ok, I'm confused by that explanation. But i'm going to go switch the wires I think your talking about.

Thanks Tommy

 

thank you

 

I may have the colors wrong, can't remember exactly what the wire colors are. But I know that 2 of the pins need to be switched.

 

The two pins from the 3 pin blue connector. For anyone else with this problem just pull the orange and blue pin from the blue connector and switch them. Worked for me, thanks again Tommy

 

garret did you get your retro's done ?

 

i never posted mine up ao here are some pics

its my 93 jdm mr2






that last pic was before they were final aimed..left side was a little off there

 

Yeah I've had the low beams hooked up for a while now just hadn't hooked up the high beam shutter control yet.
Now everything is hooked up and headlights are sealed for good.

 

Cool shroud on your mr2 Jeff

 

my shrouds are actually off a mini cooper,there are not the ones from retro fit source.i bought the ones from them and they are huge.there still in my garage in fact because they are so massive hahaha. my halos are actually led halos and they are awesome ! very impressed with them.

 

Cool man I love flip lights and now you got flip hid projectors.

BTW I used a product called 3M window urethane if anyone is looking for a good sealant

 

 

Mini h1 5.0s, independent bixenon harnesses, resistors, custom harness for halos and DRLs, switchbacks, 6000k 35w ddm hid kit, 60mm Xb led halos, mini Gatling shrouds.




Drls

 

first picture looks awesome! but i still cant get over how ugly that yellow phosphor coating is on the white XB rings.. wish there was a way around that but there isnt...

I just purchased parts for my upcoming set. Going to keep it OEM-ish (no painting). Just going to run the typical MH1 5000K 35w kit with no halos. saw a few issues with the XB's burning out already and I'm not a huge fan of CCFL's on the shrouds I was looking at (so halo-less it is)

 

Yeah. They take some time to getting used to, but I like em, they look different, and I think contrast the car kinda nice.

 

what switchbacks did you end up going with? vleds?

 

I was checkin out the xb rings as well, but didn't hear any stories of em burnin out early.. havent been payin much attention tho .... given the price, would it really be worht it at this point for a decent retro with some halos?

an Swtichbacks are cool.. I got mine from vLeds for cheaps... but the novelty wears off.. and as much as I don't see the front of my car, I do wonder how much better my front end would look with just an orange turn signal(LED) instead of the white/orange... ya know??

 

yeah, if you want to get the latest on most of the stuff going on its best to join hidplanet.com There have been 3 failures of rings that I have seen already, and fixing the failure means ripping apart your whole headlight housing again... which just sucks......... I'd still say CCFL's are the way to go. Inverters are cheap/easy to replace if they fail

and what exactly you trying to get at with the whole "would it really be worth it" part? not following what your asking?

I'm pretty sure everything wears off in time.. my last retros were perfectly functional, yet i sold them and feel like making new ones now with just a different paint scheme. If anyone tells you that a certain "look" doesnt get old at times then they are full of themselves. I just want to run switchbacks to have my fogs match my parking lights when cruising around dusk for that extra touch of awesome/different.

 

I get that whole thing, and I did/do like how the fogs matched with the CCFL's and switchbacks... my next set of headlights I make for myself(or my gurl ) will be nice

and as far 'would it be worth it', I mean, would it be worth the extra coin? I'm a member on HIDplanet, but I might've posted once or twice I stalk the forum more than anything.. as far as I'm concerned atthemoment, CCFL's are the way to go.. They look great, I've had 1 inverter fail on me in a bunch of sets, and I'm pretty sure it was my fault lol, and once they get goin, they're gold.. i DO like LeDs tho, for the practicality i guess.... If I can find a good LeD set that'll perform as well as the CCFL's do day in an day out, than I'll switch, no questions asked... Beit, I'm not bench testing these or anything but...

 

see I had 2 FULL PAIRS of inverters go out on my last set of CCFL's but then the 3rd set was fine for the remaining 1.5 years I owned the headlights.. luckily inverters are easy to replace though, LED halos would not be fun replacing at all, so until the LED problems are solved I'll continue using CCFL's if I ever need a halo for anything just for sheer convenience of repair

then kick in that the white LED's have that (imo) ugly yellow phosphor coating on them, and you have now created a situation for me where the LED halos aren't even considered a viable option..

thats just my .02 on them though..

 

Anyone know how much a set of retrofitted headlights such as Maven posted on page 12 post 293 would cost? I'm not a big fan of retrofit lights, but damn those are sexy and I kind of want a set identical.

 

your probably looking at $600 or more to get a set made by him.. he does flipping amazing work! but you pay for it

 

ill be doing a new set also. sold mine for 225 and a pair a ss stockers. having my buddy do it so i dont get frustrated haha. fully painted gloss black housing except turn signal chrome. FXR's, 6k, 35 watt, blue ccfl halos, and switchbacks. might do some sort a decal also. gatling gun shrouds color matched to the balt.

 

Here are mine

 

Nice retros!!^^

heres mine,

Mini H1's (5th gen I believe) I bought them new from trs a few months ago
DDM Ballasts
6000k DDMbulbs
Morimoto Standalone can bus harness for each side
Stock chrome housing









and just in case my picture bore you, here's a gtr that I used to see parked at school all the time (St. John's University)

 

this is how gm should of released it from factory...plain and simple ....great job on your build !