HID projectors in your 4th gen - Honda Prelude Forum

AndoOKC · 09-06-2003, 10:12 PM

You guys should install HID projectors in the 4th gen lights...its easy to do...im sure most of you have seen my work on ME's.

When i release my HID projector write-up on tuesday...it should help you get ideas even tho its for a 5th gen.

You can do it to JDM lights as well...and when i show you guys you can get it cosmetically looking alot better than the 5th gen with minimal effort.

fleshbox · 09-06-2003, 11:06 PM

are you using premade projector housings? or fabricating your own?

I guess you will prolly have that in the writeup...

hehe

92prelude92 · 09-07-2003, 01:04 AM

i'd like to put projectors in my jdms... but i dont even know where to start... plus i'd be worry about breakin' them.

thepreludedude · 09-07-2003, 02:07 AM

alright Ando (vick)! i would like to see this write-up. how you been, you never IM me anymore

prelude styl · 09-07-2003, 10:22 AM

I'd also like to put prejectors in my JDM's. I thought about attempting it when I put my HID's in.. but then second guessed it. The only problem I had with doing it, was covering the projector from the lense back.

AndoOKC · 09-07-2003, 03:50 PM

well hopefully the FAQ will give you some ideas...i wont have it done till tuesday...then ill upload it.

i have a set of JDM's that a board member here let me borrow. The retrofit would be easy and cosmetically feasible

Preludedude,

whast up man...ive been in med school and ive been so busy. I rarely get on the boards much...email me sometime

Z · 09-07-2003, 07:10 PM

Actually I have been working on a 4th gen jdm one piece headlamps with a 90 mm bi-xenon projector in them for the past month. Here's the link, its in the general discussion area...

My current project (Hint: JDM and HID)

Thanks ando for your great faq website, it helped me out alot!

1SlicK_LudE · 10-06-2003, 04:07 AM

wow... great project!!! keep us updated!!!

1SlicK_LudE · 10-07-2003, 09:14 AM

Looks like my deal for the projectors fell through... can you still get those projectors from Ando?

Z · 10-07-2003, 10:33 AM

Ando is not doing anymore projectors retrofitting... you can always check on ebay for projectors being sold.

prelude2005 · 10-07-2003, 10:41 AM

Pics of the projectors in the JDM black housing lights?

I will consider

Z · 10-07-2003, 04:46 PM

I posted pics in the general discussion under my topic... but here they are again, this is with my first shield, I am remaking a new shield that should be much better to the eyes... updates will hopefully be up by the end of this week...

JDM GIRL · 10-10-2003, 09:16 PM

Since I am horrible at estimating cost, do you mind me asking you for a ballpark price on how much this would cost to complete?

MidNiteMysT · 10-11-2003, 09:33 AM

where is that faq at? ide like to see how much work this takes.

X-tremeV-locity · 10-11-2003, 07:31 PM

cool....so by doing this, does it eliminate the flare to the opposite side of the road thing aswell in jdms?

MidNiteMysT · 10-12-2003, 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by X-tremeV-locity
cool....so by doing this, does it eliminate the flare to the opposite side of the road thing aswell in jdms?

yep. the glare and cutoff line are fully adjustable so you can pretty much eliminate glare.

Z · 10-12-2003, 10:59 PM

Update can be found at: 4th Gen JDM Projector Headlamps Project - Update

JDM Girl: estimated cost:

HID Projectors with bulb & ballast: $450
Extra set of JDM headlamps: $320
Wal-Mart tin containers: $5
JB Weld: $5 ?
Roll of Sheet Metal: $5
Extras (Screws, dust cleaner, etc.): $10

Tools needed: Heat gun, dremel, drill

X-tremeV-locity: yes this should eliminate the incorrect illumination for the states, since it does not use the stock reflectors anymore. But I still need to focus them right to get the best illumination.

MidNiteMysT: Let me finish the project first before i begin a FAQ.

Thanks All

yohan420 · 10-13-2003, 01:14 AM

Out of curiosity, when retrofitting a HID how do you "focus" the hid for the best illumination?

MidNiteMysT · 10-13-2003, 09:28 PM

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Originally posted by Z
MidNiteMysT: Let me finish the project first before i begin a FAQ.

o sorry, i just looked at the first post and it was made like a month ago and you said it would be done by tuesday and have a faq so thats why i was asking.

so i guess keep us updated and please tell me when the faq is ready. im very interested

Z · 10-13-2003, 11:00 PM

yohan420: i can adjust it like stock because the projector itself sits in the stock reflector. It won't be major adjustments, but it'll help. And when you put these retrofits in, you never know if your straight in or not, as far as i know i could be shooting straight to the ground or up in the back glass of cars.

MidNiteMyst: yeah, been busy, but i hope i can do a writeup soon!