I was wondering does anyone know what people are doing to get there headlights to have a lower profile? In particular what size light bulb housings and whether or not they are cutting the headlight/motor bezzel, creating their own, or just leaving it larger. I was just thinking of doing this along with my other winter projects. Any info would be appreciated.
Low profile headlights
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It's a rather large pain to do. There are several requirements...
- move the pivot point on the lift arm
- cut down the headlight bezel
- find and mount lights - most are going for separate high and low beams which leads to another thing...
- rewiring to support separate low and high beams
Lastly, I've seen this done quite a few times, and for the most part, the light output is junk, suitable only for show cars. It's possible to make it work nicely, however I can only recall one guy who has actually gone to the lengths needed to make it work properly.
- move the pivot point on the lift arm
- cut down the headlight bezel
- find and mount lights - most are going for separate high and low beams which leads to another thing...
- rewiring to support separate low and high beams
Lastly, I've seen this done quite a few times, and for the most part, the light output is junk, suitable only for show cars. It's possible to make it work nicely, however I can only recall one guy who has actually gone to the lengths needed to make it work properly.
Hmm thats too bad. I think the low pro look nice especially like the ones tekdus has. Someone needs to create a plug and play kit or something. Maybe i wont do this. It depends on how much other stuff gets done and what is still left in my winter project budget.
I really dont like the stock headlights on the mk3, but fitting good, worthwhile replacements is a huge pain. I'm still waiting for some really good, really compact HID's to come along that fit into the stock headlight area without having to hack away the radiator support.
Plug and play low profile isn't possible. I've spent several years trying to design such a kit, all will require modifications that aren't reversable or replacement of the entire assembly at a rediculous cost.
*cough* I've done it. (and still do it when I have the time)
suprarx7nut;1765863 said:
*cough* I've done it. (and still do it when I have the time)
Poodles;1765876 said:Plug and play low profile isn't possible. I've spent several years trying to design such a kit, all will require modifications that aren't reversable or replacement of the entire assembly at a rediculous cost.
*cough* I've done it. (and still do it when I have the time)
Yeah, and I do love your kit. I was referring more to a low profile or flush kit though. If I give up on the lower profile attempt and decide the $100 Halogen Hella H4 kit isn't good enough I'll be throwing some money your way...
Rodel and i believe nick have low profiles. I myself have same setup(hella 90mm). I havent driven car yet so couldnt tell you difference between stock and the 90's but from what ive seen from testing i think its gonna be pretty nice. Have a hid conversion waiting to go on them too.. I also had flushmounts also (custom cf buckets). It does take some modifications for it to work and look good but if your willing to tackle the project its worth it. The low profiles allow for bigger lighting system so its gets a much better light than the flushmounts. Which dont have mouch room at all. There are a few threads in here that you can look at that have decent amount of pics though. good luck
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if a 240sx can do it....
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if a 240sx can do it....
nerfkhat;1769721 said:
The 90mm units aren't bad. But if you're going to go HID with them, you need to get the HID version of them, or your performance is going to be subpar. There's far better projectors out there though.
ms07s;1769728 said:
Looks like crap. Bad output, blue HID's, and big gaping holes around the projectors. I could do that too, but nobody would buy them.
Actually you can convert them to use d2s and its pretty good output. You can even tune it even more by redoing the shields inside.
take a look.. I have done a fair share of hid mods on my other car by modding projectors and shields..
http://firehawk.jonbroomfield.com/hidinfo/
take a look.. I have done a fair share of hid mods on my other car by modding projectors and shields..
http://firehawk.jonbroomfield.com/hidinfo/
pretty much a custom job that you can do your self or pay $$$$$ and pretty much the more $ and time u put in the better it will come out. and as grim said its a PITA to do it yourself
rodama5anthony;1769831 said:
Which ones do you have? those are nice and output is nice too. Yea the time put into was well worth it in my opinion.
nerfkhat;1769854 said:
build them myself as a prototype when i have money to throw ill build a better quality one. but i am very happy with the result
I used 3 pairs of Hella Optilux 1100 Series Projector Fog Lights. I get tons of light output, much brighter, lower, and wider then the crap stock lights. I did them over a weekend for around $125. there fully adjustable and require some modifcation of the stock parts but I had no trouble doing the rework.
I came up with a formula to calculate the distance from pivot to ball mount required to get the desired hight when it comes time to change them. I will look for where i wrote it down.
I came up with a formula to calculate the distance from pivot to ball mount required to get the desired hight when it comes time to change them. I will look for where i wrote it down.
nerfkhat;1769828 said:
No, the entire headlight is different. Reflector bowl, sheild, bulb holder... Keep in mind you can buy the D2S version for ~$160 a piece and buy ballasts and bulbs for cheap.
redrocco;1769873 said:
Sorry, but fog lights don't have the throw of headlights. You think it's brighter because your foreground is super bright, but that's great if you're only going 10MPH.