TemjinX2

Anyways, Mugenx some how convinced me to help him on his FX-R HID retrofit into a Depo head lights.

The FX-R is a replica of a Bi-Xenon HID projector from a Infinite FX.

The FX-R has a sharper, more color cut off then the OEM-Bixenons. There also slightly brighter with a larger beam width.

He's probably 80% done. The projector alignment was perfect since the projector bolt with the stock mounting holes.

The shroud required a lot of work and cutting. If you bought a e55 hid projector, its probably a direct swap. It looks the same and you can reuse the head light shroud.

Here are some pics, there should be more wall shots once we got them on the car.






As you can see the cut off is sharper and it has a shorter Z step


The camera can't shot it very well. But theres a lot of blue and purple at the cut off. There 4300k chinese bulbs.

2005em2

Nice pictures, Mike! Good job. Tommy's car is coming along very nicely. Btw Tommy, this is Jonathan Ummmmm lol

TemjinX2

Mu9enx

Lol, sup Jonathon! Shouldn't you change up the username? Haha. Hard work, but so gonna be worth it! Mike is the man! Hopefully everything will be done on Sunday!

PharmD

Those are sharp! Any installed shots of the final product on your W203?

TemjinX2

we should have some later in the week. We're waiting on the head light sealant to come in. Then its just all about sealing the head light and mounting it.

TruTaing

Looks good! Im always sad to see the stock bix's cut off especially when driving next to imports w/ beautiful cut offs...

Tommy ya gonna color match the surrounds?

B189s

Agree!

glocati

nice work !

Mu9enx

Hey guys, just woke up.. lol.

Thanks for all the complements. I'm so happy with the way they are looking; color is amazing with hints of the entire color spectrum. There's some red, a lot of blue, some purple, but no yellow The beam is so sharp I couldn't believe the crap I was driving with for the past 2+ years. Guys with Depos; take some time and get a retro, it's so much more worth it. Best part about it? It will be an actual BiXenon headlight. The solenoids that came with the projector work, and soon I'll have a OEM BiX lookalike, but 10x buffer.

Not yet, the sealant hasn't come in yet, but will most likely be finished in the next week.
Jon! Exactly, I couldn't stand it no more and bugged the crap outta Mike for a retro, lolol. He's the man, and can make it happen, and I'm so happy I can finally compete with the import crowd. Cuz honestly, as Mike has said, the OEM BiX is pretty un-Mercedes like in terms of output.

And no matching, decided to stay with the chrome look because frankly, I think it looks better with the yellow-tinted highbeam area. Plus, it looks classier to me now, harhar.

fookoo303

Youre lights are looking pretty good. I just my projector headlights in and about ready to do the same thing but ive decided to wait for the s2k-r projectors. I'm also using the gatling gun shroud, how much of it did you have to cut?

TemjinX2

yeah tommy learned how quick JB qwik really is...lol.

havoc_vulture

Dude is this something you would consider doing for othersżżż
if soo what do u need and whats the chargeżżż
Thanks

TemjinX2

u can ask tommy to do one of you since has experience now. But Tommy and I probably put in about 10hrs of work at least.

Its kinda not worth it unless your doing it for yourself..lol.

glocati

Digging the yellow high beam area... Is that yellow tint/film applied to the housing?

03MBC320

^^ yeah was gonna ask the same thing
also, maybe we can get a DIY post up on this in a little more detail? seems a lot of people on this site either a) Have depos and are doing their best to ignore the poor cutoff and beam pattern, b) are waiting to buy oem bix because the depos aren't good enough, or c) are sitting with stock halogens because they dont want ****ty light output and cant afford bix (me!)
or at least the materials needed and about how much $$ it costs to do. and where did you find just the FX-R projectors? came separately from a headlight? or did u have to buy the whole assembly??

nrg_mike

Looks sprayed on. Look at the housing around it. hehe.

TemjinX2

yeah he just sprayed it with yellow automotive paint.

TemjinX2

basically

materials

$250 = depo head lights

$180 = FX-R projectors

$50 = 55watt hid kit

$20 = miscellous screws, nuts, washers jb weld

most of the type of screws and stuff are listed on my tsx thread.

XsuperbeeX

can you open the oem bix too... want to paint them body color... =D

TemjinX2

its pretty easy man..just diy. I think there already is a diy on here for them.

Just use a heat gun or do the oven trick to take off the head light cover. Tape off the areas you don't want painted. Then first coat, then wait 5min, then second coat then wait 5min and then last coat and wait 15min

then repeat the same steps with the paint. You probably only need 2-3 coats.

If you want a glossy look add 2 coats of clear coat. No clear coat if you want a flat color look.

glocati

Cool. Can't wait to see the finished product..

Dingleberry

yea but these dont do the cool power-up sequence that auto leveling bix do, booya

B189s

No, it doesn't, but wider beam patter is more important

splinter

Looks good, TemjinX2 and Mu9enx.

wth is your problem? edtv82 insists his off-Broadway junk is “auto leveling”… https://mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c...ng-issues.html

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