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Old May 31, 2011 | 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by snarlingchicken
To the OP, by any chance do you know what size the OEM projector lenses are? Me and a friend of mine are considering doing a lens swap for a cleaner light output.
Damnit, I do not! I will try to measure it if I open it up again!

Like my retrofit? I have a 25% off code from theretrofitsource.com! You can get the same thing I got (morimoto mini h1 projectors)

Code is IH8MUD25(case sensitive)

You can call them also and they will apply the code for you! Hopefully this gets more people motivated to do a retrofit! Also, heat gun is safer than the oven if you are scared
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Old Jun 1, 2011 | 08:01 PM
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Waiting for my HID kit to arrive!

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Old Jun 1, 2011 | 10:04 PM
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My question to you got lost n the shuffle...
I see you retrofitted the halogen high beam/DRL with projectors. Did you retro the low beams as well?
Honest question here... will you actually use the retro'd highs/DRL? Looks cool for sure having dual projectors/gattling guns, but the lows do all the work in normal driving no?
Again, just an honest question...

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Old Jun 1, 2011 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Doanster
My question to you got lost n the shuffle...
I see you retrofitted the halogen high beam/DRL with projectors. Did you retro the low beams as well?
Honest question here... will you actually use the retro'd highs/DRL? Looks cool for sure having dual projectors/gattling guns, but the lows do all the work in normal driving no?
Again, just an honest question...
Lol I will leave the hi beam switch on, they are bixenon projectors so they work in both hi and lo mode! However, I do not want to get a ticket for flashing so I will leave the hi beam switch on and not hook up the hi beam wire on the projector. Thus making it all low beam because the new projector will be stuck in lo mode so 4 projectors in the low setting I'm sure alot of people will disagree with my decision but I will try to add a separate switch in the future
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Old Jun 1, 2011 | 10:43 PM
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Holy Lumens Batman!!!
Definitely never thought of that before, but on paper it seems like it'd work and you'd have all the light you need and then some. Overkill, IMO, but it may just work, assuming you bought two identical HID kits w/ four matching bulbs. You'll have quite a bit of adjusting/aiming to do since you'll have two stair-step cut-off shields overlapping each other. Hopefully you bought the re-based H7 bulbs from TRS because they advertise those to be of equal length to the stock halogens, thereby working well in the stock projectors. Otherwise, using regular bulbs that come with HID kits will give you a hot mess of a beam pattern. You GOTTA post pics after the final install!!!

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Old Jun 2, 2011 | 03:59 AM
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Lol I know! I cant wait any longer for the HID kits that I ordered
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 03:45 AM
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Some pictures of the c300's cutoff with the 4 projectors turned on and 6000k HID! Awesome! More pics coming!

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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 03:51 AM
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2 projectors on!
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4 projectors on!
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 04:00 AM
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Looks pretty good! Do you have any pics of the light beam pointed at a wall so that we can see the clarity of the cutoff?
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 04:10 AM
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Lol I will try tomorrow! There isn't any wall wide enough near my house to see just how wide the beam pattern is! lol
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 04:18 AM
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Lord have Merc-edes... Are you sure that's even legal???

I guess if they're aimed properly, you should be OK so I too would be interested in seeing the cutoff!
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted by IGB
Lord have Merc-edes... Are you sure that's even legal???

I guess if they're aimed properly, you should be OK so I too would be interested in seeing the cutoff!
Should be legal! I will try to take cut off pics tomorrow!
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 08:55 AM
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Get a friend to drive toward you at night on the same dark road, make sure they don't blind the crap out of him...
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 11:21 AM
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I am 82% sure they will...In my opinion this is dumb.
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by AskDrTodd
Get a friend to drive toward you at night on the same dark road, make sure they don't blind the crap out of him...
Already did, his car is a lowered civic, no issues
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 06:26 PM
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nice work but it just seems like a ticket waiting to happen...
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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 12:34 AM
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Did some things to my c300...I regret all of it haha

So I am selling my tail lights and lowering coils
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 06:25 AM
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A photo i took yesterday of my wifes w204, i did her headlights per my method

looks really nice great job. im thinking about cracking my lights open 2morrow n custom paint it. thanks for the tips on how to open them up.
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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 01:38 AM
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^^^yea your diy's are great.
I was wondering if anybody with the oem xenon headlights have tried this??? I'm gonna be doing this with a heatgun and I have the oem xenon's...is there anything I should be cautious of?
Do you have to sand the chrome before you paint or do you just paint on top of it?
I was thinkin about applying some sealant when closing up the housing. Can anybody recommend a good sealant to use? Silicone???
Thanks in advance.
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 02:15 AM
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Oven works so much better.... 250 degrees F* for 10 minutes on a cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by LJ_24
Waiting for my HID kit to arrive!


Looks GREAT!
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Old Nov 15, 2011 | 09:20 PM
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Lj_24 how did u make your lights match like that I want to do the same
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by xXHotelCrazyXx
Oven works so much better.... 250 degrees F* for 10 minutes on a cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
This is exactly how I did it. I was a little impatient and tried to open them up at 6 minutes. No bueno. Make sure you take those four clips off first or else you will be . The masking off is the longest part that I found, but that's all paint jobs.
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 04:15 PM
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Doing the same at the mo but Ive taken all the bits apart inside the headlight to paint them individually and get a better finish rather than masking them off
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 05:20 PM
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anybody done the OEM xenons yet? Im debating on whether to open my xenons up or get a spare set of halogens and do a HID kit in them...
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