hid retrofit project

[yuke175]

recently started a new project and figured I would post my progress up here. This the Fx-r projector which I beleive is a remake of an infiniti projector. The kit I am using is the fx-r stage 3 kit from theretrofitsource.com. I had previously used shitty aftermarket hids in halogen housings and it was horrible, my smoked headlights make it worse so I started this to get some crazy light output...

heres a picture of the projector... I made L brackets for the bottom mount and threaded the brackets, the bolt has a lock nut, so when i spin the bolt I can adjust the cutoff beam rotation. This is know as the "jnc mounting method" I will adjust the vertical aim with a similar setup on the top of the projector to the back of the housing.





heres a pic with the shroud on the projector it covers the projector housing



I then cut apart the stock reflector and installed the halfs on the stock bolts. Most guys mount the projector into the reflector but I tried that and it was not as sturdy as mounting directly into the housing. So I mounted it directly and will be molding the shroud and the stock relector together for a nice clean look... then painting black...



heres with the shroud and the reflector in, just need to mold the 3 pieces together



all mocked up just need to put the smoked lens back on this one.





during the aiming process... nice clean sharp cutoff

[TorchRedSVT]

very nice work....that's one of the better retrofits I have seen. The housings came out looking great

Any shots of the car in daylight with no lights on?

Either way, impressive work

[yuke175]

please excuse how dirty the car is I had to move it outside for a few days for garage space and it snowed!

[JR@Dez]

that looks awesome!

[SPUDS MACH 1]

nice work looks great you should market these

[yuke175]

nice work looks great you should market these

from all the people saying that I am actually thinking about it, i tried the aftermarket projector route but they look like crap imo, plus they aren't as sharp. If i were to market this kit I would choose a slightly different projector for ease of install and the ability to aim them after sealed up, mine are pretty much set after I aimed them, but when selling to others I would want them to be able to adjust, all cars are different heights etc which affect it. would be a little pricey as the parts are around 300 bucks before the lights being used and hardware for mounting. I had around 400 in just projectors and hardware but after learning some I could do it a little cheaper for parts. A guy on another forum used to sell them for 7-800 I could probably do it for 700 or a little below I would have to crunch the numbers

anybody shoot me a pm if interested in a set! the light output is insane! could do other years too

[TorchRedSVT]

Wow....that looks really good, 10X better than most of the retrofits I have seen......really nice work

I saw your post on SVTperformance and all the positive feedback you got.

I have a set of HID's in stock housings, I have always toyed with the idea of doing a retrofit, but have never liked the way the looked until yours.

[ToplessPony94]

Yeah, if I was into projectors, I'd be pinging you for what it would take to get these for my 94. Best job I've ever seen. Do think about marketing this!

[yuke175]

Yeah, if I was into projectors, I'd be pinging you for what it would take to get these for my 94. Best job I've ever seen. Do think about marketing this!

I am going to give it a shot, seems like it could be a nice little side job, make a little cash, have a nice product out there im proud of, and help the mustang community with our shitty lighting

I could easily do a set of centers for your current headlight setup, if they are aftermarket I could put them in the ones you already have, and im going to look into it but I think I could make a kit work with your current hid kit as I see your sig says bi-xenon but I am guessing you just have a plug and play kit. Shoot me a pm!

[yuke175]

I will be making kits for sale due to high interest across the forums, 94-98 kit will be started in a week or two when the buyers sends me his lights but the order has been placed!