Progress Of My Retro.

[brettg4215]

So I spent about an hour hacking away parts of the projectors that weren't needed.

I kind of rushed things together but they seemed to turn out pretty good.

I put light back together to get an idea of what it is going to look like.

I am planning on black housing it and keeping the amber strips

And I think im going to pick up some ZKW lenses from retrofitsource because the ones I have are pretty chipped.

I used some blue painters tape and it peeled of some of the chrome finish off.
So how do I prevent that?

 

[Dinzdale40]

it looks pretty hot...what projectors

oh and you can't really do any more prevention for the chrome coming off...you just have to be really careful and a little lucky....maybe try getting a little oil from your skin on the sticky side of the tape to make it come off even easier...

 

[CG6Lemon]

another win!

 

[brettg4215]

it looks pretty hot...what projectors

oh and you can't really do any more prevention for the chrome coming off...you just have to be really careful and a little lucky....maybe try getting a little oil from your skin on the sticky side of the tape to make it come off even easier...

the projectors......from an 01 integra.... i know, ive heard bad things about them but the cutoff seems to be ok.

and im going to stick the tape to the wall a couple of times to get some sticky off, i hope that works.

 

[CHID0]

that looks super clean, like no shroud is necessary. Good work.

 

[bdeitemeyer]

Integra projectors?



If you're going to take the time to do a retrofit for yourself, take the time to research projectors and pick something at least decent. Those are not even xenon projectors.

 

[RickyG]

if you're gonna tape anything off on the chrome use sticky notes, it's what i did and no peeling. just cut the adhesive part off and it works pretty goo.

 

[mista jc]

Aren't they halogen projectors? To prevent the chrome peeling off you should've masked it with newspaper, then taped it around the edges so they don't move.

 

[brettg4215]

Integra projectors?



If you're going to take the time to do a retrofit for yourself, take the time to research projectors and pick something at least decent. Those are not even xenon projectors.

i know.
but as of right now im pretty much jobless and im trying to set a record for the cheapest retro ever...haha

here's a pic of stock integra projectors with hid's.

but if i ever do run into a good deal on some s2k or tsx projectors, ill try and get them.

 

[C_S_L]

The cutoff looks decent. Good job. I had the same problem when I took off the painter tape off the chrome, underneath it was gold paint. WTF? So I just spray the lowbeam gloss black to hide the chipping. What kind of ballast and d2s bulbs are you using?