Starting my budget retros project and so far its turning out really good! Just waiting on parts to come in now, but everything is painted and waiting! On to the pics...

heres how i got the lights



took them furthur apart and painted housings black


tried seeing if chrome paint would do the reflectors any justice, turns out not


sanded off the chrome and painted them black instead (along with the orange reflectors)





started with assembly



and this is where im at now! still gotta order the projectors with halos; i will be doing that very soon. Going to be putting 6000k HIDs in along with the halos (white halos im thinking). as for turn signal bulbs im still up in the air as to what i want to get. Ill probably get chrome bulbs that flash orange seeing as the switchbacks cost more than I paid for the headlights

Ill keep you posted! feel free to discuss!

 

lookin good so far. i have switchbacks and they're sweet, i highly suggest spending the few extra bucks and getting them.

 

i really want to get them bt idk if i can justify spending 50+ bucks for bulbs.. thats kinda crazy, so i might just get the chrome "amber" bulbs

 

Two random thoughts.

If you do go with the chrome corner bulbs, have you considered smoking the chrome? Not black, just like a medium gray. The bulb is chrome so it'll blend in with whatever is in there.

And... has anyone else noticed that most college dorms are stocked like a convenience store? Couple cases of soda, a loaf of bread, some donuts, and a case of the cheapest oil you can buy?

*goes back to his not-so-ramen noodles*

 

You think that stock's bad, you should see the case of Monster in my closet.

And the abundant supply of Easy-Mac.

By the way headlights are coming along nicely dude.

 

haha success!!!! i do everything out of my oncampus apartment!! lol its bigger than a dorm but not too much better with 3 other roomates, and all my work done in the student parking lot outside the apartment

 

yea same here! paint the **** outside, bring it in, turn the fan up so you dont get high off vapors, and go on with your day lol
yea that sounds like an interesting combo haha. n thanks

if i tinted or smoked that chrome in any way im thinking light output would go to **** no matter what bulb is in there.

n yes it is like the most badass convenience store evaa in here, perfect conditions to work on headlights in



just ordered all the parts yesterday! now to wait for it to ship outta china
they got a damn holiday till the 12th n dont ship anything out until after!!
china FTMFL, but prices FTMFW!!!

 

If you feel like springing the cash for resistors then LED bulbs would work just fine.

 

im debating whether or not to throw switchbacks in there right now... anyone every buy the ebay switchbacks that are like $40? cuz the whole $80 vled.com ones arent happening

 

I'd just go with the straight up LEDs if I were you...

 

hmm... food for thought..

 

I'd order from: theretrofitsource.com

Matt over there is A+ when it comes to his customers and offers great products Morimoto Projects with CLEAR lense = WIN!

 

In for final product

 

looks like my dorm carpet too!

 

yupp x2, i think there is a standard issue lol

 

already ordered mine, they are exactly the same as the buyhids.com group buy that just ended. just from ebay instead; i got the referral from a kid at school here who has them in his stratus show car.

that car is amazing by the way. sitting at 320whp nw n is getting a tune and a few more parts to hopefully be over 400whp by the winter. its awfully nice having a dyno at school lol

yea.. it might as well be concrete for how cushiony it is.. dorm "carpet" FTL

 

dude same goes for the bed, hard as ****!

 

I went out to Bed Bath and Beyond and bought a memory foam mattress topper. I sleep like a baby on that sandbag that they call a mattress.

Also kind of sick of the ice cold linoleum floors, And for some reason, they shut the AC off so despite the fact that ours is set to "Coldest" on full blast, I'm sweating myself silly in here.

 

Ahh, I remember these days fondly. Now i have my own house with my own big bed and my own plush carpet and my own garage

 

rub it in why dont you! lol

your valve cover is the **** BTW!

 

yeah, i would much rather have this carpet than lenolium.

 

just tinted my tails.. figured it wasnt too far off from my headlights so ill post it here instead of making a whole new thread! parts for retros are coming in on thursday (cant wait) here are the pics

 

who cleared em?

 

Looking good so far, sub'd to see the finished product!

 

make em darkeeeerr
mine are liek black as can be and 100% visible at night