Retrofit is damn near done :)

Almost done, just a few things I want to touch up stylistically

This photo may appear confusing at first, but this is the method for properly aligning projectors. Now, the somewhat "dashed" line is the height from the ground to the center of the projector itself. This is where the light would be if you were right against the wall. In order to align these, you have to have the car approximately 25ft from a wall on relatively even ground. Beneath the first dashed piece of painters tape you will see a second. This is approximately 2.5" beneath the one above it demonstrating the DOT legal cutoff point. What does this mean? In short, at 25 ft, the cutoff of the projectors needs to fall between 2.1 and 2.5" inches to be legal (not blind people). It goes without saying that lights are aligned based off the left light, not the right. The 2 pieces of vertical tape represent the center of the kick, or where you see the lower portion of the cutoff slant upward to the higher portion. The two pieces of tape are at a specific distance, in this case they represent the distance from projector to projector on the car itself. You'll notice I have set my right lamp slightly to the right. I am doing this as a safety feature. The output of the lights is so substantial that I wanted to throw a small amount further to right to help me spot an animal, person, whatever potentially running out into the street at night.

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Now I think I told some of you I did the color mod (also known as the washer mod). What this effectively does it tilt the lens of the projector upward a slight slight amount (approximately 2 #8 washers). This creates an intense range of blues at the cutoff. This is purely aesthetic and has zero effect on the output of the light itself.

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For those of you that didnt make it out to the Pool Hall g2g, you didnt see the lamps on the car. Here's a closeup snap earlier tonight while I was aligning everything.

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I'm positive this comparison is what most of you have been waiting for. This is a straight comparison of the OEM STi HIDs versus my TSX retrofit The difference is night and day, both of these photos were taken with the same camera and simply cropped / resized. It goes without saying how poor the light output is on a WRX compared to these two.

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Here are some misc. photos. This part of the parking deck isnt even close to being level, hence how the beam points downward prematurely.

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I found the pictures of those bugeye lamps mounted, you interested?

 

That would be JJan12 most likely, these are his old lamps.

 

How much do EDMs run? Also the cost varies substantially on the type of projector you want.

Its like I said, give me a month or so of playing around with these and Ill have a nice solid backing to hook you guys up

 

Yuh, Ill do it for under a G, dont worry.

 

So, should I throw one of these in? honestly, I am not a huge fan, but its certainly cool and quite different. Also, I'm quite positive if I had these, and everyone could see them up close, I'd have a few of them interested in an install.

 

Ill grab some photos for you

 

Here are a few in the tear drop housings...








These pictures are of Caesar's STi.

 

Haha, told ya so

 

gracias Caesar

 

Nah man, I'd be more than happy to work with you to try it. Send me a PM if you're interested. They come in a few different sizes, 3 to be exact--we'll call them small, medium and large for simplicity's sake.

 

More pics to come in a few minutes but I finally got around to pull Andy's old lights apart and removing the projectors. In other news, no need for an MRI, ankle is doing better (but then again, the intensity of my pain meds has more than quadrupled).

What ya see here is a TSX projector with a clear lens. What's a clear lens you might ask? Well, its exactly as it sounds. Lens' for these things are made of glass (I would imagine that plastic isnt too far off though). If you own an 06, you'll notice that your lens's are not clear. The majority of OEMs are equipping their US production vehicles with textured lens. Why? Americans apparently do not like crisp and clean things, they must be all sorts of fucked up with patterns and such. As an 06 owner, a pleasant upgrade for you would be to get a set of clear tsx lens'. Naturally, this is something 10th St will be offering quite soon. If you're interested in improved clarity, sharper cutout, increase colors and an improved output just let me know

 

LED flashlight through the tsx lens. Look at the crispness

 

We'll see how it turns out. If I dont like it, this setup will not be hard to resell

Some photos from today's work.









It pays to be quite patient with this, and at this point, there is some trial and error involved. However, things are progressing nicely

 

It was no big deal, by trial and error I meant cut a whole, oh look its too small, widen it. Done.

 

my mint e46 shrouds were jsut delivered, cant decide if I want to go for the chrome look or go darker...

 

Yes sir, I had posted some in my journal. Let me update this thread









Tested them out yesterday, I'm aiming to be done by the auto-x Saturday. Let me simply say that even with the fresnel lens, the output is substantially greater than the OEM HIDs Cant wait to throw the clears in.