How to:OEM HID Retrofit/Forget those PNP kits! 56K WARNING

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How to:OEM HID Retrofit/Forget those PNP kits! 56K WARNING

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Forget those Plug N Play kits with the unfocused beams and blinding oncoming traffic!! Do a OEM Xenon Retrofit!! What OEM Xenon Retrofit is taking a stock OEM Xenon Healight such as a Acura TSX, TL, RDX, Lexus LS430, SC430, RX330, Honda S2000, etc.. and modifing your stock halogen housings to accept the OEM Xenon Projectors. Forget those PNP Kits with all that glare / unfocused beam / unreliability / hotspots!!!

Price range for parts:


OEM Xenon Projectors:

BMW E46 $85.00-$135.00 a pair (Good Width/Intensity) TSX $120.00-$175.00 a pair (Better Width/Intensity) S2000 $325.00-$350.00 a pair (Best Width Intensity)

OEM Ballasts (To power the bulbs):

Hella, Philips, Denso, Bosch (all are about same quality and price) $125.00-$185.00 a pair

OEM D2S Bulbs (Xenon gas filled bulbs):

Philips 4300k: $35.00-$85.00 a pair Osram Xenarc 4300k: $35.00-$85.00 a pair


I recommend using all oem stuff because of relability/durability! Why not spend a little more and do it right the first time than to buy cheap kits and stuff and actually spend more in the long run and redoing it because your not happy or its broken!!!

Wanna learn about Xenon/H.I.D???

http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/

http://faqlight.carpassion.info/headlamp-faq.htm

Have any question at all??? Lemme know!!

Look at this pic (Highlander using LS430 projectors, Look at the width):

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A few pics of Xenon vs. Halogen:

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Look at this pic (Top is Plug N Play kit, Bottom is OEM Xenon Retrofit) Which one would you want?
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1) I took my stock headlight housings out:

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2) Started cutting to accept the OEM Xenon projectors:

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Projectors I used in this retrofit (E55 Bi-Xenon Projectors from 2005 Nissan Maxima):

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Ballasts and Igniter I used (Bosch ballasts and igniters from BMW):

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Testing the fitment:

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Finished product:

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Final beam cutoff:

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Re: How to:OEM HID Retrofit/Forget those PNP kits! 56K WARNING

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Very nice info/pictures my friend :)
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Good God ... why did I ever click on this thread!? I am so hooked and thinking ... >.<
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]PLEASE
Remove this thread. This will cause undo duress to my wallet.
What were you thinking????

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Re: How to:OEM HID Retrofit/Forget those PNP kits! 56K WARNING

Post by Astrophysics »

Excellent job with the HID conversion. I think I will stick with my stock High beams and a set of Hella driving lights on my DIY light bar. I find fog lamps also usefull for cornering and on ramp clover leaf freeway entrances where the wide pattern lets you see the weeds on the sides.

good work with the Zenon.

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