[gearbox]

well after 4 months of planning and working, i think the results speak for themselves. the only problem is it shakes over bumps but thats not a huge deal for me.

The setup:

BMW E46 (bosch) single xenon projectors with custom dot shields, color modded for yellow cutoff.

50w sealed ballasts with philips DL50 bulbs

Ebay clear headlamp housings

Retrofit_source.com shrouds

Ace "do-it-best" hardware bezels

lots of metal weld, ultra black silicone, and love haha. they do not fog up at all! everything came together nicely. The harness was a cheap kit from farm and fleet with a single relay, 15amp fuse, and some 14 gauge wires. seems to be holding up just fine. the lights do not dim at all, altho it takes a couple minutes for full warmup. yes i can see road signs just fine with the lil glare coming off the chrome housing, and i think the aim is very good also. it looks to me almost exactly the same as stock headlights, except 2x brighter. and yes, it outshines those white hid streetlamps i only get flashed if im going over bumps or hills obviously lol. If it were any less bright, i think i wouldve been disappointed. The fog lights are bmw aftermarket projectors with PIAA plasma ion crystal bulbs. Still working on finding a way to boost them using the old catz zeta kit. I cant seem to find a good place to put the chunky ballasts tho.

heres a quick history...

custom shields installed



RS bezel trimmed to fit



and everything coming together with ace shower drain lol



back of the bowl all sealed with metal weld. no need for any rubber boots



and finally installed on the car...









now onto the output pics!

hids only



now a couple pics of foglights only





is that a stop sign up ahead?



look at that awesome yellow and blurry cutoff lol



next to the train yard



hids and foglights together



now lets give just the fogs a chance





some wall shots to show the cutoff line



the glare looks brighter than it really is due to parking lights and streetlamps



some more cutoff shots to show how it curves down to the sides





ricer angle with sidemarker lol



and one more ground shot



thanks for looking!

[hyper_silver]

nice lights!looks good!

[CIVIC X3]

that had to be the cleanest retrofit with the metal weld. no rubber boot to mess wit and the chance of it gettin fogged up. i swear some of the member here said the e46 are not worth getting, but you made it worth it!

[jnlzr]

great job on the retofit. im jealous!!!! im in the middle of doing my retrofit.. i had the projectors like forever, just got started on it again... any advice?

[sl33pyriceboi]

ur cutoff is kinda crooked... i think its the left one...

but nice none the less...

btw, wth did u do with ur TL projectors??? (or was it only 1 TL projector)

[sl33pyriceboi]

Originally Posted by jnlzr

great job on the retofit. im jealous!!!! im in the middle of doing my retrofit.. i had the projectors like forever, just got started on it again... any advice?

yea, take ur time. have an extra set of headlights... and hav a blueprint of what you're gonna do and all that cuts ur gonna make.

[sk8erelemnts]

im liking it.... very well done. it looks so much better that way than having the headlights blacked out. to me retros looks funny with BOH. im liking the fogs also... make me want to do that. the glass on both of mine cracked. i just need to find that diy you did on them.

[Devani]

looks great...after all this time, it sure was worth it.

[armieo]

eh.






jk

[hvc]

looks good man. Nice output.

How much did it run you in total + time?

[Kevbotron]

And the hard work pays off!

[HondaKorn]

looks great!! very OEm....i would pay u to make me one lol...

[2k1civic01]

looks pretty good but the cutoff isn't so sharp

[sl33pyriceboi]

Originally Posted by 2k1civic01

looks pretty good but the cutoff isn't so sharp

its beacuse its a custom made shield

[gearbox]

and projector isnt very good lol. with stock shield it was even worse. i dont care about it to be honest, the blurry cutoff blends in better at far distance instead of having sharp contrast. and it still looks surprisingly bluish white at a distance which is weird lol. the fogs im not too happy with, they look whitish from above the cutoff and yellow below but with the hids on, you can barely see anything. i guess i could either boost them or get another h3 hid kit and use it as driving lights cause the cutoff will be all messed up then. but the fogs were pretty easy to do, all i did was buy oem fogs, then those ebay bmw ones, and use the stock mounting screws to hold it in there from the sides, and then metal wire ties for the rest. horn needs relocation tho too above by the washer fluid. but its fairly simple.

i also kinda want to install a bendable cover over the back to shield the plug from water in case some splashes on it.