MidnightCivic

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So I have been slacking off on my retro...Slowwhitecivic told me to get off my *** and get to work, so i did and here is the current progress with the help of Slowwhitecivic who lives miles away

1st is the Projectors..Lexus D3S Bixenon projectors with solenoid for hi/lo beam


2nd Set of Headlights(Note these have already been blacked out not the same i used)


Sanded and then painted


and then blacked out


3rd is a set of stove bowls and some jb weld




Here is how slowwhitecivic explained it to me..pretty simple


Here is the aiming part(curtosy of HidPlanet)
http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/view...=17073&start=0




And now for the almost finished product from production to almost finish

Pics of them jb welded to housing




I forgot the wiring part...will take pics when i have time..Basically bought the Bixenon wiring harness from The Retrofit Source(this can also be made but too lazy)

http://store.theretrofitsource.com/p...b4e0bc3a701245

My cutoff line




Random Pics:

Letting them dry over night


Just Jb welded to housing






Test Fitting


Install pics(night shots to come possibly tonight)

2005EM2

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Looks good, man. Props. I want to replace my e46 retrofit for some TSX projectors.

MidnightCivic

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I wish i would have gone with some tsk projectors..it would have def made it easier with 2" projectors. =(

gearbox

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nice! looks like you got everything setup properly. wall shots look great. did you get any pics of the hi beam? looks like these are gonna be fun fitting in tycs lol. the solenoid is really on the way.

tsx will be about the same as e46, maybe a little less intense and a bit wider. not worth swapping imo.

MidnightCivic

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Bump for install pics

MidnightCivic

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Jp7

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Car looks good man, great to see you using my lights!

MidnightCivic

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Thanks man, i was slacking off there for a while. After one of my hid burnt out due to a flood and one headlight was looking like ****..i needed some hid's

2005EM2

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Damn, that looks clean. I love the way retrofits look in the 01-03 housing.

Gearbox, I guess it's because I want more color and I hate the big Z step on the e46, which lacks lighting onto the ground further away on the left. I do like the intensity though.

My friend has a TFX setup and uses 5000k bulbs and looks more intense than mine. haha

gearbox

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well yeah fx > e46/tsx lol. if you can fit it, go with the fx and clear lens. tsx will not be much different except cleaner cutoff. and tsx is just single xenon which is okay i guess since you have halogen highs, but why not have two hi beams?

electric130

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nice! got any closer shots of the front?

MidnightCivic

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Need to align one of the projectors, its way off thats why im holding off on the night pics =\

MidnightCivic

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And the High Beams

electric130

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nice cutoff. what distance is that? 15-20 ft?

gearbox

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pics dont do the hi beams justice. they are a ton brighter than the lo beam (which are just okay).

Xx7thGenxX

i no this thread is old haha but i was wondering, when painting that chrome peice do you need to sand it or no?.... and another question what is a good paint to do it with? regular black spray paint or something else?

sl33pyriceboi

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yes the "should" be sanded and then primed. and any automotive paint is fine as long as you primer-ed the surface.

Xx7thGenxX

okay i was just wondering cause ive read that some people sand it and others dont, is there a way i can cheat the sanding part and just get a paint that goes over the chrome paint?

gearbox

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metalcast color paints can be sprayed onto chrome.

Xx7thGenxX

okay thanks!