Yeah thjese are kinda crappy pictures with my phone. And the reason the color looks different is because there was a storm coming and alot of dust was getting flung around.
Lol, i'll get you some night shots of my light output tonight. But don't hate on me when you see them because i never got around to aiming them, but i still haven't got any people flashing me 
Halo's at night
First pic of both halo's on my car :O
aim is ... fail lol
Those are much brighter than mine! I am trying to get my good camera back from my brother and I'll post better pics.
well i guess as the resident ricer i'll tell you some positives of ebay lamps.
~i love mine and have been runing them for over a year.
~all leds are still working
~i've only had to replace one of the bulbs since i baught it from ebay
~mine use stock bulbs in projector lamps. which is great for replacment since to do so is cheap and it's easy to find the bulbs.
~they came with a one year warranty <look for these ones, which are obviously higher quality if the company will replace them.
on the technical side
~they come with a plug and play harness with different ways to set up the leds.
~the inor lights are the day time lights/hibeams when you flick the switch and the outer lights are the night lights.
they also came with the grille. not everything on ebay is crap, you just have to read the descriptions and feedback before buying them.
i bought the set with the grille for $130 before shipping, shipping brought it to somewhere around $160. so not the cheapest set but i love em, and duing evening shots people always give me possitive feedback on how the halo's look. some on this forum don't like blue, but i do =D.
~i love mine and have been runing them for over a year.
~all leds are still working
~i've only had to replace one of the bulbs since i baught it from ebay
~mine use stock bulbs in projector lamps. which is great for replacment since to do so is cheap and it's easy to find the bulbs.
~they came with a one year warranty <look for these ones, which are obviously higher quality if the company will replace them.
on the technical side
~they come with a plug and play harness with different ways to set up the leds.
~the inor lights are the day time lights/hibeams when you flick the switch and the outer lights are the night lights.
they also came with the grille. not everything on ebay is crap, you just have to read the descriptions and feedback before buying them.
i bought the set with the grille for $130 before shipping, shipping brought it to somewhere around $160. so not the cheapest set but i love em, and duing evening shots people always give me possitive feedback on how the halo's look. some on this forum don't like blue, but i do =D.
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~i love mine and have been runing them for over a year.
~all leds are still working
~i've only had to replace one of the bulbs since i baught it from ebay
~mine use stock bulbs in projector lamps. which is great for replacment since to do so is cheap and it's easy to find the bulbs.
~they came with a one year warranty <look for these ones, which are obviously higher quality if the company will replace them.
on the technical side
~they come with a plug and play harness with different ways to set up the leds.
~the inor lights are the day time lights/hibeams when you flick the switch and the outer lights are the night lights.
they also came with the grille. not everything on ebay is crap, you just have to read the descriptions and feedback before buying them.
i bought the set with the grille for $130 before shipping, shipping brought it to somewhere around $160. so not the cheapest set but i love em, and duing evening shots people always give me possitive feedback on how the halo's look. some on this forum don't like blue, but i do =D.
MAN! Those are nice lamps!!!Originally Posted by mac25
well i guess as the resident ricer i'll tell you some positives of ebay lamps.~i love mine and have been runing them for over a year.
~all leds are still working
~i've only had to replace one of the bulbs since i baught it from ebay
~mine use stock bulbs in projector lamps. which is great for replacment since to do so is cheap and it's easy to find the bulbs.
~they came with a one year warranty <look for these ones, which are obviously higher quality if the company will replace them.
on the technical side
~they come with a plug and play harness with different ways to set up the leds.
~the inor lights are the day time lights/hibeams when you flick the switch and the outer lights are the night lights.
they also came with the grille. not everything on ebay is crap, you just have to read the descriptions and feedback before buying them.
i bought the set with the grille for $130 before shipping, shipping brought it to somewhere around $160. so not the cheapest set but i love em, and duing evening shots people always give me possitive feedback on how the halo's look. some on this forum don't like blue, but i do =D.
i do agree to the fact that they look awsome! but the thing is, from what we seen, the light output isnt the greatest :|
PS:Nice engine dress-up, i really like it
PS:Nice engine dress-up, i really like it
if you dont drive much at night, it could work
Then retrofit! I used to like the ebay halo look but it faded when i started looking more into retros.
Get off my back gearbox i told u i never even bothered aiming them lol
Get off my back gearbox i told u i never even bothered aiming them lol
its just a bright dot pretty much. not bad but they are narrow and shoot far.
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Here's a shroud with a projector and halo's:
You can see the halos tied the the shroud with wire (fishing wire is best because it's clear).
These are SO sick!Originally Posted by DarkSouljur
Here's a shroud with a projector and halo's:
You can see the halos tied the the shroud with wire (fishing wire is best because it's clear).
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Hey DS,Originally Posted by DarkSouljur
Well most people who retrofit do it so that they can use HIDs, i mean i guess you don't really have to. But HIDs aren't expensive at all, i got mine for $30 but you have to make a wiring harness to support the power that the HIDs will generate and the stock wiring harness isn't enough. I think i paid around $40 for parts, so $70 for HIDs which isn't bad. It does take some time it's not a small project but it's not really too complicating either. I'm in TO, and interested in improving the light output of my 2001 Civic,
where did you get your projectors?
Did u use the stock housing to install the retrofits?
Thanks
-R
^ yes you use the stock housing. check the link below a lot of people like to use these for their retros.
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...roducts_id=227
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...roducts_id=227
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I'm in TO, and interested in improving the light output of my 2001 Civic,
where did you get your projectors?
Did u use the stock housing to install the retrofits?
Thanks
-R
i got the projectors and halos from the retrofit source, heres the link to the morimoto mini H1 projectors:Originally Posted by civic_goober
Hey DS,I'm in TO, and interested in improving the light output of my 2001 Civic,
where did you get your projectors?
Did u use the stock housing to install the retrofits?
Thanks
-R
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...oducts_id=3181
And yes i used the stock housing, it wasnt hard at all. i get much better light output now i cant drive the family four door civic cuz the light output at night is terrible compared to mine.
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Much sexier and much better output
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hahhaha x2Originally Posted by gearbox
aim is ... fail lol Quote:
You can't call my aiming is a fail because i never aimed them! Originally Posted by sl33pyriceboi
hahhaha x2 
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http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...oducts_id=3181
And yes i used the stock housing, it wasnt hard at all. i get much better light output now i cant drive the family four door civic cuz the light output at night is terrible compared to mine.
Much sexier and much better output
Originally Posted by DarkSouljur
i got the projectors and halos from the retrofit source, heres the link to the morimoto mini H1 projectors:http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...oducts_id=3181
And yes i used the stock housing, it wasnt hard at all. i get much better light output now i cant drive the family four door civic cuz the light output at night is terrible compared to mine.
Much sexier and much better output
Hey, I am quite sure I will be ordering those projectors next week and just pick up a set of headlights from a junkyard so I wont have to go without headlights while doing the retrofit. Just wondering about the shrouds, I like the mini graphite the best but when I look for angel eyes they are not in the list of compatible shrouds, looking at the picture of them they almost look like the way its made the light from the projector shines around it ?
thanks for the reply and patience for some of these maybe stupid sounding questions lol
No they dont work like that.If you go to the shrouds page and go to graphite ones you'll notice that the page says they'll work with 80mm halos.
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Originally Posted by DarkSouljur
No they dont work like that.If you go to the shrouds page and go to graphite ones you'll notice that the page says they'll work with 80mm halos. Ok, thanks bud, appreciate the reply.
Yeah np inbox me if ya got more questions
Got a 5000K Hid plug and play kit and they are much brighter than my others! Not aimed properly but the output is better!
I would not buy the cheap ebay headlights with projectors in them if you want to use HID bulbs:
1. Many are not made for HID bulbs. Halogen projectors are not the same as HID projectors. Just as you cannot simply put HID bulbs into our stock reflector housings and expect good light output and not blind traffic(This is due to the different optics between HID bulb and halogen filament bulb), same goes for projectors. A halogen projector's reflector bowl will be designed to expect a filament light source. If you stick a HID bulb in there, you will not get optimal results, since the position and size of the light source will be different. Chances are you are going to see hot spots everywhere, where as ideally you would like a single hot spot to be directly in the center of your cutoff and have the light uniformly dim the further you are from the hot spot for each head light.
2. Most output pictures I have seen from cheap projector headlights on ebay are complete crap. Messy cutoffs with hot spots everywhere.
If you want to do it right, get quality projectors from a reputable source like theretrofitsource.com and do a retrofit yourself. It's not that hard and there are plenty of tutorials online. Look at an output of a proper retrofit compared to the OP's output and you will notice a significant difference.
Here is a shot of my retrofit's output. The passenger side's rotation is off(since corrected) and almost all the light you see above the cutoff is from my cheap ebay fog lights. But you get the idea.
1. Many are not made for HID bulbs. Halogen projectors are not the same as HID projectors. Just as you cannot simply put HID bulbs into our stock reflector housings and expect good light output and not blind traffic(This is due to the different optics between HID bulb and halogen filament bulb), same goes for projectors. A halogen projector's reflector bowl will be designed to expect a filament light source. If you stick a HID bulb in there, you will not get optimal results, since the position and size of the light source will be different. Chances are you are going to see hot spots everywhere, where as ideally you would like a single hot spot to be directly in the center of your cutoff and have the light uniformly dim the further you are from the hot spot for each head light.
2. Most output pictures I have seen from cheap projector headlights on ebay are complete crap. Messy cutoffs with hot spots everywhere.
If you want to do it right, get quality projectors from a reputable source like theretrofitsource.com and do a retrofit yourself. It's not that hard and there are plenty of tutorials online. Look at an output of a proper retrofit compared to the OP's output and you will notice a significant difference.
Here is a shot of my retrofit's output. The passenger side's rotation is off(since corrected) and almost all the light you see above the cutoff is from my cheap ebay fog lights. But you get the idea.
they look nice and all, but if you plan on driving at night at all with them, anything but stock, suck.
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thx man! Originally Posted by mr22508
MAN! Those are nice lamps!!! on the down side the halo's arn't working any more, after 1.5 years of use. i might fix em this summer but they still look nice without the halos.
