Blog Title: gixxerdrew
HID Projector inside the reflectors
Posted 10-26-2009 at 09:09 AM by gixxerdrew
So knowing that we would have to do some serious street miles for this engine break-in and with how crappy the factory headlights are I commissioned a friend of mine install projectors into the factory casing. I had a huge gripe with most of the projector retrofits on 2g DSMs. I feel like the stock reflector is really good looking and that when people replaced the reflector altogether it never looked that nice and certainly didn't look OEM on the car. They always looked aftermarket.
So this was my idea to retain the reflector but package in a projector in a stock appearing way.
This is using a 3000k bulb for absolute maximum visibility in race conditions.
Here you can see them installed on the car and from a little distance they look very stock, up close they look really cool.
Because the projector sits slightly forward of the stock bulb location it doesnt cause any strange reflected light to scatter. It came out flawless! Except that it took up a lot of space behind where the headlight sits. This is not a problem for my car because of the electric power steering and remote/pressurized intake box
So this was my idea to retain the reflector but package in a projector in a stock appearing way.
This is using a 3000k bulb for absolute maximum visibility in race conditions.
Here you can see them installed on the car and from a little distance they look very stock, up close they look really cool.
Because the projector sits slightly forward of the stock bulb location it doesnt cause any strange reflected light to scatter. It came out flawless! Except that it took up a lot of space behind where the headlight sits. This is not a problem for my car because of the electric power steering and remote/pressurized intake box
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I'm not a fan of HID retrofits but you guys nailed this. Looks good. How the new motor doing Dew?Posted 11-02-2009 at 07:53 AM by greengoblin
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Nice job on the fitment. Wonder if it would work on a street driven 2g Talon. I heard a while back that the projectors off a audi would fit.Posted 11-02-2009 at 02:54 PM by Beemer92
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Looks sick, anymore pics?Posted 11-02-2009 at 03:18 PM by Apeximprt2nr
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wow. i love the look.Posted 11-02-2009 at 07:34 PM by agedog2gT
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I also would like to see some more pics of how the projector was fitted in the housing.
Looking good, btw!Posted 11-16-2009 at 09:21 AM by redleader36
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I don't get how a shroudless projector looks oem?Posted 11-16-2009 at 08:07 PM by MidShipCivic
