Euro projectors

[mfuller]

Coming soon -

[a.graham52]

oh the humanitiy.

[Mike The Canadian]

Finally... I got my ass yelled at, at ASS 2012 because I have a Malibu with projectors :)

[tw0123]

Will you be offering these for sale or simply a one off custom project for your car? Are they still using the euro h7 bulbs or something completely different to pair with the projector? Please offer some more details !!!

[billytheman1188]

LOOKIN GOOD!:coolio:


Will you be offering these for sale or simply a one off custom project for your car? Are they still using the euro h7 bulbs or something completely different to pair with the projector? Please offer some more details !!!

I highly doubt he will be offering these. Too time consuming.

[guiguilandry]

sick !!! HOw much ?? lol

[mfuller]

Will you be offering these for sale or simply a one off custom project for your car? Are they still using the euro h7 bulbs or something completely different to pair with the projector? Please offer some more details !!!
This was a one-off retrofit for my car performed by LightWerkz. They use H1 HID bulbs for the Morimoto H1 projector. More pictures here: http://www.lightwerkz.net/news/2013/01/15/matthews-oldsmobile-alero-morimoto-h1-projector-conversion/
It's probably too expensive for the majority of people to consider.....I'll leave it at that.
Should have them installed in a few days.
Thanks for the positive compliments.

[Shiwnath]

Man I can't wait to actually see these on your car. I'm still curious on how much something like this would cost. I hope they weren't over $1000. That would be ridiculous. If they're in the $500 range I would totally buy em after I graduate. Who knows, maybe we could get a group buy if we have enough interest, if they were reasonable priced and they were up for it.

[tw0123]

It's probably too expensive for the majority of people to consider.....I'll leave it at that.
Should have them installed in a few days.
Thanks for the positive compliments.

I would have to agree knowing how particular with your car and how money is seemingly not an issue hahaha i have to admit i am very proud of my budget builds (currently at 3) in regards to these cars... i would love a set but financially i have enough parts to focus on installing before i buy more :)

[happyisthealero]

honestly how much and maybe a group buy would be great tax season is upon us

[sleepyalero]

It's not cheap... But so worth it.

Looks great Matt.

[colonel6632]

amazing!

[tw0123]

just checked the site out from your link... the kit they used is not priced unreasonably at all... but yes, still probably out of the budget range for most on this site currently... myself included... maybe some day I will be able to do this, and glad to have someone pioneer with such success on this... others have tried, but none have looked this good or have been able to retain the factory appearance as these do.
my next question, could you find out the potential differences associated with having the American housing units vs the Euro unit like you have used here?

[wws944]

Looks great. Congrats on 'doing it right'.

[Nas Escobar]

This was a one-off retrofit for my car performed by LightWerkz. They use H1 HID bulbs for the Morimoto H1 projector. More pictures here: http://www.lightwerkz.net/news/2013/01/15/matthews-oldsmobile-alero-morimoto-h1-projector-conversion/
It's probably too expensive for the majority of people to consider.....I'll leave it at that.
Should have them installed in a few days.
Thanks for the positive compliments.

For all of those who want this, the retrofit isn't very hard. IF you google "hidplanet", you'll find a forum where you'll find very useful information on properly using projectors. You can slap them in any car, all you need is 2 or 3 days to properly do this. The hardest part is getting the plastic off the light and making the projector fit where the old halogen bulb socket is.

If you put your mind to it, you can do it. I know those who take off the reflector on the lights could easily do this.

Shit, we could group buy the morimoto H1 projectors and have real HID lights instead of projectors. They're not that expensive.

[jawa]

ive priced this a while ago , expensive but so worth it

[jawa]

im doing this at tax time post pix of cut off

[Nas Escobar]

Go for it! Tell us how it goes. You could easily make some sales at a profit out of this.

[jawa]

no im paying for it to be done

[jawa]

lets stay on topic
fuller those lights look amazing

[mfuller]

Thanks for the positive compliments everyone.
This project was really spurred on by a desire for functional performance. There is nothing fancy about these lights - no colored bezels, no "angel eyes"/halos, or painted housings. I thought that the euro reflectors might have a better beam pattern, but I always found it lacking, especially after driving my wife's car which came from the factory with projectors (not HIDs though).
Besides better performance, the only other requirement was that they looked like factory parts and not something cobbled together.
Money is always an issue, and I'd like to think that I live a fairly modest (yet comfortable) life. But I can completely understand that most people could think I'm insane for doing some of the things I do.
Could I have done the work myself and saved a large chunk of change? Absolutely. But the end result would not look anywhere near as good. I'd rather pay a pro to do the job right.
I should have them installed later this week, at which point I will post some more pictures.

[sleepyalero]

I agree Matt, I do some pretty insane things myself at times, heck, after my bill from Milzy everyone always says "what the hell!?! You could have bought a new car for that."

I always reply, I don't want a new car, period. I want this one. That's why I put my hard earned money into it.

[JLw7123]

This was a one-off retrofit for my car performed by LightWerkz. They use H1 HID bulbs for the Morimoto H1 projector. More pictures here: http://www.lightwerkz.net/news/2013/01/15/matthews-oldsmobile-alero-morimoto-h1-projector-conversion/
It's probably too expensive for the majority of people to consider.....I'll leave it at that.
Should have them installed in a few days.
Thanks for the positive compliments.

I have the retrofit package from them like it a lot.

[mfuller]

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu132/matthew_fuller/CFAE59FC-C7AE-4B5F-AB0D-5AF285393B26-2936-0000036A01B00E2A.jpg

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu132/matthew_fuller/0318C0FA-AB12-4CAD-A1D2-A8D750655E27-2936-00000369FE4AC282.jpg

[mfuller]

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu132/matthew_fuller/C790DC8B-F691-4CB1-B230-8112507E956A-2936-00000369F7468D3F.jpg

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu132/matthew_fuller/F4B4300A-0D52-4109-A2CC-E4B104734A9A-2936-000003975DE1CFB0.jpg

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu132/matthew_fuller/C606B71E-7A10-47EC-AE1D-C399C636BAEF-2936-00000397731B2FE1.jpg

Yes, my garage is a mess.
On a side note........goddamn, this thing sounds good.

[rustyballs_69]

Thats sexy as hell Matt.

[sleepyalero]

I despise you!


Very very nice.

[Nas Escobar]

DAMN that looks vicious! Now that motivates me even more to get my retrofit done! Haha

[JLw7123]

Wow looks great.

[RalphP]

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu132/matthew_fuller/CFAE59FC-C7AE-4B5F-AB0D-5AF285393B26-2936-0000036A01B00E2A.jpg

That's a great sharp cut off.

Do you have any fill lights in case you're going up and down hill and dale? I discovered, two years ago up around New Hampshire, that THAT sucked with HID projectors - can't do high beams because of on-coming traffic, and all I could see was the road bed reaching up in front of me. NOT impressed.

(That same cutoff? GREAT around here in Northwest Louisiana / Southwest Arkansas / East Texas.)

RwP

[Nas Escobar]

In all seriousness, are these projectors bixenon? Because I'd like to see a high beam shot.

[cavedewler]

Any progress? I'm interested in a set, so that I can stop wasting my time making some.

[mfuller]

Any progress? I'm interested in a set, so that I can stop wasting my time making some.

Progress with what? These have been done for some time.
LightWerks did them for me. If you want a set, mail them a set of cores and your Visa card. They weren't cheap.

[fisdad]

Progress with what? These have been done for some time.
LightWerks did them for me. If you want a set, mail them a set of cores and your Visa card. They weren't cheap.

Lol! Did they take the entire card Matt? That's kinda sketchy. You better hope you didn't get signed up for the subscription plan where they auto I'll you for a new set annually.

[cavedewler]

how much were they?

[Oldsnut]

how much were they?
You don't want to know.

[rustyballs_69]

My guess would be $6-700, just for the work not parts.

[xXManwhoreXx]

Triple that rusty

[Oldsnut]

Triple that rusty
No not triple, about double

[xXManwhoreXx]

That's still more than I have in my car lol

[fisdad]

No not triple, about double

That's still more than I have in my car lol

But they are effin awesome! I've been toying with the idea of doing a set.

[sleepyalero]

950+ for those. ;)

[RisenequinoX]

Are these the exact projectors used?

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=3181

It looks like they used the Gatling 2.0 shroud as well.

I would like to know as that is reasonably priced for DIY projector kit.

[cavedewler]

I would be able to come up with that amount with in the next year.

[Babyblue]

Did you make a how to for these when you made yours?

[sleepyalero]

A company did it for him.

[Babyblue]

I must have been looking at someone making homemade ones then. There badass tho.

[tw0123]

Sorry to bring back an old thread, but I was curious... how do these look from the back of the housing? did they fit right into the stock housing, or was there some rear modification needed to get them on the car? I am contemplating this project now, while I wait for my car to be done...

[sleepyalero]

Tim. You have to cut to fit basically. You have to tear apart the headlights. Do mock ups and basically cut a hole in your low beam cup to house the projector. Before you tack in the projector. You have to put them on the car and line them up where they are needed then tack em in place. Just look at my thread there is a little more info on that.

If you were to do it. I suggest morimoto H1 projectors (smallest out there) or morimoto mini d2s 2.0. And if you are feeling a real challange. Get what I got. Md2s3.0 lol

[Nas Escobar]

Sorry to bring back an old thread, but I was curious... how do these look from the back of the housing? did they fit right into the stock housing, or was there some rear modification needed to get them on the car? I am contemplating this project now, while I wait for my car to be done...

You have to cut a bit in the back to get the projector to fit. If you want to see others' project, you should go to hidplanet.com There's a lot of good info over there.

[smccarthy1883]

I would definitely love a set of those. They look amazing!

[sleepyalero]

Lightwerkz made his. I did a set myself. Didnt turn out to bad. But wanted them better. I shipped mine off to HID ILLUSIONZ, ill have em back hopefully next week. :) and done alot better. And brand new lights!

Anyone wanting a set made by a company, you are looking at 900+ for labor and parts.

[smccarthy1883]

Too rich for my blood. I do have a spare set of halo projector lights from a dodge caliber I had. I bought a set for $200 off ebay. One of the LEDs was out so they sent me a new bulb. Two weeks later a brand new set of headlights showed up. Somebody messed up lol. Highly doubt I could take those and make em work.

[sleepyalero]

Well depends if they are halogen projectors or hid projectors. Halogen projectors arent worth the effort.