Official Retrofit Thread
ill just leave this right here.
Stock headlights with bezels painted flat black
fxr3.0 with painted interior and interior halo
gloss black panamera shroud with 100mm ccfl behind
5000k d2s bulbs and matsushita gen IV ballasts mounted under headlight for that OEM look
will post high quality pics after i swap the passenger side lense, it so hazy and cracked right now.
Stock headlights with bezels painted flat black
fxr3.0 with painted interior and interior halo
gloss black panamera shroud with 100mm ccfl behind
5000k d2s bulbs and matsushita gen IV ballasts mounted under headlight for that OEM look
will post high quality pics after i swap the passenger side lense, it so hazy and cracked right now.
Nice. Simple and clean. Post pics when you get them installed.
As quoted from TRS, Brand new retrofits may slightly fog for a week or 2. Its common with the glue having SOME moister in it. It will clear as it dries. My Bugeye retrofits i made had fog the first night then by the 4th it was completely gone. I was pissed at first haha. Now if there completely fogged then there is another issue.
The holes will probably just let more moisture in. When mine fogged up I took off the lenses, let em completely dry and resealed em. Now I can spray em with hot water on a cold day and they don't fog at all
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i drilled pretty much into the backside of the eadlights like pretty close to between the drl and the signal... didn't rly do anything they still fog. so i use a hair dryer or air compressor and spray into the holes.
throwing a feeler out there for my retros.. mint condition, no fogging/issues/scratches, only driven on car for just shy of 4 months now but looking to do an FX-R retrofit.. I'll be asking $400 w/ trade for mint OEM SS headlights, or $500shipped outright. I have quite a bit of time an money invested in these so its rather firm.
My problem was I sealed my lights so good that I sealed moisture in 
I drilled two 1/8th inch holes by the bottom tabs on the housing and haven't seen moisture in them since.
You have to remember, the HID bulbs get hot as fuh and the outside temp is a lot cooler. The by product of it is condensation. Heat expands which creates pressure; you have to alleviate it somehow. The factory check valve thingys they have on the housings are not that great to get rid of a lot of pressure build up.
I drilled two 1/8th inch holes by the bottom tabs on the housing and haven't seen moisture in them since.
You have to remember, the HID bulbs get hot as fuh and the outside temp is a lot cooler. The by product of it is condensation. Heat expands which creates pressure; you have to alleviate it somehow. The factory check valve thingys they have on the housings are not that great to get rid of a lot of pressure build up.
My problem was I sealed my lights so good that I sealed moisture in
I drilled two 1/8th inch holes by the bottom tabs on the housing and haven't seen moisture in them since.
You have to remember, the HID bulbs get hot as fuh and the outside temp is a lot cooler. The by product of it is condensation. Heat expands which creates pressure; you have to alleviate it somehow. The factory check valve thingys they have on the housings are not that great to get rid of a lot of pressure build up.
I drilled two 1/8th inch holes by the bottom tabs on the housing and haven't seen moisture in them since.
You have to remember, the HID bulbs get hot as fuh and the outside temp is a lot cooler. The by product of it is condensation. Heat expands which creates pressure; you have to alleviate it somehow. The factory check valve thingys they have on the housings are not that great to get rid of a lot of pressure build up.
