Projectors

[sk8rjess]

Just finished my right projector mod, no chance to do left because i had to leave for church :D


im on dial up and im trying to upload 20 something mb of pics so bear with me. they are stored on my server so you will have to manualy open them. and on top of that, im sure some of them are bad pics, i haven't gone through them yet nor am i completely done.

http://www.sanctifieddesigns.net/images/car/

after church im going to lay the fiberglass.


should i write a tutorial for them since i have free time and everyone is asking about them?

[Big Joe]

Originally posted by sk8rjess
should i right a tutorial for them since i have free time and everyone is asking about them?

Lets start with pictures and then go from there.

[Gagt518]

Linky doesnt worky :(

[Big Joe]

Originally posted by gagt518
Linky doesnt worky :(

Worked for me :???:

http://www.sanctifieddesigns.net/images/car/Car%20032.jpg

[sk8rjess]

fixed! :)

[GILSGRANDAM00]

nice project keep it up and start a how too cause theres ppl that need some projectors for there car so let us know

[ga5speed02]

looks great, nice job by you

[DSMMAN]

Looks great. Very nice job.

[thebizz2k5]

I would love to do that for my car. Start A How-To when you get a chance.

[boost21]

Any pictures of the back side of the lights?? any clearance issues with the header pannel?

[coupe]

The amber is killen them

[sk8rjess]

Any pictures of the back side of the lights?? any clearance issues with the header pannel?

well i skipped vocational school today so i could finish it, right now i just have them hardcore taped; i didnt have time yesterday to fiberglass it. but as soon as i get them fiberglassed i will get pics. im still uploading some more pics of what ive done already so keep checking back at my server. actually the smaller projector had trouble fitting into the headlight at first because of its height but i took a dremel to the bottom of the headlight and made a little bit more space so now it just fits.

as you can tell the smaller projector isn't exactly a true projector as everyone thinks of. im debating on waiting to fiberglass it though because i might order some true bosch projectors shortly to replace what i currently have.


The amber is killen them

they arent HIDs yet, so its prob a 4k halogen bulb in it? im not sure. thats why they look yellow-ish. i wont have money for HIDs for a while so i'll prob just get aftermarket halogen bulbs for now. i cant stand the color of them.


i'll start on the tutorial tonight when i do the other light :)

[Big Joe]

Originally posted by sk8rjess

they arent HIDs yet, so its prob a 4k halogen bulb in it? im not sure. thats why they look yellow-ish. i wont have money for HIDs for a while so i'll prob just get aftermarket halogen bulbs for now. i cant stand the color of them.


i'll start on the tutorial tonight when i do the other light :)

think hes talking about the reflector......

[sk8rjess]

ah gotcha. i've been wanting to do something about them but idk what

[sk8rjess]

most pics are on the server now. last night i started the fiberglass.

im sitting in vocational school right now so i'll take more pics when i get home.

i kinda had a new idea for a design for them so that both the projectors would be adjustable along with the whole headlight itself

[coupe]

Yeah i meant the reflector.
I woulda bought chrome headlights off ebay and did that to them.

[sk8rjess]

heh at 17 being a webdesigner, i dont get ttoo too much so i spend my money wisely lol.

im gonna paint the headlight either grey to match my car or black. not sure yet

[bballr4567]

Do you have any pics of the light output??

[sk8rjess]

not yet sorry. like i said, im in the process of fiberglassing them. i've only worked on the right headlight anyways, i've had some things happen in the last few days so i haven't had the chance to start the other one. i figured i wouldn't start the left one till the right one is finished

[bballr4567]

Ohhh sorry. I thought you said you finished it. My bad.

[sk8rjess]

its all good. i'll get some light output shots as soon as im done with them both

[bballr4567]

Actually would get a old vs new one too! Id love to see the actual difference it makes.

[sk8rjess]

man i should have thought about that before! i would only be able to do a left vs right shot now that i've started the project. i have a 7500 bulb in the left so its blue-ish, so you'd be able to see the difference between the two. i'll do that tonight.

[sk8rjess]

alright kids i have my right headlight completely done. the fiberglassing, bondo, painting, all of it.
check my server.
i forgot to get pics before i put it on my car this morning before school so when i get out of vocational school i'l take some.

[GaSe05]

hey wher did u get your projectors

[sk8rjess]

they are just some cheapos from ebay made for an 03+ corolla. they really arent as bright as i hoped but its my fault for not getting actually brand names. maybe i have them adjusted wrong. idk. im messin around with them now

[GILSGRANDAM00]

lookin good start up a how too or make more and sell them

[sk8rjess]

they just needed to be aligned. i forgot to get output shots though, and i need to start on the other one and have it done by tomorrow night.

[sk8rjess]

good news. last night my paintball team won a local tourney and we got $200 each... thus meaning im buying REAL projectors. not cheap ones. looking towards bosch. when i get them, i'll make the tutorial.

[Gagt518]

:clap:

[sk8rjess]

finally did my other headlight but i didnt fiberglass it or anything, i think it looks better like that. check it out. since i have the money to buy new projectors i might also buy whole new headlights, i think it'd be easier that way.

I might end up selling these but idk.

[DontPassTheFence]

I dub thee magyver jr. Well done. To get rid of the amber reflector you can use clear GTS headlight covers as the actual lens for the headlights, or go with the ebay clear (or black) lights.

[car audio dave]

looks pretty good. question, where did you get those cylinders from? did they come with the projectors?

[sk8rjess]

Originally posted by DontPassTheFence
... clear GTS headlight covers as the actual lens for the headlights, or go with the ebay clear (or black) lights.

i cant seem to find these. if anyone comes across them, let me know.


Originally posted by car audio dave
where did you get those cylinders from? did they come with the projectors?

they did come with them, its how each lens is adjusted.



tutorial update - all the money i won in the paintball tourney was given to a friend. he wrecked his civic pretty bad and i offered to let him borrow some money to get it fixed. thus meaning i cant get my new projectors for a while. all the money im getting right now from web design is going towards an ecotec :) after that i will get the bosch projectors like i want. i can still write a tut but for now i would have to use the current projectors off a corolla instead of the boschs i want to get.

[Gagt518]

wow i wish i had friends like that:D

[88si]

So far, those look really good. I like how you mounted them, and the angel eyes aren't bad. Can't wait til you get a good projector in there and a nice hid setup too. Won't you have to do everything over again? Or will you make the newer proj's fit in the current holders that came with your current proj's?

I know a guy local who fiberglasses things, he's made his own motorcycle seats and stuff like that. I'd like to see how well he could put together a set of projector lights, if I was able to get the projectors, a pilot hid conv kit and an extra set of headlights.

[sk8rjess]

thanks buddy :D

this was really my first big fiberglassing job, aside from a few customers computer cases and such.

hmm really? im thinking about doing a whole fiberglass dash when it warms up.

if you goto my car domain(http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2530365) then you can see a full list of things i plan on doing.

not sure im going to put HIDs in these or wait on my next bosch projectors... and when i get my new projectors i will prob buy brand new housing for them too.

[Dboucher]

OMG its godzilla!... Oh no its only a picture. Anyhow great work on the housing man, looks killer. Can't wait to see them finished and mounted. And on a side note, didn't know anyone on these forums played some pball, what marker you shooting?

[sk8rjess]

yea i prob wont finish till it warms up lol.

yea man i play on a team too :)
(e2 cocker)

not to get too off topic but how about you?

[Dboucher]

E2 cocker, built from scratch. My baby next in line to the GA.

[Nighthawk243]

Even with the Toyota projectors, it still looks wonderful. (Although it would've been nice looking to have polished the outerlens of the lights to a nice new-looking clearness. ;).

[sk8rjess]

i tried my best to polish and remove the road grime. i even bought this kit for like $20 that guaranteed to remove all it but it didn't. i found out that my lens is why they aren't too bright so i gotta do something about that.

[sk8rjess]

mmk. so i finally got around to taking light shots.



http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i245/sk8rjess/car/100_1935.jpg
this is a light shot of the left headlight without my nasty covers on, look at how pretty they are.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i245/sk8rjess/car/100_1936.jpg
this is my right headlight with the cover on. completely distorts it and block alot of light.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i245/sk8rjess/car/100_1934.jpg
both lights together, still, left is without cover, right is with.



and for everyone asking about a tutorial, im planning on making new headlights usign dual bosch's sometime soon. im waiting untill i do that to make the tut becuase that way everyone can be using the same parts, rather then searching like crazy trying to find the exact ones i used. but if you'd like to go the route i did, just send me a pm and i'll gladly help you out.

[TimG]

Are those projectors? The cutoff is hard to see.

[Gagt518]

Originally posted by TimG
Are those projectors? The cutoff is hard to see.

Re-read the thread. Yes they are projectors

[TA^Guy]

Originally posted by TimG
Are those projectors? The cutoff is hard to see.
It's because he's close to the wall.

My motorcycle does the same thing.

[sk8rjess]

woa i've never heard of a bike with projectors! heh. i wanna put projectors on my quad. heh. never seen that one before.

[sk8rjess]

and another reason is the lens is completely distorting the right cut-off

[1badga]

looking good