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The Orange Skittle
Ok well some might have noticed that i was talking about getting a new retro and well yesterday we got started on it so thought i would post some of the pictures from last night...
Retro consists of:
OEM housing(hated to tear it up)
FX35 bixenon projectors (took out clear lense) 140 shipped
300zx lense swap 80 shipped
A4 shrouds 65 shipped
Spray Paint(have black but may go back to graphite) 97 cents
Total cost: $286
Well first comes first I had to obviously take apart the headlights..I didn't take any pictures of this since it is really simple to do..
But after this i started with switching the lenses over from stock clear FX to the 300zx lenses. I was told they would not be a direct fit but however they were..had no problems at all..
Here here the stock FX projector right when i got it
The left lense is the 300 and the right is the FX..you can tell the difference because the FX has that lip at the bottom..
To get the lense holder off you take a small flathead and pry it into the small wedges around the bowl...
You slowly move it up and try not to bend the lense holder because this will make it harder to put back on
Once it is off this is what it should look like with no lense. We added a small spacer to that lip around the edge and set the 300zx lenses on top of that..This mod is what gave the projectors all the color
Here is the stock FX with clear lense(top projector) compared to my present retro (E46 on the bottom)
Then this is a picture of the projectors modded, bad picture because we didnt' have a good wall to shine it on..this is just from 4 feet away pointed down..hence the large mountain
After this we kinda started slacking because we had some other lenses and projectors sitting around so we did some testing..we put the TSX lense on the FX projector with some spacing and the outcome was nothing like with the 300..So i am simple going to add this now FX/300zx >FX/TSX>S2000>TSX
Anyways after all the projectors were swapped we started with the fun part. Cutting up my perfect OEM headlights...This is very messy so do it in the garage and make sure to wear glasses and a mask..I didn't take any pictures because it was too dusty in the garage
Here is the low/high beam reflector after being cut for the projectors
Projectors fit perfectly, to get them to stay just add some JB weld or you could screw it in i would assume..
Once you get the reflectors cut it is now time to cut the back of the headlight housing..this isn't dusty but the plastic will get hot so watch out..
Here are the projectors sitting in with the back cut and everything in..
Was messing around and we had a blackhousing sitting around so thought i would see what it woudl look like...this is pretty much the final except will have shroud and orange amber strips
Just have to wait for shrouds to get here, and i will finish this DIY up
Stay tuned
Retro consists of:
OEM housing(hated to tear it up)
FX35 bixenon projectors (took out clear lense) 140 shipped
300zx lense swap 80 shipped
A4 shrouds 65 shipped
Spray Paint(have black but may go back to graphite) 97 cents
Total cost: $286
Well first comes first I had to obviously take apart the headlights..I didn't take any pictures of this since it is really simple to do..
But after this i started with switching the lenses over from stock clear FX to the 300zx lenses. I was told they would not be a direct fit but however they were..had no problems at all..
Here here the stock FX projector right when i got it
The left lense is the 300 and the right is the FX..you can tell the difference because the FX has that lip at the bottom..
To get the lense holder off you take a small flathead and pry it into the small wedges around the bowl...
You slowly move it up and try not to bend the lense holder because this will make it harder to put back on
Once it is off this is what it should look like with no lense. We added a small spacer to that lip around the edge and set the 300zx lenses on top of that..This mod is what gave the projectors all the color
Here is the stock FX with clear lense(top projector) compared to my present retro (E46 on the bottom)
Then this is a picture of the projectors modded, bad picture because we didnt' have a good wall to shine it on..this is just from 4 feet away pointed down..hence the large mountain
After this we kinda started slacking because we had some other lenses and projectors sitting around so we did some testing..we put the TSX lense on the FX projector with some spacing and the outcome was nothing like with the 300..So i am simple going to add this now FX/300zx >FX/TSX>S2000>TSX
Anyways after all the projectors were swapped we started with the fun part. Cutting up my perfect OEM headlights...This is very messy so do it in the garage and make sure to wear glasses and a mask..I didn't take any pictures because it was too dusty in the garage
Here is the low/high beam reflector after being cut for the projectors
Projectors fit perfectly, to get them to stay just add some JB weld or you could screw it in i would assume..
Once you get the reflectors cut it is now time to cut the back of the headlight housing..this isn't dusty but the plastic will get hot so watch out..
Here are the projectors sitting in with the back cut and everything in..
Was messing around and we had a blackhousing sitting around so thought i would see what it woudl look like...this is pretty much the final except will have shroud and orange amber strips
Just have to wait for shrouds to get here, and i will finish this DIY up
Stay tuned
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