New HID Retro Group Buy Thread

I worded that last post poorly, I just meant I will have to stay away from the Halo/LED's as you mentioned...Have to do some more searching online and if I find something that looks appealing I'll be sure to run it by you guys

 

So I recently purchased these headlights from ebay thinking they were completely blacked out already.

But the reflector is still chrome. When I pull these things apart and if i decide to paint it satin black, how much of a offset in color do you guys htink it woudl be?

 

There is no point in buying them completely blacked out or even having them completely blacked out without a projector retrofit. The light output will suck and may even be illegal or bad news if you get in a wreck at night and your insurance company sees them that way with no real output.

 

Thats why I purchased them...to retrofit them..

 

Projectors came in today...need to start sanding the chrome in prep for some flat black paint. These bad larry's are going to look niiice.

 

looks good, just got back from picking up a set of brand new looking headlights from a local member. bouta pull them apart for paint

 

Nice retrofit! post some pictures!

 

I found some 3M Windo-Weld at Napa Auto Parts. It was expensive though, $18

 

just got my FX-R's in today woot woot cant wait to retro these things..

 

i found some shit at autozone, duno the name brand but the box and what it says on the box is EXACTLY the same as the 3M stuff, just didnt say 3M on it. i think it was $14 or somthing. bouta go start scrapin the old shit out

 

You really don't have to scrape the old adhesive off the headlights if you don't want to. I took the same pair of headlights apart three times and left the factory glue on them and just added an extra bead of silicone from wal mart and never had any problems with fogging or leaking. Just trying to save you the headache if trying to get it all out.

 

yeah i mean the first set of headlights i BHLM i didnt, i just heated them some and then pressed them together and then added some silicone and never had a problem. but now i keep hearing everyone say scrape it and im sittin there looking at all of the shit left and im like i might scrape alittle and let the rest be

 

I hear ya. I personally will never scrape it off...there is no need to. It's the same adhesive that was on it before you peeled them apart and will be the same after you seal em back up just with the silicone as a back up. Post up your truck after you have em installed. GL

 

will do, not happy wit the way the paint dried so gona spray another coat and hopefully will have them together tomorrow

 

I know you can't tighten down that crappy casted nut really good otherwise it willl break so I'm trying to find a replacement nut that is not casted.

The good news is that I measured the nut and it's an M36x1.5 fine thread

The bad news is that it only comes in stainless steel from McMaster which is $52. If they had a common zinc plated steel one, then it would be like $5

 

What projector kit do you have? If you have a TRS kit then call matt and get another set of lock rings. I bought a set from him a few months back. He is an awesome guy and very helpful. I think I paid like $10 for two

 

I haven't broke my lock rings or started the retrofit yet. I just wanted to use a better nut so I can crank down on it without breaking. I heard that some people have their projectors wobble because they can't tighten them that much because of the casted lock ring.

 

Any one know if this coupon code is still good? Every time I pull up the TRS web sight part of the page gets cut off and I can't completely finish my order.

 

You can push the projector onto the reflector bowl to get a little more play to tighten the lock rings...pretty much you are squeezing the rubber piece on the back of the projector instead of trying to suck it in by tightening the ring.

And you will have some kind of wobble with this kind if retrofit cuz the weight of the projector is alot for the big ass reflector bowl to handle since it's only held on by the two adjustment screws compared to just the bulb and that center bulb shield.

I've seen some guys epoxy the projectors to the reflector bowl. I dunno how it will hold up though