Projector Project

alerocar01 · 06-07-2008, 07:26 PM

Ok i know there are a lot of threads on this but this would help me get the answers a lot faster. Anyways i want to put projectors in my car and was wonder what is the best headlights to get to harvest the projectors from. i would like to get some for cheap and have them go in fairly easy. Also for the people that have done this, how hard is it to do. I would say i am a little handy but if its something that is out of my league, probably don't want to try it. Is this something that i could knock out in a day or weekend? Thanks for the help!

CiscoPath · 06-07-2008, 08:57 PM

I don't think a definitive choice has been made yet. Two or three folks here actually had them, but i'm not sure if a shop retrofitted them or if they were home made. I tried it with the buggy eye headlights from an older Acura Integra, but ya have to butcher the assembly to get it in there. I've heard the best ones are the Germans: BMW, Audi, etc.

super white alero1 · 06-07-2008, 09:31 PM

any bimmer would work. The best projector are probably out of a TSX. I tried Lexus but they are too long.

Nate's Alero · 06-07-2008, 10:11 PM

mercury cougar
or any BMW

CiscoPath · 06-07-2008, 10:26 PM

Guess I'll be making a trip to the salvage yard

CiscoPath · 06-07-2008, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by super white alero1

I tried Lexus but they are too long.

So were the Teggys

alerocar01 · 06-08-2008, 01:02 PM

also think i might need to get a second set of headlights. hopefully i can find some for cheap. not may aleros in salvage yards around here. if anyone has some for cheap, shoot me a pm.

Spilner521 · 06-08-2008, 01:41 PM

The projectors with best beam patterns are from a Honda S2000 or Acura TSX. It's not an easy project and it's very time consuming, especially if you get easily distracted like me

I used TSX projectors in mine with Infiniti G35 ballasts and Phillips 4300K HID bulbs. I modified them a little to get more of the nice blue cutoff. I just need to make a shroud so that only the projector lens shows through and the rest of the projector body is covered.

cavaliers60 · 06-08-2008, 01:59 PM

I like your projectors, Spilner. However, you do need to fabricate something to go around the projector housing to hide the mount and make it look more clean and that it actually belongs there. lol

Spilner521 · 06-08-2008, 03:02 PM

Yeah thanks

I said that's what I needed to do. I would never put them on the car like that without the projector body being covered. I already have some plastic cut out to fit around the projector, I just need to fit it into the low beam housing and glue it in and then paint everything to match.

CiscoPath · 06-08-2008, 03:20 PM

bangin job, Spilner. You actually found TSX assembies at a salvage yard?

-Alero- · 06-08-2008, 04:09 PM

izn tribl

cherrington17 · 06-08-2008, 04:21 PM

holy crap spil! i didn't know you were doing that. makes me want to now. what local junkyard did you find a tsx at?

Edit: ebay huh.... hmm... now you got me thinking....

Spilner521 · 06-08-2008, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by CiscoPath

bangin job, Spilner. You actually found TSX assembies at a salvage yard?

Nope, eBay.

-Alero- · 06-08-2008, 06:03 PM

Spilner521 · 06-08-2008, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cherrington17

Edit: ebay huh.... hmm... now you got me thinking....

Yep. I didn't get just the projectors, I got the whole headlight assemblies and had to tear them apart to get the projectors out. I also bought the G35 ballasts on eBay and a set of brand new phillips 4300K bulbs.

This wasn't a whole kit, I pieced everything together. Using OEM components is way better than any aftermarket kit.

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Originally Posted by -Alero-

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Why do you keep posting that?

-Alero- · 06-08-2008, 07:21 PM

^^oh sorry my fault, i thought they did custom installs for projectors in any car.... my fault

Spilner521 · 06-08-2008, 07:23 PM

They do, but I didn't go through them for anything. These were made by me.

-Alero- · 06-08-2008, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Spilner521

They do, but I didn't go through them for anything. These were made by me.

very time consuming, what did you use to hold the projector brackets? and any pics of installed?

Spilner521 · 06-10-2008, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by -Alero-

very time consuming, what did you use to hold the projector brackets? and any pics of installed?

Yeah they are very time consuming. I started this project in late February, and this is as far as it is, and only one headlight is this far. I haven't even pulled the other one apart yet. Then again I also haven't worked on it since probably early April. I took those pics a couple minutes before I posted them that day.

There aren't any brackets that hold it in. I had to cut out the middle of the reflector housing to fit the projector housing through. If you look at the pics you can see screws in all four corners of the projector body. All I did was drill holes for the screws in the housing, run the screws through the holes and tighten a nut down on the screw to the the whole projector in place.

No pics of them installed because I didn't install them yet. I need to cut a small circle in the frame where the headlight mounts since the bulb mount sticks further out the back of the headlight than stock.