HID Retro Number 3 (2Ga Headlights)

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Some people collect turbos....I collect LED/HID projectors.

Just before Christmas I picked up a set of Corolla LED projectors for steal. They came complete with the whole headlight bucket and drivers.

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Bit of JB Weld Steelstik and they were mounted.

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Quick test, much better beam pattern and cut off then the X5s. These are an actual main beam and not a fog light, there was a high chance the X5s would have been cosmetic only and that just didn't sit right with me.

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The headlight housing had to be trimmed a tiny bit but other then that they fit fine and the rear cover should go on.

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Should look pretty sweet when all done.

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I picked up some mirrored acrylic to make block off plate out of, they will go around the projector and hide most of the guts.

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My mirrored arcylic idea didn't work out as planned, it's a bugger to cut unless you've got all the right tools plus it's rather brittle.

So I made myself a cheap vacuum table out of some MDF and peg board, the frames were made from screen frames.

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Bought some polystyrene sheet, put in the frames and into the oven for a couple minutes till it started to sag.

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Turn the shop vac on and pressed the sheet over the headlight.

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Molds held on to the headlight reflectors nice and tight.

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I made a total of 4 pulls and got 2 decent moulds, I'll likely make some more pulls later as once I trimmed them they were not 100% perfect.

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Final trim and laid over the projector. I'll use some Goop or JB Weld to secure it to the projector when the time comes.

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I modded the Colloras to get more light and a bit of color back, lens is moved around 2 mm forward and has 3 lens spacers installed. 2nd picture is the stock Corolla on the top and modded on bottom. 3rd picture is a comparsion to the TLs (3Five bulb and ballast, color modded with 2 spacers IIRC).

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Finally everything laid back into the headlight, Corolla LED covers and headlight bucket have been painted, still need to repaint the headlight shroud. By the end of the weekend I should have everything hard mounted back into the buckets.

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