[V8] WAAAAAAAY off subject: NAC! not even close to Audi content, but....

[NIck Miller]

Anybody interested in reading up, here are a number of usefull sites, some
cover the same stuff.  Daniel sterns is a good one for sure.  The hir
website is about the best source for getting the bulbs (nissan sells them
for 120 or so a pop (:  ) and has a few links showing output comparisons.

Driving lights with 3000k hids or selective yellow bulbs may be kinda nice
on a truck going through hills for cheap honestly.  But for oem I would
just clean the housings up and throw good bulbs and a harness kit in and be
done with it.

http://www.HIDRetrofits.com/
http://faqlight.shopower.com
Www.hidplanet.com
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/home.html
http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/showthread.php?41334-Read-First-FAQ-and-Useful-Links-(Work-In-Progress)
http://hirheadlights.com/demo.htm
http://hirheadlights.com/
On Dec 30, 2011 6:47 PM, "NIck Miller" <chance9121 at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is all on my mazda miata actually.  I have two more ongoing projects
> on a ford escort and my sisters van swapping in hir projectors as well.
>
> This is pretty well possible on any headlight out there (including old
> fashioned sealed beams) with varying levels of difficulty.  My oem mazda
> headlights already had projectors in them, so I didn't need to make a
> shroud and I could sort of reuse the original projecotr mounts.  A lot of
> cutting and such was required to use the original mounts.
>
> On a headlight such as my escort or the v8 the two main areas to overcome
> are mounting the projectors and fitting up a shroud.  Its not difficult,
> but basically you make a mount that keeps the projector level, and you find
> a way to set it up in the housing that keeps it level.  Then you mount the
> shroud to keep everything clean looking.
>
> Hidplanet.com has lots of writeups or google will help you too.  Pretty
> much all models have a similar method.  The only thing that differs is how
> much room you have to support varying projectors.  Rx430 or s2000
> projectors are amazing low beam units.  E55 are decent bixenon units, which
> I run with clear lenses and color modding.  The lots of blue you see in my
> cutoff.
>
> Here is my hid retro album and a better shot of my cutoff.  They aren't
> adjusted right in this picture yet.
>
> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v215/Chance901/Hid%20retrofit/?action=view&current=101_2668.jpg
> http://mmg.photobucket.com/albums/Chance901/Hid%20retrofit/?src=www
> On Dec 30, 2011 10:25 AM, <dsaad at icehouse.net> wrote:
>
>> You work on your car in the house?
>> HEY! LOOK OUT FOR THE CAT!!
>>
>> Actually, that is pretty cool.  Amazing cutoff.  You say this is possible
>> using the V8 stock headlamps as a base?
>>
>> >
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/Chance901/Hid%20retrofit/100_0714.jpg
>> >
>> > That's a picture of my headlights testing out,  the cutoff patern is
>> > pretty
>> > nice.  I like it.
>> > On Dec 29, 2011 6:15 PM, "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at fairpoint.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >
>>
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