Official Retrofit Review Thread
03-04-2012, 05:20 PM
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not really a review of retros from Buyhids as I just got the kit and made them myself, but more a review of Mike. I've been in contact with mike since before christmas I believe asking about HIDs and retros as this was the first time I've done anything with them.
I asked him dozens of questions from bulbs to relays and shipping trying to get the most knowledge I could out of him. He always responded very fast and was very friendly everytime. The only time he didn't respond within an hour (normally even quicker) was on superbowl saturday which I think is understandable
even then he got back to me very quickly the next day.
All in all I was very happy with the way Mike treated me and I know he is probably sick of dealing with my 10000 questions lol. As for bad things about uh nothing really one very very minor thing is it seems he skims PMs pretty quick cause sometimes when I was asking multiple questions he would simply miss one of them and I'd have to ask again but thats really a minor gripe and totally understandable as I assume he goes through 100s a day.
He didn't build them but here are the cellphone pics anyway
I asked him dozens of questions from bulbs to relays and shipping trying to get the most knowledge I could out of him. He always responded very fast and was very friendly everytime. The only time he didn't respond within an hour (normally even quicker) was on superbowl saturday which I think is understandable
even then he got back to me very quickly the next day. All in all I was very happy with the way Mike treated me and I know he is probably sick of dealing with my 10000 questions lol. As for bad things about uh nothing really one very very minor thing is it seems he skims PMs pretty quick cause sometimes when I was asking multiple questions he would simply miss one of them and I'd have to ask again but thats really a minor gripe and totally understandable as I assume he goes through 100s a day.
He didn't build them but here are the cellphone pics anyway
03-05-2012, 12:11 PM
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03-05-2012, 12:47 PM
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im having my retros built by a guy at TRS, just gotta get the time to set them up, im doing the baking, painting here before i send them out to save myself some $$$ definetely recommend that for someone that knows how to to save some money on a retro.
Who knows when ill get them shipped out and done, work is crazy and I just had my daughter last week.
Who knows when ill get them shipped out and done, work is crazy and I just had my daughter last week.
03-05-2012, 12:55 PM
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so i need some help from someone, so i did my retros a while ago, i built them myself. the driver side projector is tilted a tiny bit so when there against a wall it isnt 100% straight and its bugging me lol is there anyways to turn it to straighten it out without baking the lens off again??
03-05-2012, 01:00 PM
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so i need some help from someone, so i did my retros a while ago, i built them myself. the driver side projector is tilted a tiny bit so when there against a wall it isnt 100% straight and its bugging me lol is there anyways to turn it to straighten it out without baking the lens off again??
take the bulb out
put a pair of needle nose pliers in the notches and twist
05-20-2012, 10:54 PM
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Bought a set of Mini H1 from BuyHIDs and about to attempt my first Retro build
will post pics when I get everything together...also will be using DDM 4500K Hids..Still deciding on whether or not to do Blue LED Halos or not.
will post pics when I get everything together...also will be using DDM 4500K Hids..Still deciding on whether or not to do Blue LED Halos or not.
05-22-2012, 01:42 PM
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05-22-2012, 02:19 PM
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so many good looking retro builds in here... not sure what i would wanna do with mine. i'm thinkin get BIG projectors though with black housing. maaaaaaybe halos. idk. gotta read the whole thread before i decide to do anything though i'm yet another newb at this stuff
05-22-2012, 02:25 PM
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so many good looking retro builds in here... not sure what i would wanna do with mine. i'm thinkin get BIG projectors though with black housing. maaaaaaybe halos. idk. gotta read the whole thread before i decide to do anything though i'm yet another newb at this stuff
13 pages worth
