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lol! thanks! just PM'd you.
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No school today so I started working on SJ00's lights. Due to shipping being so expensive to Australia, we decided to opt out the projectors and HIDs to cut down on costs. So much faster to just add the acrylic extrusions lol. Should be done soon SJ00!
After these lights I might just have time to finish the rest of the DIY I've been trying to work on, hopefully lol. It's just a lot of work to put everything down on paper. But I'm glad to see other shops are starting to work on these! I know with their resources making these turn key can really be possible and the goal to get angel eyes on every f30 is near!
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Thanks guys!!! much appreciated!
Just finished SJ00's lights. I'm really liking the simplicity of just halos. Or maybe it's cause there's less work involved lol! I think I'm gonna experiment if I get my hands on another used set of halogens. Been thinking about putting another projector for the high beam, but would it cause problems if I wired both projectors(HIDs) to work as low beams at the same time? hmmm...
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I definitely agree this looks much cleaner and more oem like than those with projectors! have you had the chance to do this on a xenons? And amazing work btw :] |
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i've been always wanting to do a dual xenon projector (one in each housing) instead, but in a slightly more conventional way - e.g. low-beam activates one projector, then high-beam activates the other. But 99% of the time driving at night, only one projector would be on, as i rarely have to use high-beam But i see where you are going with your idea... and I LIKE IT You want both projectors on at the same time (with shutter down) when low-beams are on, and when you activate high-beam, the shutters on both will go up. The look of that would totally be OFF THE CHARTS sick bro And shutters would still be down during low-beam use, not throwing any extra glare out, and your output lumens would be DOUBLE ... Dayum... But the only thing is that having a double current draw off the low-beam wiring alone would in the best case, probably blow a fuse or worst case melt the wires. At the very least, there would be a ton of extra heat. I don't know how you would get around that unless you beef up the wires and increase the fuse size. But i like where your head is at |
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hey man... you just gave me an idea, going back to those matchbox morimotos. Retrofit told me that those lights, although small, wouldn't produce enough light for low-beams, that they are meant more for fog applications. And this is because the matching ballast is only 35w. Our low-beams are rated for 55w.
However, if you wired two sets of matchbox projectors into the housings, and tied them both to the low-beam wires, you would get: 1) smaller projectors to make them fit/flush perfect into the reflector housings. 2) looks that would kill as you would have both projectors on during low-beam use. 3) with both projectors on at low-beam, output brightness/lumens off the charts for amazing visibility, but glare still controlled as shutters would be down during low-beam use. 4) power consumption manageable at 35w x 2 = 70w which is just slightly over our 55w rated system, making it workable. |
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Lucky!!! you're going to love them because they are Bright as fuq! I drive with my angel eyes and foglights on some nights just to show off my set up! ahhaha! About to order matching Foglight Hid's to match the angel eyes >.<
Squidlyboy, Are you going for a QUAD SET UP?!? My Bixenon/hi beam set up is Bright as hell but you are right, it does leave that hole empty.
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Good work, but whats the difference than oem angel eyes? i mean, why all this work when oem is already led rings?
I dont get it
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Thanks again guys! everyone's just too nice lol
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LOL! the halos are SUPER bright especially at night. But they aren't usable since the light isn't focused so it's just for looks lol
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The mini H1's I have are actually equipped with just 35w HIDs. But I think your idea with matchbox projectors would look clean and more uniform too. I just don't know about the size when compared to the h1. It's kinda too small for my liking but I can't be for sure unless I see them in person. I really wanna try it but I don't know if I risk damaging something with 35w+35w from just the low beam wire. I can't find anyone who's tried it on any car.
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My car has halogens and didn't have the OEM angel eyes. And it's kinda expensive to buy the OEM xenon lights that come with angel eyes. I guess I'm wanting the OEM look and save money by doing this retrofit.
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Here's the cool thing: they said you can easily use your low-beam wiring to power dual bi-xenons (quad H1's @35w) and the power/wattage consumption is not an issue. They said the low-beam 55w wiring capacity is irrelevant because they have a special wiring splitter/harness that is meant for quad retrofits. Your low-beam wiring would only be used as a "signal" to activate two relays, which ultimately would be responsible for powering the dual bi-Xenons. So in this quad configuration... low-beams -> activates all four xenon projectors (dual bi-xenons) in both the low and high beam reflectors. Solenoids off/shutters down. high-beams -> activates all solenoids/shutters to produce an ungodly amount of light Of course you know having quad xenon lights is completely for aesthetics, and the insane amount of light produced is completely un-necessary, redundant, wasteful and is to only to stoke the ego ... and turn heads how sweet it is .. lolz if you head over to hidplanet.com and search on 'quad retrofit' you'll see a bunch of people who have done it. Its somewhat controversial just because of the amount of light produced, the difficulty in getting the cut-offs to align in both sets of housings (i.e. low-beams and high-beams apparently have different optimal adjustment angles), and using different projectors/lights in low vs high to make up for shortcomings in the other. Last edited by squidlyboy; 04-20-2015 at 06:03 PM.. |
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You're right. They are VERY common. Before I got the f30, I almost bought a quad setup for my civic si, the dude that is known for his retrofits, knew of a way to get oem headlights, parts and bulbs for $460 shipped. He was making some $$$ so happy I didn't buy them because I would have never sold the car lol! You should do the H1 and match in the other... Just for looks of course. If the headlight didn't give me such a hard time at removing, I would have taken them off and attempted to move mine back as well... I do have a second back up set after all... Hey Bienarcis, how easy was it to reheat and take apart with the new sealant?
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Quad Bi-Xenon setup
I wanna do something like this ...
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