so you want to add hids?

[saxman]

THIS is how you do it... none of that plug and play crap. Want it to work as it's supposed to and help light up the road? Projectors are the only way!







no, they're not finished yet... still need to make shrouds for them and such.

[wink]

Want it to work as it's supposed to and help light up the road? Projectors are the only way!

Yeah that's why there are factory reflectors with HIDs.

[Menzy]

i dont get what he has done to it ... ?

[saxman]

Yeah that's why there are factory reflectors with HIDs.

yes, but they're reflectors designed for hid bulbs... they are designed to reflect the light as hid's out put it. Using an hid bulb in a halogen designed housing is no where near comparable. It would be FAR FAR FAR more difficult to retrofit an entire reflector designed hid set up than projector.

[EuroDude]

Would you need to get an engineers certificate for that?

[sivic]

yes, but they're reflectors designed for hid bulbs... they are designed to reflect the light as hid's out put it. Using an hid bulb in a halogen designed housing is no where near comparable. It would be FAR FAR FAR more difficult to retrofit an entire reflector designed hid set up than projector.

but all light reflects in the same manner, regardless of spectrum.
some of the plug and play jobs i have seen have been extremely effective.
as far as retro fitting projectors its a question cost/effort for benefit.

[saxman]

but all light reflects in the same manner, regardless of spectrum.
some of the plug and play jobs i have seen have been extremely effective.
as far as retro fitting projectors its a question cost/effort for benefit.

it's not an issue of the spectrum, it's an issue of the focal point of the housing. A halogen bulb is more of a point source of light, a hid bulb projects light over a length. The housing for a halogen reflector is design with the focal point to the be point light source. When an hib bulb is used, light is being emitted from where it normally isn't, so you get a large amount of usable light being lost to glare.

[DomenEK]

Ok, that's all good and well. But how did you do it?

How about a DIY write, as I'm keen to see what you have done, and what the end result is and how it lights up the road.

[saxman]

will do... I need to pull the mounts out to have them cut in metal(just prototyped in plastic), and I'll document the final assembly and such.

[[stealth]]

nice work so far... 2.5" or 3" projector? E46? Audi?

[saxman]

they're off an audi tt... however, they're the same as the e46 no bixenons, etc

[DomenEK]

What about high-beam? I only see the projector, and no high-beam reflector/bulb??