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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 01:10 AM
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its 3 inches lol, all the ones i found were 2.5 haha
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 01:20 AM
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damn man looking nice.. all the projector projects really make me want to get my ass in gear
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 09:32 AM
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its really difficult and it takes a lot of patitence and perfection. you cant rush or cut corners because it will end up looking like **** lol. thanks tho, and i hope i can get the one side finished tmr lol.
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 10:42 AM
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ebay search 'projector shroud' I just saw like a dozen 3" shrouds.
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 10:46 AM
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Looks great man!
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 10:49 AM
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eh i didnt see anything that i liked.

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Looks great man!
THANKS! hopefully i can get one done today. my best friend just had his kid yesterday and i really want to visit at the hospital so i dont know if the light will be done lol.

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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 11:05 AM
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Ya, I know what you mean. I ended up buying 3 sets and chose 1 because the other 2 looked butt ugly in person.
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 11:06 AM
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lol im just going to try to find something at the hardware store and make it work
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by smartdude24
ebay search 'projector shroud' I just saw like a dozen 3" shrouds.
yea i found a bunch of the .. check the ebay seller "the retrofit source" they have some stuff that will help you out
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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i tried to find him but i couldent
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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i tried to find him but i couldent
i'll find it for you and post

http://stores.ebay.com/Retrofit-Source-HID-Retro-Parts
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 04:57 PM
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Thanks! But i didnt really see anything that caught my eye, the search continues lol
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 06:37 PM
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alright so the one lens is almost ready to be painted, just about 1 more layer of bondo spot puddy and a little more sanding and it will look awesome, here are some pics of the cutoff and whatnot. these pics were taken with some extra hid kit i had laying around the house, i dont know why the lens looks blue and the light on my garage looks white lol


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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 06:40 PM
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Looks nice man.
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Old Jan 16, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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here are 2 short video clips taken with my old 3.2mp digital camera



so here are the latest pics, since i had a lot of vic red paint laying around i tried painting it red, and it looks kinda funny that everything is one color, here are the pics of the headlight while the paint is still curing. i think im going to try and make it 2 tone



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Old Jan 16, 2008 | 07:29 PM
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You would get better light output with a 4300k bulb
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Old Jan 16, 2008 | 08:20 PM
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i know i would, but i wanted something that looked different
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Old Jan 16, 2008 | 09:13 PM
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loving it
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Old Jan 16, 2008 | 09:31 PM
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thanks
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Old Jan 19, 2008 | 03:57 PM
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most recent pic, one light is almost done

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Old Jan 19, 2008 | 03:59 PM
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good work man tedious work isnt it?

it will be worth it in the end.
good for you for doing HIDs properly.
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Old Jan 19, 2008 | 04:08 PM
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Thanks, yes it is very tedious, i have been working on this one light for 2 weeks lol
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Old Jan 19, 2008 | 04:12 PM
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looks good, I'd just throw a chrome shroud around the projector and leave the lights as is...
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Old Jan 19, 2008 | 04:15 PM
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Very nice work! Brave guy to do allll that. One of these days I would like to get some spare civic housings and retrofit tsx projectors. But that's a long ways down the line. More pics! I vote two tone vic red and black.
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Old Jan 19, 2008 | 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by IonNinja
looks good, I'd just throw a chrome shroud around the projector and leave the lights as is...
yeah im trying to figure something out still for a bezel

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Very nice work! Brave guy to do allll that. One of these days I would like to get some spare civic housings and retrofit tsx projectors. But that's a long ways down the line. More pics! I vote two tone vic red and black.

no not brave, bored lol. Honestly, i think its worth all of the pain in the ass, because you know that you will have something unlike anyone else

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