djrabbi

So have you guys ever wondered why our bi-xenon don't have great output as BMW/Lexus/Audi. Well I did you guys a favor and did a little work on my headlights. Buddy of mine, Rich from HID Illusionz, finally decided I am tired of the crappy lighting. I really couldn't see past 10-15 away from my car. Did a little research that our E55 Hella projectors probably have the worst lens cause they are "frosty" not clear. Painted the housing a gunmetal/titanium color because my new look for spring is silver/gunmetal accents. Let the pictures do the talking!








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fila0220

i dig it. lets see them on that car of urs

djrabbi

he just finished today...maybe if next couple of weeks have somewhat warm weather. Might do it!

thesheikh

damn she fine!

AzCamel

so what exactly did you do with the projector?

djrabbi

Lens swap. OEM has frosty lens new one is clear like a magnify glass

delviacv2

I want to see it in person :-)

ap10046

DJR, where did you get the lenses from? Easy swap?
My lights are so bad, I use a 6 battery LED Maglight to see where i'm going!

djrabbi

https://mbworld.org/forums/mobile-el...ml#post4950024

dsm2925

Great job.....

jagata

Not really clear on the differance of the lenses, my oem were clouding but I wet sanded and polished them and now they're almost crystal clear so why would you replace? Don't mean to come off as arguementive but please clear it up (no pun intended). thanks

djrabbi

I didn't say anything about my headlights. I said the projector in the headlight itself from factory is crappy and everyone else knows that. Please look at the link that komp55 provided and you will know what I am talking about.

jagata

OK Thanks, makes sense now.

xavier6303

which lens did Rich use as there are a couple of clear lenses available. The output looks great. Was it the STi clear lens?

djrabbi

the ZKW-R

delviacv2

?????

djrabbi

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...roducts_id=136

xavier6303

Sweet. Thanks for the reply.

Have you thought about any lens spacing? or custom cutoff shields?

delviacv2

Nice!!!

ktm950se

Interesting!

thesheikh

my favorite part about this thread. is the fur of the bear you killed to use as the background of the pictures for the headlights

djrabbi

finally got them done! I just need to adjust them since they are too low....

djrabbi

Finally headlights are on!







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ap10046

DJR, your car looks AWESOME!

xavier6303

The output looks very good.