HID Projector Retrofit
#22
01-06-2019, 09:38 AM
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Lake City, Florida
Posts: 1,968
As promised, beam pattern shots.
APPARENTLY after I set the projectors in they sagged and the aiming of them drooped towards the outsides... Either that or the fact that I transferred over and used the adjuster hardware from the factory lights to the newly retrofitted aftermarket lights might have thrown that angle off... Maybe I'll try putting the adjusters that were on the aftermarket lights to begin with (which is what I set up the original aim with) back on and see if that helps.
But that being said, it's hard no notice while driving. I can definitely notice when nosed up to a wall or my garage door though lol. The light output is AMAZING! The distance the high beams throw out put my cheap light bars to shame lol. These are bi-xenon projectors, they function for both high and low beams, so when I throw the high beams on the projectors switch to high beams AND the LED's I have in the original high beam socket light up.
I will say that when both the headlights and fog lights have a sharp cut off beam pattern, it makes for a pretty trippy look when driving over uneven ground...
APPARENTLY after I set the projectors in they sagged and the aiming of them drooped towards the outsides... Either that or the fact that I transferred over and used the adjuster hardware from the factory lights to the newly retrofitted aftermarket lights might have thrown that angle off... Maybe I'll try putting the adjusters that were on the aftermarket lights to begin with (which is what I set up the original aim with) back on and see if that helps.
But that being said, it's hard no notice while driving. I can definitely notice when nosed up to a wall or my garage door though lol. The light output is AMAZING! The distance the high beams throw out put my cheap light bars to shame lol. These are bi-xenon projectors, they function for both high and low beams, so when I throw the high beams on the projectors switch to high beams AND the LED's I have in the original high beam socket light up.
I will say that when both the headlights and fog lights have a sharp cut off beam pattern, it makes for a pretty trippy look when driving over uneven ground...
#25
01-18-2019, 08:34 PM
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Lake City, Florida
Posts: 1,968
Seeing that those have the projector bowl screwed onto the back, you may not even need to pull the lens off. After removing the projector that's in them, it's just a matter of figuring out a way to mount the new projectors in their place.
#26
02-01-2019, 09:40 PM
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Lake City, Florida
Posts: 1,968
Finished another set of Chevy lights this week for a "customer" (actually going to start making small batches and selling them locally for some side cash flow 
), these for a Silverado. They came out NICE! Started out all chrome, I blacked out the internal shrouds and installed the projectors with the black shrouds. Cut up the harness on the back of the light and soldered together a custom harness setup, mounted the ballast to the back side of the light, and the light assemblies just plug in with the single factory plug and bolt on, no other wiring was needed. Made for a nice and simple bolt-on install.
), these for a Silverado. They came out NICE! Started out all chrome, I blacked out the internal shrouds and installed the projectors with the black shrouds. Cut up the harness on the back of the light and soldered together a custom harness setup, mounted the ballast to the back side of the light, and the light assemblies just plug in with the single factory plug and bolt on, no other wiring was needed. Made for a nice and simple bolt-on install.
Last edited by blazen_red_4x4; 02-01-2019 at 09:43 PM.
#30
03-12-2019, 08:56 PM
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Lake City, Florida
Posts: 1,968
Honestly they're just tucked in behind the marker light that's underneath the headlights, they aren't mounted to anything lol