Bugeye? I am fond of tsx and s2k projectors. I am ok with just low beam hids

 

Joey, I'm pretty sure I'll stick with H4 housings and H4 halogen bulbs, but let's say I wanted to go HID and I wanted to do it by your method, what would be the parts list?

 

well to keep this list simple;

1) projectors, bixenon (both brights and lows in one projector) some popular bi xenons are; E55s, E46s, TLs, FX-Rs, some different manufacturers you could also search are Bosch, Hella, Valeo

e46s


2) ballasts, you can buy some OEM ballasts which will make hooking up to the bulbs allot easier but they are pricey, You can find some for about $100, or you can get after market ballasts, ebay, whatever. I have 3 sets of ebay ballasts for 2+ years and no problems with any of them, I also have a pair of OEM Matsua ballasts that Nissan uses. One thing with the after market ballasts is you are going to need Amp to D2s adapters if you plan on running OEM bulbs, which is number 3

matsua ballast


3) bulbs-again if you buy OEM you need amp to d2s adapters if using aftermarket ballasts, or you can buy re-based D2s bulbs with the amp connector already attached, or OEM bulbs with OEM ballasts

OEM D2s bulbs


aftermarket re-based D2s bulbs


amp to d2s adapter


4) a good relay harness- this will need to be custom made for your application, this harness is to trigger the hi beam soleniods

example of the wiring for harness



5) some headlights to hack up, i bought the cheapest i could find on ebay

FYI these are NOT projectors, dont think you'll get anything worthwhile out of these,just cut em up



so much for a short post.haha but that is the meat and potatoes of it, just need some imagination and creativity to mount these and make em the way you want..If you really wanna know everything sign up over at hidplanet.com tons of great projects and info there, not just HID stuff either, just about everything automotive lighting!!

 

well i cant say anything about the headlights on ebay but the hid kits from DDMtuning are worth it. i have a set on my CBR600RR for a year with no issues. i have 3 other friends that have them on their bikes as well with no issues and another friend that has a set on two of his cars with no issues.
on 600rr.net, hundreds of guys have brought from ddm and havent heard any complaints. plus the lifetime warrenty and a real company to talk to is better than any ebay hid kit and their so call lifetime warrenty

 

the problem with this kit is that you just plug these into your stock headlights you are going to blind everybody and your light output sucks. i will give you slack on the bike, as we need to see and be seen more on a bike so is ok to blind people lol

 

No worries man, I needed this explained to me as one would a 4 year old. Really good info, thanks.

 

im working on getting projectors put in on my RR. my other friends have 08 GSX-R and both have projectors already for low beam

 

well remember, just because its a projector doesn't mean its meant for HID. halogen projectors are meant for halogen and HID are meant for HID. putting HIDs in halogen projectors still give off hot spots and glare.

Sorry if i come off as a dick with this, its just because i hate getting blinded by people

 

i understand. i hate it too. i also hate when people use their fog lights when its not even foggy. PLUS fog lights are not for YOU to see the road better. its so others can see YOU better.
my oem headlight housings have a factory cut off built in so even with the HIDs i put in. it doesnt glare like alot of people think they do. its 2010, we have came a long ways in headlight designs. when im leaning my bike i can clearly see a sharp cut off just like how real HID projectors would do. i understand my oem setup with hids still has glare but its not as bad as you think it is.
the projectors im looking for will be ment for HIDs. was thinking of using s2000 but the housing is HUGE (long) plus i own a 2006 s2000 as well and love it

 

I know what you mean, i have a CBR 1k and the glare is waaaay less than my h4 housings when i had a "kit" in them. I've been wanting to put a projector in them as well but can't find one small enough to fit in the small CBR housing, the smallest one I've found is from a Mini Cooper

 

yea, the best two projectors out there seem to be the S2K and then the TSK both give out great output. care to post a pic of your output?

and on the fogs, i hear you. people have them on all the time. driving with the fogs on at night and on the free way acutally hurt your vision since you have to much brightness so close to your car you loose some far vision. however, fog lights are ment for you to see in the fog, thats why they have a super low cut off. to cut though the fog at a low level. now, the secondary part is that yes, they do help you get seen too. now, the rear fog light (most cars dont have this in the US) is for you to be seen.

 

most german cars in the US when the front fog lights are on, one of the rear brake lights stay on so its brighter. i have always seen newer german cars have one of the brake lights on all the time and i keep saying POS german engineering and their crappy wiring systems till i found out it was suppose to be like that lol.

u wanna see my actually s2000 head light output? i havent done a conversion yet for my bike because im still looking to see what i can use without spending too much

 

Man. I sound like I just like to argue about everything lol. Na, I know what s2k projectors put out and it's amazing. I love them. I ususally use tsx ones because the cost a 1/3 of s2k projectors. They arnt as good but are a close second.

 

my dad did the HID conversion on his 89 I think its the HID conversion idk but its the same as street stalkers lights on his truck. they are a blue hue very bright I LIKE THEM ALOT i wanna do a conversino like that on my truck but idont think they make em! lol

 

Paraniod56 is right on the money about the lenses and glare. There are a couple of places that will do the retro-fitting for you. Its worth not blinding people. If you want to get really into it, get some blazer pojectors for your fogs.it will spread your 3000k's very nicely. You can also get more/less glare from the quality of the bulbs. A genuine Phillips bulb will glare less than some ebay no name kit. Also, not sure if its mentioned or not. the wattage will not effect the glare, 35w, 55w, same amount of glare. Brightness does not = glare.

 

haha but sometimes it brings out good info. like what you said about the fog lights, i didnt know the 1st half of it. also now i know that the TSX ones are 1/3 the price. how much are we talking about? im already on a s2k forum and i usually find people parting out damage headlights so i can get projectors for a pretty good price. now if TSX second, i can just join a TSX site and look around

 

i usually find s2k projectors for around 250-300 bucks. and i can pick up TSX ones for 60 -150. just make sure you get the clear lens ones

 

here are some projectors from a retro fitting site that sells the installation service, led's, hid's and more. http://www.retrosolutionsllc.com/ser...ors/Categories You can contact the owner and ask him any questions you want. He will get back to you within a day at MOST. His name is Todd. Hopes this helps you some too.

 

those arnt to bad of prices for bixenon. i prefer just lowbeam and separate highbeam. look up TSX projectors, super easy to mount as they have a flat 4 bolt mounting flange build in.

 

i have cheapy 20 dollar wal mart fog lights 55w halogens and they are pretty much brighter then my headlights barely but still id like some brighter ones i dont care bout blinding people they blind me all the time haha and i dont drive my truck a whole lot now, its more of my weekend play truck for now but id like to get some nice like HID lights but the closest i can find to get for them are like the piaa xeon lights or whatever and they are 12 bucks a pop which aint bad but i am unemployed so its spendy to me hahaha