I invite you to take a look at my HID retrofit

[Gray_Panther]

Hey everyone,
I just spent two weeks of my time making a complete retrofit for my stock halogen headlights.
It has been one hell of a learning process but it was extremely rewarding to finish.
My setup is as follows:
FX-R Bi-Xenon Projectors
5000k HID bulbs (35W)
Morimoto 35W ballasts
Morimoto xBALED Angel Eyes
Morimoto xB.Strip

I went from this:

To this:

To this:




Having bi-xenon projectors rules! Not only do I have my regular reflector high-beams but I also have the projector for double the light output. The road turns into day at night. The cutoff is sharp with a hue of purple at the cutoff line and it is just addicting to turn them on at night.

It was time consuming during these two weeks so I would like to forewarn any who attempt to do this:
Do not have a girlfriend - they take away so much time from the project
Besides work, shut down from every aspect of your life and finish the damn headlights.

Special Note:
Permaseal can go F itself.

[Mstandard]

Realy nice work! I had my civic Si's headlight retrofitted too, but with rx330 instead. I was going with FX-R too but had to cut on the cost.

Show us the cutoff! Here's mine when I still had my honda.

[Dafttt]

All that and no amber delete..

Nah, great work man! Looks clean.

[ninja2]

Nice job but has too risk to keep water in side the headlights !
How much cost and for what you don't select Depo headlights.

Παοκαραααα......

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by Mstandard

Realy nice work! I had my civic Si's headlight retrofitted too, but with rx330 instead. I was going with FX-R too but had to cut on the cost.

Show us the cutoff! Here's mine when I still had my honda.

That looks amazing! I will post cutoff pics tonight. I did some adjusting Friday night when I first ran them because the cutoff was too high. It was reaching the top signs on the highway

Originally Posted by Daft Auto

All that and no amber delete..

Nah, great work man! Looks clean.

I actually love the amber!! Thanks man!

Originally Posted by ninja2

Nice job but has too risk to keep water in side the headlights !
How much cost and for what you don't select Depo headlights.

Παοκαραααα......

Ante re, pes to 3ana s mena sta ellhnika....eixe ekptoseis otan ta phra, ola ola htan gurw sta $365. Gia mena a3ize kai fainetai kalutera apo ola p exw dei. Kai na mhn s pw deixnei pio polu fws apo ta xenons pou erxetai me to ama3i mas.

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by Mstandard

Show us the cutoff! Here's mine when I still had my honda.

Took some daylight pictures and went out to a place for some obligatory cutoff pics!

[ninja2]

I think has better light to the oem BMW xenon !

Stis teleftees photos fenonte poly kala kai egw to skeftomouna na to kanw san kai esena alla telika ebala ta Depo ! kala oso gia fos ta mama gia ta BMW oem xenon einai mapa !!! pantos eisai meraklis ekanes kali doulia !!!

[Dafttt]

Dark housing, lazer clear halos, perfectly emitted light (it's such a challenge to balance headlights sometimes).. Seriously, I'm impressed. From the pictures, these look better than my stock xenons with upgraded halos.

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by ninja2

I think has better light to the oem BMW xenon !

Stis teleftees photos fenonte poly kala kai egw to skeftomouna na to kanw san kai esena alla telika ebala ta Depo ! kala oso gia fos ta mama gia ta BMW oem xenon einai mapa !!! pantos eisai meraklis ekanes kali doulia !!!

Euxaristw...x8es phga me ton 8eio mou s ena estiotorio, exei ena E90 M3. Htane dipla mou kai anabame ta fwta mas......ton luph8hka pou exei xeirotera fwta apo mena xaxaxa!!

Originally Posted by Daft Auto

Dark housing, lazer clear halos, perfectly emitted light (it's such a challenge to balance headlights sometimes).. Seriously, I'm impressed. From the pictures, these look better than my stock xenons with upgraded halos.

Thank you so much for the compliments. If you weren't so far away I'd drive over to show ya. So far they are the brightest corona rings and strips I have seen so far on BMWs. Even the new ones cant compete, unless you like the hue of blue!

Once I get some free time, I'll post a documentary of the process.

[Mstandard]

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

Took some daylight pictures and went out to a place for some obligatory cutoff pics!

Nice sharp cutoff! Sometimes I miss the sharpness and the way it was so colorful. Did you source your parts at TRS too?

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by Mstandard

Nice sharp cutoff! Sometimes I miss the sharpness and the way it was so colorful. Did you source your parts at TRS too?

All of it from theretrofitsource.com

Although the LED strips are not in production yet....I just so happened to work something out with them

[1mmaniac]

How did you open the headlights? I thought it wasn't possible anymore to open the newer hu's without damaging them.

[SfValley335i]

Originally Posted by 1mmaniac

How did you open the headlights? I thought it wasn't possible anymore to open the newer hu's without damaging them.

+1

[TheAnalyst]

The lights look phenomenal, nice work

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by 1mmaniac

How did you open the headlights? I thought it wasn't possible anymore to open the newer hu's without damaging them.

The headlight units use perma-seal. I lost my battle against it, but war is war. I used a dremel and cut them apart. I think sometime this week I will finally write up my documentary of this process with lots of pictures.

[1mmaniac]

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

The headlight units use perma-seal. I lost my battle against it, but war is war. I used a dremel and cut them apart. I think sometime this week I will finally write up my documentary of this process with lots of pictures.

TY! Looking forward to read that.

[VMRWheels]

Nice! Good work, cut off looks sharp and clean. Definitely a night-day difference from the stock halogens.

[hdoherty]

Would you be interested in retrofitting my headlights, you would be compensated of course.

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by hdoherty

Would you be interested in retrofitting my headlights, you would be compensated of course.

Pm sent