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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by WaveyKat
looks great how much did all of this Cost?
hard to say... I pulled parts out of my parts bin... I have tons and tons and tons of projectors laying around that I've aquired throughout the years.

probably ~$600
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by dan2010
awesome man, a howto guide would be most appreciated.
easier said than done... there's a lot of creativity and such required to make these... it's far from plug and play.
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 03:06 PM
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teaser shot

Damn! That's hot......give us some night pics!
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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by mllcb42
hard to say... I pulled parts out of my parts bin... I have tons and tons and tons of projectors laying around that I've aquired throughout the years.

probably ~$600

lol how many you got lying arround?


I wanna do this.....but I haven't been able to find projectors that I like.


If you're down.....I'll buy a pair from you and do it
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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 07:31 PM
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Do I smell a new supplier of Custom Parts?
Hahaha.
Become something similar to DFWdude and create custom plug & play retro-fitted bix's for w203's
*Thumbs Up*

Very nice retro-fit btw.
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 02:14 AM
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Originally Posted by shivi1345
lol how many you got lying arround?


I wanna do this.....but I haven't been able to find projectors that I like.


If you're down.....I'll buy a pair from you and do it
I have 3 pairs of mdx projectors
3 pairs of lexus rx330 afs projectors
1 pair infiniti m35 projectors
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no other bixenons in my current stock though... the rx330 projectors would fit easily and make for awesome low beams though.
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 02:18 AM
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Originally Posted by iJimpanzee
Do I smell a new supplier of Custom Parts?
Hahaha.
Become something similar to DFWdude and create custom plug & play retro-fitted bix's for w203's
*Thumbs Up*

Very nice retro-fit btw.
If I do, what will likely happen is I'll just randomly make a set and put them up for sale


or decide I want to do something different, sell the ones on my car, and make new ones for me


too much hassle making them to order... I don't have the time to be consistent and get stuff done in a reasonable enough period
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 02:55 AM
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And I believe you have to have some kind of title to sell stuff on this site <_<

But the idea of Two Projectors as headlights sounds... devious
If I hadn't already ordered oem BiX's I'd watch this more carefully
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 03:33 AM
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yeah its definately not a weekend job. But at least the retros makes your car look more unqiue since everyone just opts for the oem bixenons or depo lights.
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 04:21 AM
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yeah its definately not a weekend job. But at least the retros makes your car look more unqiue since everyone just opts for the oem bixenons or depo lights.
I hate the fact that mercedes does all the wiring in the light... been dealing with that all day. Lights are done, just need to get the wiring all taken care of.
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 04:23 AM
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The projectors now really look like Laser Beams, or something along the crazy weapon lines. Haha.
It'd be really cool to complement it with daytime projectors!
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 04:23 AM
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lol..just get a relay harness and tap it into the side marker and call it a day..lol. take you 5min.
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 04:24 AM
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Originally Posted by iJimpanzee
The projectors now really look like Laser Beams, or something along the crazy weapon lines. Haha.
It'd be really cool to complement it with daytime projectors!
I was considering putting projectors in place of the high beams as well... wouldn't be difficult to do, just take more time.


likely if I put any more lights in, it'll be projectors in place of the fogs
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 04:25 AM
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yah i thought about putting high beam projectors too..but i never really found a need to use my high beams so i just left them.
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 04:25 AM
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lol..just get a relay harness and tap it into the side marker and call it a day..lol. take you 5min.
that's not what I was referring to... I meant more of the wiring of the wires for the high beam shield and for the ccfl ring that's sitting behind the bezel. I have to find room in the headlight for the transformer for the ccfl ring, and deal with running the wires to the high beam side of the headlight to tap into the city light
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 04:26 AM
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Originally Posted by TemjinX2
yah i thought about putting high beam projectors too..but i never really found a need to use my high beams so i just left them.
I'm half tempted to put some of the rx330 projector in where the high beams are and run 2 pairs of hid low beams...

but I don't want to deal with even less room, and frankly don't care to put the effort in
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Originally Posted by mllcb42
that's not what I was referring to... I meant more of the wiring of the wires for the high beam shield and for the ccfl ring that's sitting behind the bezel. I have to find room in the headlight for the transformer for the ccfl ring, and deal with running the wires to the high beam side of the headlight to tap into the city light
ic..good luck.
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 04:28 AM
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I'm half tempted to put some of the rx330 projector in where the high beams are and run 2 pairs of hid low beams...

but I don't want to deal with even less room, and frankly don't care to put the effort in
lol...i think it would be worth it for the looks. quad projectors looks pretty bad ***.
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Originally Posted by TemjinX2
ic..good luck.
it's not really difficult per say, just a lot of wires in a tiny space... I may just yank out the whole harness that came with the lights and make my own
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 04:29 AM
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lol...i thought it would be worth for the looks. quad projectors looks pretty bad ***.
possibly... I'm just not all that worried about it. My time is limited. Perhaps in the future.
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i like these



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I'm not all that crazy about them honestly... I prefer the single projector look on those
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are the M35 projectors the same as all the other nissans? i'm going to ask mike to help me retro some TFX's (hopefully it'll fit) into the depo housing. i guess i like the oem look too much lol. mike you down? please say yes i'm bouta bite the bullet and get another set!
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are the M35 projectors the same as all the other nissans? i'm going to ask mike to help me retro some TFX's (hopefully it'll fit) into the depo housing. i guess i like the oem look too much lol. mike you down? please say yes i'm bouta bite the bullet and get another set!
lol...i think i'm washing my hair that day...cough cough. I would say its better just to open up the head lights first so we can see how much space you actually have. i would just get teh fx projectors with tsx clear lens replicas.

Thats what john has on his civic and his cut off is much sharper then my tsx's.
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