lucidvtec

i'm doing the HID retro fit on my my 94 4dr GSR-T

i got the parts from http://www.hidplanet.com it was under 400 including shipping

extra stuff i got....2 relay's, 10ga wire "red & black", sandpaper "1000,1200,1500", polishing compound


i"m not keeping this front end for very long ...going with the jdm ITR front end....i will be doing the retrofit to the type-r headlights....i have never done this before so i wanted a little pratice....i don't wanna screw up $700 lights...so i decieded to pratice on my usdm front end

here we go

First thing to do is to get the headlights out of this car....if you do not know how to do that walk away right now

here is a pic of the lights out of the car


and the emtpy car


the next step is to strip down the HL as best as possible


NOW IT'S OVEN TIME.....i preheated my oven to 350degrees
i put in each light 1 at a time for a couple of minutes....BE VERY CAREFUL...IT'S REALLY EASY TO MELT THRU A HEADLIGHT



now you can fully take apart the headlight..


now i wanted to clean up the HL a little...comes time to wet sand like a ****....i wanted mainly to get rid of all the yellow on the HL....here is a side by side shot...it made a difference.....if i was going to keep the frontend..i would have finished them



now i used a dremel cut-off wheel to cut off the factory projectors...when ur done it should look like this....BE CAREFUL NOT TO BREAK THE PLATE
nice safety glasses huH?

now it was time to mount the HID projector.....the new one was alot smaller so it fit in the area very nice...without to much trimming....i used loctite on all the screws....now here it is rdy to go




next i sanded/prepped painted all the HL shrouds and even the Highbeam reflector....it came out really nice in the end


the shrouds mounted.....



now i used a heat gun to put backtogether the HL's i also ran a new bead of high temp silicone
lookin good


now its time for wiring....the ballast that the kit comes with is suppost to fit the 9006 plug but it had to be trimmed.....
after looking at the factory plug...i was scared...18ga wire...for HL's....so i decieded to fully rewire the system..plugs and all
i modded the factory plugs with 12ga wire just to be safe.....plus i'm **** about wiring


side by side with the stock connector....BIG DIFFERENCE


now i made my relay harness......solder and heatshrink....looks damn sexy if u ask me....NOT TO MENTION IT'S SAFE


now....my motor bay was cramped anyways...now i had to put this HID b's and relays somewhere......i found this spot ...on each side of the car....the cable reaches the headlight very easy and when the bumper is on...the ballest is really hard to steal...and protected from heat and the elements
'"BE SURE TO HAVE CLEAN GROUNDS"



looking good....now finish the wiring up to the battery....MAKE SURE TO USE FUSES....I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH

NOW SOME PICTURES OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT













I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE OUTPUT AND THE COLOR....IT WORKS GOOD....EVEN RAINED THE NEXT DAY...I HAVE NO MOSITURE YET..I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT

feel free to leave ur comments....or ask me questions


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vietjdmboi

very nice. i will use this in aid when doing mine. thanks

Mikizzle

nice work. Any pictures of the cut off lines? Also how do you go about when you install the projectors to get a straight lined cut off line?

rufridn

nice work! i never relayed my hids. do you have a write up or diagram you used?

ANBUone

wow, really nice job! always wanted to see the retro fit on the 94-97 DC headlights

lucidvtec

i just centered the HID projectors aswell as possible...and then used the adj...screws to do the rest....i will try to post pix soon of the cut off lines


the relays are easy man.
here u go
30 is the posive output to the hid ballest

87 is the constant input "positive" from the battery ...must fuse this

86 is the reg...headlight wire...i think its like red/grn...or something like that

85 is ground

anything else just let me know........also doing the relays like that...is good for ur ballest...it can help with voltage drops and such....i actually have done this mod...and it brightens up the stock halogen lights

NrG

very nice!

here's the relay diagram. when you buy them at the store, there's directions on the package.

TeH PLAYA

are those e46 single xenon? i have the same setup retroed in my em1 headlights

-Gambit-

damn looks good and damn nice write up

blackANESE

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HondaRider

alaskan_teg00

Nice write up and good job with the retro-fit. I'll definetly be refuring to this when I retro-fit my lights. I'll have to check out hidplanet more and start getting some info.

Fuster_Cluck

Very nice write-up

funz0rzies

wall shots wall shots wall shots. looks good

J_SpeC_EK

very niice.. when you decide to go to the jdm front, hit me up.. i'll be very interested in buying your setup.. Im too lazy to do this myself..

Deluzional

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djtony5

Wow that is awesome man. Post up those wall shots already dayum it lol. Hidplanet.com kit here I come! Too bad they are short on ballast right now ugh.

LowTEC-JERMZ

nice write up

DBoost

Have more pics?

JDM INSPIRED

nice DIY

battle951sedan

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looks bright good job

VRD^sam

looks good...

exclusive_vtec

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lucidvtec

i will have more pix posted 2nite

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Nice little write up.