I've been looking to do a retro job on headlights... and I was wondering this... why not, instead of having a projector + highbeam bulb, just have projector + projector?

I mean, have two projects in each headlight, one for lowbeam and two for highbeam, instead of a projector for low + a bulb (HID or not) for high?

Or, with a retro'd projector, would I even need a highbeam, in which I could just install a driving light in the other area of the headlight?

Also, anyone know where I could (a) get custom-fitting, high-quality halo lights, (b) where to get the parts for and how to make a custom one, or (c) will BMW ones fit?

Thanks!

 

There was a thread from someone who had made his own halos from the clear plastic things that you use to open and close curtain blinds, and some LED lights. You would have to research in the projector threads to find who it was because I can't remember his name.

If you put two Projector sets... would you aim the highs alot higher, or would you aim all 4 at the same level and make the road as clear as day?

 

There are a lot of cars that have "bi-xenon" headlights, meaning the same projector works for both high and low beam. If you could find those and make it work, it'd be cleaner and cheaper than doing 2 projectors in each headlight.

But once you have HID, you might not even need high beams lol.

 

Sweet, thanks! Was that in the Accord forum do you know?

I plan on making them all the same level.

 

Alright, sweet. Ya, I saw a couple of those. Question though... I've seen alotta sets that include bulbs, ballast, etc on ebay for $350-$700 from various different cars... then I've seen, for like $100, just the projectors them selves, nothing else. Do you know the cost of everything else, which would be the cheaper route?

http://motors.search.ebay.com/projec...ofocusZunknown < Ebay 'Projectors' search came up w/ 2 pages of stuff.

 

yeah, it was in this forum... He also has pics of his accord in the sticky. I think it's on the last page or page before. He's the one that has pics of some tail lights that have Halos on them. He made them himself.

4 projectors all aimed at the same level would be hella bright, and hella hot (temperature wise)
Make sure you dont go for like 8K bulbs... The blue light is a lot more straining on the eyes, and with 4 of them on... you wouldn't want to be driving for too long at night. You would need to go for a more natural sunlight color temp.


Definately expensive to do though... you really want to put over $1K into your headlights?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...e=STRK:MEWA:IT

how about this? It's no S2000 projector, but... wouldn't this be good?

 

you can go many ways... if you go with bi-xenon projectors, you can still use the halogen highs with the xenons... you'd just have amazing high beams. If you want normal xenon projectors (generally cheaper) and still projectors for the high beam, there are certain high beam specific halogen projectors... that produce the proper beam for high beams. 4 of the same projectors wouldnt work out right, as you'd end up with no high beams really.

And YES you do want high beams with HID. HID projectors have such a defined cutoff line that the road is all nicely lit up, but nothing above... if you ever left the city you'd really wish you had left your high beams on the car.

Search on ebay for HID projector, Xenon projector or D2S projector... you'll find all sorts of goodies!

 

If you want to have HID for your low and high beams you will absolutly have to use a Bi-xenon projector. It is VERY bad to turn HIDs on and off repeatedly, and you would be doing this everytime another car came along with a dual projector setup.
I don't know of any high-beam specific HID projectors. Also, all you would have to do is remove the shield in the projector for a highbeam setup.(Basicly what what a Bi-xenon projector does when highs are switched on)

PunkAssKidThe1s, there is a good bit of wiring needed to hook up the solenoid on a Bi-xenon, so make sure you do your homework! Also, if you want to learn about HID stuff I suggest hitting up the forums at hidplanet.com

 

Alright, thank you guys!

One more question... I have a set of black housed (ion lense) projectors... sadly, like most, it's a H3/H1 low/high setup. How hard would it be to retro a set of projectors into them, as I plan on getting them put on soon. Or can I use the current projectors and insert D2S bulbs hooked up to Hella ballasts?

Or another route I could take... add Sylvania Xenarc HID fog lights for a little over $250... and btw, my current car might sell this weekend, and if so, I don't be doing this HID setup. But if it doesn't, I plan on doing SOMETHING for better lighting. And if it does sell, I'll just retro good projectors into my new cars headlights.