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LIVE retrofit and bhlm 2015 dclb

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by johnnys219, Nov 6, 2015.

  1. Nov 7, 2015 at 5:53 PM
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    johnnys219

    johnnys219 [OP] big dreams, little money

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    But with the tint is still reflects nicely

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  2. Nov 7, 2015 at 5:57 PM
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    johnnys219 [OP] big dreams, little money

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    Looks beautiful. Sorry for the pictures the rotate sensor on my phone broke. Screen won't rotate

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  3. Nov 7, 2015 at 5:59 PM
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    Passive eyes

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  4. Nov 7, 2015 at 6:48 PM
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    wow awesome!... nicely documented!... I want to do my headlights as well, but I feel like I should order a 2nd set to do them on, and just swap the whole headlight out at one time.
     
  5. Nov 16, 2015 at 7:51 PM
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    So guys my buddy that came to help. he made some video. here is the link.

    https://youtu.be/MqnQPsA6Y4c

    It covers a bit of what I missed
     
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  6. Nov 17, 2015 at 4:05 PM
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    Some good pointers there. Why didnt you use grey retro rubber? Works the same, just curious. Looking good!
     
  7. Nov 17, 2015 at 9:31 PM
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    I think the gray and black were the same. And figured since I'm blacking out the housing I could use black butyl.
     
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  8. Jan 11, 2016 at 7:21 AM
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    This video made retrofitting seem a whole lot more doable, between all materials excludint beer, what would you say the overall cost was?
     
  9. Jan 11, 2016 at 6:45 PM
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    315 for the projectors stage 3. i believe there is an ongoing group buy on the site.
    80 for the rbg halo and controller.
    probably 60 for other stuff: paint, butyl, epoxy, alcohol, paper towels, and possible bandaids.
    and about 10 hours of patience
     
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  10. Jan 26, 2016 at 12:42 AM
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    Do you have a link to the projectors, shrouds, and ballasts you used so i can purchase them? Thanks
     
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  11. Jan 26, 2016 at 3:30 AM
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  12. Jan 26, 2016 at 6:26 PM
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    Which wiring harness did you use? The D2S bulbs mean no more high beams right?
     
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    Also curious about this
     
  16. Jul 17, 2016 at 5:58 PM
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    https://www.theretrofitsource.com/morimoto-h4-motocontrol-bi-xenon-wire-harness.html#.V4wo4cspDqA

    Yes there still is high beam. And the high beam is amazing. It's so bright and it has distance to it.

    Only difference is stock bulb high beam has a second filament. It the projector. There is a cut off line. And when you click highbeam the cut off on the projector gets pulled away. So the bulb stays the same. But the cut off is moved. And i was surprised how bright everything got. My highbeam are brighter and shoot farther than my lightbar
     
  17. Jul 17, 2016 at 6:14 PM
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    Here you can see the solenoid R0QeSjW.jpg
     
  18. Jul 17, 2016 at 6:17 PM
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    Here all the parts painted blue are the cut off for highbeam
     
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    Any parts list for this project?
     
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    I also got 3 cans of black maxx spray paint. One can of blue for thw demon eyes. Morimoto butyl headlight sealant. Some steal stick. And some epoxy.
     

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