good

 

Yup mount, test fire, align then if all is good, seal them

I used fusion satin black

 

Yup yup thanks for the help and write up

 

Oh btw, what sealing process did u guys use?
Did u scrape off the old stuff and put in new ones?

 

I didn't even cook them.

I got the larger pieces of the original sealant out, then laid in a bead of the TRS glue.

I headed to the oven and "somebody" flipped out.... I put them back together and just applied steady force from spring and bar clamps.
Snugged up the bar clamps every day or so and after a week, every thing was seated nicely.
I was in no rush... my work schedule didn't allow me to have the truck torn apart while I was on call.

 

A good heat gun is also an option if the significant other is yelling at you not to use the oven

 

That's the point where I'm at.lol thinks the card board will catch fire

 

I do have access to the oven, as i powder coat things with it lol

Last time i cooked my lights in the oven, it made the plastic turned brown, did that happen to anyone here?

 

What temp was your oven on?

 

Mine didn't want me to fuck up the oven.

Luckily, she was out of town the weekend before when I opened them up, because she would have blamed me.....

2 weeks later the oven took a shit. Oven died first but the broiler still worked, then the broiler stopped working.


And tell her that the cardboard won't burn because you are only pre-heating, and the oven is off when the cardboard and lights are in it.

 

Oh I have.lol I still going to do it when I jump on a kit. Just deciding if I should do it my self or pay some one

 

The D2S and Mini-H1 are about as simple as it gets. The most complicated part is routing the harness and mounting the ballasts.

If you go for the FX-R, it might be worth it to buy a set from Anthony... he's only adding like $100 for his labor and he will do the BHLM for you. Only issue is you have a '13 and there are no aftermarket housings available yet, so your options are to pay someone locally and park the truck for the weekend, or pay Toyota $500 for the pair and have the new set modded.