HID in Kouki projectors

[jspec240]

I would like a little input on which bulbs will work nice in the s14 kouki projectors. or which ones look the best. any one got pics. I did search but didnt see anything that I like

LMK what you know

Thanks

[Anto]

I'd retrofit if it was feasible.

Kouki projectors are H1 if i'm not mistaken.

If not a retrofit, get an H1 HID kit that's 4300k. You get the most light output & the whitest color. 6000k might appeal to you, but in terms of sheer light output, it's worse than 4300k. Like ~1000 lumens worse.

Your output will flare up on the right side fairly high & output won't be up to par as with a retrofit however.

Example from ISTundra & greenkouki on HIDPlanet:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-9/401846/793168510-After.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/11/web/371000-371999/371907_265_full.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/S14DB/240sx/HID/HIDbeam.jpg

2nd picture down is 6000k, you can see the lack of output.
3rd one down is 4300k, there's a bit more output but it's still lacking compared to a true HID projector.

s14 kouki headlights are extremely easy to retrofit as well.

[Sir]

I'm sure people with retrofits will have better results. no arguing there at all
But on my kouki, there is a very nice and clean cutoff, no bliding oncoming traffic, etc. I got the 4300K kit, and it makes a huge difference vs stock. I can actually see at night.
And before you ask, no I don't have any pics.


Mike will be joining this thread telling me how much my setup sux in 5...4....3...2...

[vutony]

do it the right way and retro fit them
slappin on hid kit is useless and you will blind on comin traffic

[LA_phantom_240]

I'm sure people with retrofits will have better results. no arguing there at all
But on my kouki, there is a very nice and clean cutoff, no bliding oncoming traffic, etc. I got the 4300K kit, and it makes a huge difference vs stock. I can actually see at night.
And before you ask, no I don't have any pics.


Mike will be joining this thread telling me how much my setup sux in 5...4....3...2...

Pics or it doesn't exist.

Oh, and HID in halogen ANYTHING sucks. End of story. Don't encourage other people to be as stupid as you have chosen to be.

[xturboexpress]

I've seen a ton of installs... I sell HID's locally. 4300K kits will rarely cause any problems. They are very bright, the brightest in fact. But there is a difference between brightness (light OUTPUT) vs glare. the higher the Kelvin temperature, the more glare you produce, and thus less actual, usable light output.

4300K HID's in stock halogen *projector* housings should not blind anyone if aimed correctly. Higher temps, like 8K+ will start creating a lot of glare. Any HID in a halogen *reflector* housing is going to be a mess of light, some cars are worse than others.

For example, hella retrofit H4 housings in a MKIII supra with 6000K HIDs made a surprisingly nice light pattern, not offensive to on coming traffic at all. The same 6000K kit in my Chrysler Sebring made a TON of light reflections in the trees, 3 stories up on buildings, etc. 6000Ks in my Tiburon low beams, and 3000 (golden) in the fogs (all projectors) still kept crisp lines, and no one ever flashed me / didn't light up oncoming faces, etc.

tl;dr - Retrofit is best (a good retro... like TSX, audi, etc), low kelvin temp in stock projectors is better, low kelvin temp in reflectors is myeh, high kelvin (over 8K) in reflectors or projectors is bad for daily.

[ramman434]

Retro-fit OEM HID projectors

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[Sir]

Pics or it doesn't exist.


Mine looks very much like this one
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/S14DB/240sx/HID/HIDbeam.jpg

nice clean cutoffs so it doesn't blind oncoming traffic. That shit is for H4 boys.
it does the job, but sitting next to CLK, there is obvious difference between the quality of output.

[fliprayzin240sx]

Well koukis atleast got projectors so they dont have as bad of a glare as most headlights out there with HID kits. I had one on my old kouki. One thing you can do to make the cut out better and have less glare is to swap out the projectors themselves for better projectors. But the stock ones will be good enough...

[jspec240]

Thanks for all you feedback. I think Im going to try the H1s. but if you got more pics Id like to see. Id also like to go a deep purple. not sure of the intensity but I guess only some will work with the projector lenses

[jspec240]

Well koukis atleast got projectors so they dont have as bad of a glare as most headlights out there with HID kits. I had one on my old kouki. One thing you can do to make the cut out better and have less glare is to swap out the projectors themselves for better projectors. But the stock ones will be good enough...

What kind could I swap them with?? to get the deeper blue or purple and not have the glare??

[C0NAN]

I'm using H1 4,300K retrofit on OEM projectors. There's hardly any glare.

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/5921/dsc00073uq4.jpg

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8333/dsc00073oq6.jpg

[ALEXTHESUS*PECT]

Thanks for all you feedback. I think Im going to try the H1s. but if you got more pics Id like to see. Id also like to go a deep purple. not sure of the intensity but I guess only some will work with the projector lenses

if you run purple anywhere close to la. the cops will get you real quick! also light output is really low. they look cool for 2 seconds, but really don't work.

[fliprayzin240sx]

DONT GET COLORED FUCKING BULBS, you will hate life when it starts raining. K heres the deal why colored bulbs suck. They basically paint the bulb so it makes them dimmer. Why would you want dimmer lights? You know how OEM HIDs has those blue tint/hues to them? Its not the bulbs, those are due to the housings and projectors they use. Highest I would go is 4000, anything more than that and it gets stupid. Ive run 4000k and 2000k bulbs (yellow), i didnt get fucked with just cuz I got out of state plates...

[coreansurfer]

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL565/3467002/16814548/282585233.jpg

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL565/3467002/16814548/282585253.jpg

4300 in kouki projectors

[EDacIouSX]

this is real cut off....
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/107/300672075_cd1c169824.jpg

[xkamikazestormx]

Pics or it doesn't exist.

Oh, and HID in halogen ANYTHING sucks. End of story. Don't encourage other people to be as stupid as you have chosen to be.

not really. the only halogen projector that works good are h7 projectors. (obviously not as good BUT it does not produce glare but will have hot spots)

I've seen a ton of installs... I sell HID's locally. 4300K kits will rarely cause any problems. They are very bright, the brightest in fact. But there is a difference between brightness (light OUTPUT) vs glare. the higher the Kelvin temperature, the more glare you produce, and thus less actual, usable light output.

4300K HID's in stock halogen *projector* housings should not blind anyone if aimed correctly. Higher temps, like 8K+ will start creating a lot of glare. Any HID in a halogen *reflector* housing is going to be a mess of light, some cars are worse than others.

For example, hella retrofit H4 housings in a MKIII supra with 6000K HIDs made a surprisingly nice light pattern, not offensive to on coming traffic at all. The same 6000K kit in my Chrysler Sebring made a TON of light reflections in the trees, 3 stories up on buildings, etc. 6000Ks in my Tiburon low beams, and 3000 (golden) in the fogs (all projectors) still kept crisp lines, and no one ever flashed me / didn't light up oncoming faces, etc.

tl;dr - Retrofit is best (a good retro... like TSX, audi, etc), low kelvin temp in stock projectors is better, low kelvin temp in reflectors is myeh, high kelvin (over 8K) in reflectors or projectors is bad for daily.

what are you talking about. glare depends on your headlight HOUSINGS, not the freaking kelvin temperature. hella with a h4 HID kit does NOT produce a surprisingly nice pattern. it produces a lot of glare. ( i used to run HIDs in my cibie housings)

you lose output on higher kelvin temperatures because of it has something to do with how your eyes filter light IIRC.

I'm using H1 4,300K retrofit on OEM projectors. There's hardly any glare.

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/5921/dsc00073uq4.jpg

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8333/dsc00073oq6.jpg[/QUOTE

umm .. i see a lot of glare on the side.

[quote=coreansurfer;1823353]http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL565/3467002/16814548/282585233.jpg

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL565/3467002/16814548/282585253.jpg

4300 in kouki projectors

look at the top pic, thats major GLARE on the white garage wall.

[xkamikazestormx]

this is real cut off....
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/107/300672075_cd1c169824.jpg

woOt. THAT is a cutoff.

btw this is my bosch xenon projector retrofit inside my dual projector silvia lights.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e282/kamikazestorm420/DSC00256.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e282/kamikazestorm420/DSC00255.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e282/kamikazestorm420/DSC00272.jpg

btw the glare on the side on the very last pic is from my yellow reflector fogs.

[EDacIouSX]

that is ok cutoff... the best projectors are the japanese ones. i hear AP1 (first gen s2000) are better than later ones. fx35 ones i haer are good too. i also hear that german ones suck in comparison.

[coreansurfer]

yea, mine was totally nasty, it was more of a dont do it cheap pic, than anything.

[xkamikazestormx]

that is ok cutoff... the best projectors are the japanese ones. i hear AP1 (first gen s2000) are better than later ones. fx35 ones i haer are good too. i also hear that german ones suck in comparison.

just because its japanese doesnt mean its good lol.

do you know why the ap1s are better than the ap2 projectors? btw fx35 SUCKS unless you change out the lens to clear ones. maybe you should do your own research instead of going by what you just HEAR.

btw my projectors are better than half the people on this site with HID kits. ap1 projectors are $350. mine were $100. go figure which one obviously would be better.

[number80]

Honestly pictures don't do retrofits justice. It's easy to take any kind of lighting, go to the darkest spot, and take a picture and you probably get a nice picture that shows good lighting. When you compare the two side by side there is no comparison. I know the people with retrofit talk all big like it's the only way to go and the people that are on the bubble since it's costly want to try to go the cheaper route and hope the best but trust me, Retrofits are truely better.

I haven't done anything to my kouki yet but here's my "other" car. I got tsx projectors retrofitted to my 99 prelude. It was a pain to do so I had this other guy do for me, cost over $800 with parts and labor. From the write ups the kouki headlights seems 100x easier to do.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/mnsnowdaboy/IMG_1795.jpg

[Anto]

just because its japanese doesnt mean its good lol.

do you know why the ap1s are better than the ap2 projectors? btw fx35 SUCKS unless you change out the lens to clear ones. maybe you should do your own research instead of going by what you just HEAR.

btw my projectors are better than half the people on this site with HID kits. ap1 projectors are $350. mine were $100. go figure which one obviously would be better.


Actually this is pretty true..
If you think about all the Japanese projectors vs. German ones, you can clearly see the Japanese ones have a larger number of projectors that beat out German ones.
THIS is not to say that German projectors suck, so don't get me wrong, but if we look at the ones worth retrofitting:

Japanese:
TL
TSX
S2000
SC430
Porsche Bi-xenon
FX35
Rx330
Celica
Land Rover LR3
LS430


German:
Clearlens Valeo
RS6 Bi-xenon
E55
Hella Single Xenon ECE
and we can't forget the ZKW lens.

There are more, but Japan has better projectors on average. most of the other German projectors are dim and crap compared to their counterparts.

[waynehead05]

anybody have an s13 pop up retrofit? I have yet to see another one other than mine.

[dops13]

AP1 projectors retrofitted into kouki housing taken from hidplanet.com.

[dops13]

anybody have an s13 pop up retrofit? I have yet to see another one other than mine.

I found this link on nico.

http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=254025

Seems like too much work and problems to do this retrofit. The project length seems long with the ignitor to the bulb. Also you loose the high beam function. I would go with 90mm hella projectors which clearcorner.com uses, but that's 500 for a set of low beam HID kit. You would also need the high beam ones. What kinda projectors did you use? Details on your retrofit?

[LA_phantom_240]

not really. the only halogen projector that works good are h7 projectors. (obviously not as good BUT it does not produce glare but will have hot spots)



what are you talking about. glare depends on your headlight HOUSINGS, not the freaking kelvin temperature. hella with a h4 HID kit does NOT produce a surprisingly nice pattern. it produces a lot of glare. ( i used to run HIDs in my cibie housings)

you lose output on higher kelvin temperatures because of it has something to do with how your eyes filter light IIRC.

[quote=C0NAN;1823114]I'm using H1 4,300K retrofit on OEM projectors. There's hardly any glare.

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/5921/dsc00073uq4.jpg

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8333/dsc00073oq6.jpg[/QUOTE

umm .. i see a lot of glare on the side.



look at the top pic, thats major GLARE on the white garage wall.

True, H7 projectors (mostly Valeo and Hella) as well as the Blazer projector fog lights are really the only halogens that can get away with HID in them.

Also true that glare has nothing to do with color temp. His post was just stupid.

The loss of light from higher temp ratings is an actual loss of lumens, but you are correct in that as the color temp goes up it is harder for our eyes to process it...

[xkamikazestormx]

Actually this is pretty true..
If you think about all the Japanese projectors vs. German ones, you can clearly see the Japanese ones have a larger number of projectors that beat out German ones.
THIS is not to say that German projectors suck, so don't get me wrong, but if we look at the ones worth retrofitting:

Japanese:
TL
TSX
S2000
SC430
Porsche Bi-xenon
FX35
Rx330
Celica
Land Rover LR3
LS430


German:
Clearlens Valeo
RS6 Bi-xenon
E55
Hella Single Xenon ECE
and we can't forget the ZKW lens.

There are more, but Japan has better projectors on average. most of the other German projectors are dim and crap compared to their counterparts.

why is the porsche bi-xenon under japanese? i thought porsche was european. you also have to keep in mind that ECE projectors have a sharper cutoff. and most new japanese car now all have frosted lens in the front causing you to have to do a clear lens swap to have a sharp cutoff.

and celica HID projectors SUCK. yo can use the halogen projector but you still will have hot spots in the middle. fx35? cmon. the fx35 is not all that good unless you do the clear lens swap.

im not saying german ones are better, but for the price you cant beat bosch xenon projectors. i would have went the tsx route on my car but i would have had to trim my bezel and etc so i decided to just use the bosch ones.

but hey, im surprised someone on this site actually does research on HID lighting.

I found this link on nico.

http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=254025

Seems like too much work and problems to do this retrofit. The project length seems long with the ignitor to the bulb. Also you loose the high beam function. I would go with 90mm hella projectors which clearcorner.com uses, but that's 500 for a set of low beam HID kit. You would also need the high beam ones. What kinda projectors did you use? Details on your retrofit?

the problem with retrofit on pop ups is since HID projectors are longer compard to halogen projectors they stick out the back having you to lose you pop up function OR you would have to trim some of the radiator support to clear the projector when it pops down. if you dont want to lose the high beam function just get bi-xenon projectors and not single xenon.

[xturboexpress]

what are you talking about. glare depends on your headlight HOUSINGS, not the freaking kelvin temperature. hella with a h4 HID kit does NOT produce a surprisingly nice pattern. it produces a lot of glare. ( i used to run HIDs in my cibie housings)

you lose output on higher kelvin temperatures because of it has something to do with how your eyes filter light IIRC.


Glare has a lot to do with Kelvin temp... the focus of the light is in the housing and yes will determine if that light ends up in peoples eyes or not. By saying "glare" you also need to consider the light alone though, before the housings focus effects it. a higher Kelvin temp bulb will have a larger star burst like effect (glare) around it than a lower temp. I'm not a scientist but if you do a quick google search you will find all the specifics about it. The higher Kelvin light is broken up in the air easier than a 4300K... lighting up dust, moisture, etc, so less light gets to the pavement. Those awesome cut-offs you get with TSX/S2k/etc projectors would not be as crisp with a 12K bulb as with a 4300K...

When I was talking about glare in relation to Kelvin temp, I was reffering to a loose bulb, before any housing differences.

[LA_phantom_240]

the problem with retrofit on pop ups is since HID projectors are longer compard to halogen projectors they stick out the back having you to lose you pop up function OR you would have to trim some of the radiator support to clear the projector when it pops down. if you dont want to lose the high beam function just get bi-xenon projectors and not single xenon.

Exactly. It just isn't very feasible.

[dops13]

why is the porsche bi-xenon under japanese? i thought porsche was european. you also have to keep in mind that ECE projectors have a sharper cutoff. and most new japanese car now all have frosted lens in the front causing you to have to do a clear lens swap to have a sharp cutoff.

and celica HID projectors SUCK. yo can use the halogen projector but you still will have hot spots in the middle. fx35? cmon. the fx35 is not all that good unless you do the clear lens swap.

im not saying german ones are better, but for the price you cant beat bosch xenon projectors. i would have went the tsx route on my car but i would have had to trim my bezel and etc so i decided to just use the bosch ones.

but hey, im surprised someone on this site actually does research on HID lighting.



the problem with retrofit on pop ups is since HID projectors are longer compard to halogen projectors they stick out the back having you to lose you pop up function OR you would have to trim some of the radiator support to clear the projector when it pops down. if you dont want to lose the high beam function just get bi-xenon projectors and not single xenon.

Regarding to the pop up retrofit, it's feasible, it just takes a lot of money. Again, I was referring to the 90mm Hella HID projector which clearcorners.com uses. And what HID projector is longer to halogen projectors mean?

[xkamikazestormx]

^HID projectors are more deeper than halogen projectors. (length)

and any retrofit is expensive. not just the pop up retro. no matter what car it is, its expensive and requires lots of custom work. (hence the reason why its so expensive) and the 90mm hella HID projectors SUCK. but they do have a DOT stamp on it.

[S14DB]

I'm using H1 4,300K retrofit on OEM projectors. There's hardly any glare.

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/5921/dsc00073uq4.jpg

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8333/dsc00073oq6.jpg

How long was that exposure? Looks blown out and blurry. Look plenty bright with a long exposure.

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL565/3467002/16814548/282585233.jpg

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL565/3467002/16814548/282585253.jpg

4300 in kouki projectors

First pic, look at the concrete and all the colors and fading. The cut off will always be bright cause that's the focal point. The rest of the area is where you need the light but the worst output area of the H1 projectors.

Second pic the exposure is to long and it's blown out and blurry. to hard to tell.


I see some of my pics have been posted already. I have been working on a comparison for H1 to D2S. But have been busy with other projects. These were the last test. But I need a better camera to get more exposure control.

Here is a test I did at a friends house. Need to do over with another camera on a tripod.
Please Note that H1 is much dimmer than D2S in real life.

H1:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/S14DB/240sx/HID/H1vsD2S/H1ouput1.jpg

D2S:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/S14DB/240sx/HID/H1vsD2S/D2Soutput1.jpg

Test Rig: Stock H1 on bottom, D2S Projector on top.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/S14DB/240sx/HID/H1vsD2S/TestRack1.jpg

[jspec240]

Wow you guys really did an experiment!! Nice turn out. I think I will be going with the D2s now


+1 for concrete evidence!!

[xkamikazestormx]

you know what a d2s is right?

[Anto]

Calm your ass down.

Porsche Bi-xenon is under Japanese because that specific projector is made by Stanley/Kioto.
ECE clearlens have a sharper cutoff, but sharper cutoff is NOT what it's all about. Even if we were to assume that all the projectors had a clearlens, most of the japanese ones would still beat the german ones in terms of sheer intensity and width. Note that I said most.

FX35 is a great projector for the price. Bixenon & easily clearlens swappable. Guess what? They're cheaper/same price as bosch xenons, which are complete crap in terms of cutoff, intensity & width. You can get a set for much less than $80 now a days, add $30-40 for a pair of clear lenses which puts you at $120~ for a projector with a cutoff that rivals the S2k.

& I'd take a Celica HID projector over bosch crap anyday.



why is the porsche bi-xenon under japanese? i thought porsche was european. you also have to keep in mind that ECE projectors have a sharper cutoff. and most new japanese car now all have frosted lens in the front causing you to have to do a clear lens swap to have a sharp cutoff.

and celica HID projectors SUCK. yo can use the halogen projector but you still will have hot spots in the middle. fx35? cmon. the fx35 is not all that good unless you do the clear lens swap.

im not saying german ones are better, but for the price you cant beat bosch xenon projectors. i would have went the tsx route on my car but i would have had to trim my bezel and etc so i decided to just use the bosch ones.

but hey, im surprised someone on this site actually does research on HID lighting.



the problem with retrofit on pop ups is since HID projectors are longer compard to halogen projectors they stick out the back having you to lose you pop up function OR you would have to trim some of the radiator support to clear the projector when it pops down. if you dont want to lose the high beam function just get bi-xenon projectors and not single xenon.

[xkamikazestormx]

Calm your ass down.

Porsche Bi-xenon is under Japanese because that specific projector is made by Stanley/Kioto.
ECE clearlens have a sharper cutoff, but sharper cutoff is NOT what it's all about. Even if we were to assume that all the projectors had a clearlens, most of the japanese ones would still beat the german ones in terms of sheer intensity and width. Note that I said most.

FX35 is a great projector for the price. Bixenon & easily clearlens swappable. Guess what? They're cheaper/same price as bosch xenons, which are complete crap in terms of cutoff, intensity & width. You can get a set for much less than $80 now a days, add $30-40 for a pair of clear lenses which puts you at $120~ for a projector with a cutoff that rivals the S2k.

& I'd take a Celica HID projector over bosch crap anyday.

lol im not even pissed off or anything. i forgot that porsche bi-xenon is made by stanley. sharper cutoff / color is personal preference. i prefer sharper cutoff, some prefer color.

dam, i didnt know fx35 were that cheap. but stock, they are not that good. modded with a clearlens, they can perform really good tho.

my friend has a 7th gen celica and i can tell you my projector pwns that halogen projector in width, intensity BUT it has a really crazy color. you know what. next time i have his car ill take pictures of his cutoff.

[Kaizen.]

DONT GET COLORED FUCKING BULBS, you will hate life when it starts raining. K heres the deal why colored bulbs suck. They basically paint the bulb so it makes them dimmer. Why would you want dimmer lights? You know how OEM HIDs has those blue tint/hues to them? Its not the bulbs, those are due to the housings and projectors they use. Highest I would go is 4000, anything more than that and it gets stupid. Ive run 4000k and 2000k bulbs (yellow), i didnt get fucked with just cuz I got out of state plates...

Listen to the man, fuck colored bulbs! I got 6000k's and I wish I would'ov gotten 4300k. 6k's got a nice white/blue to it, but output isnt that great, and with colored bulbs, you'll stand out from all the other cars, so its a no go with cops. Stick out like a sore thumb. My 6k also isnt good at all in rain. 4300k retrofitted is the way to go.

[C0NAN]

@S14DB

I just took that picture with a Cellphone camera.

[Drft_S14]

purple is no bueno !! u wont be able to see ne thing ... 4300K id go for

[fliprayzin240sx]

Wow you guys really did an experiment!! Nice turn out. I think I will be going with the D2s now


+1 for concrete evidence!!

D2S bulbs isnt gonna sit into your headlights. D2S are the OEM HID bulbs, HID kits uses HID bulbs that has modified seats to fit into standard halogen bulb housing. OEM HIDs DOES NOT USE standard halogen bulb housings. So no, you cant use a D2S HID bulb unless you change the whole projector and bulb housing.

Anyways...
heres a pix of my old S14 with some gay HID kit using 2k yellow bulbs
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/fliprayzin240sx/stuff/FrontLights.jpg

Picture of my current zenki S14 with retrofitted acura TSX projectors/HIDs
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/fliprayzin240sx/Zenki%20S14/IMG_3294.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/fliprayzin240sx/Zenki%20S14/IMG_3295.jpg

[LA_phantom_240]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/fliprayzin240sx/Zenki%20S14/IMG_3295.jpg

Very nice. Did you retro it yourself?

[wylin]

actually clearcorners.com owner mike (xfxi on this board) has been doing hid retro's for s14 since the late 90's you might want to email him on what applications he used before (he focuses on custom led lighting now)

[95KA-Turbo]

Has anyone ever done a conversion with G35 HID projectors? I searched and couldn't find anything on here. I wasn't sure if there was a write up specific to that, so I figured I'd post it in here.

[fliprayzin240sx]

^^^how big are they? I went with the TSX for the zenkis just cuz they are some of the more compact projector housing out there...

[jspec240]

Damn I love the way your zenki looks. How did you retro fit them?? Is it a tight enough seal to keep condensation out?? I had some STI bulbs and balast's but couldnt find a way to keep them tight in the housing.

what intensity are the TSX ?

thanks bro


http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/fliprayzin240sx/Zenki%20S14/IMG_3295.jpg

[fliprayzin240sx]

I trimmed the rear enough where I was able to reuse the rubber cover and plastic cap. Used some sealing tape around the cap just incase and also, threw in some desecant in the back housing for good measure. Yah, theres a reason why HIDplanet sells those damn things. Go buy some brand new shoes and use those desicants...

[Anto]

Has anyone ever done a conversion with G35 HID projectors? I searched and couldn't find anything on here. I wasn't sure if there was a write up specific to that, so I figured I'd post it in here.


G35's aren't that good. FX35's beat them out stock vs. stock, and clearlens vs. clearlens.

This is my FX35 modded with a TSX lens.
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/pbanto/IMG_3631.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/pbanto/IMG_3627.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/pbanto/IMG_3637.jpg

Results were a very wide beam pattern that held it's sharpness better than an s2000 projector. However, FX projectors aren't up to par in foreground lighting. That particular projector went into my bike, but i'm going to upgrade it with a TL/ZKW.

[LA_phantom_240]

Good luck mang, ZKW lenses are expensive and hard to come by... but the results with the TL projector are phenomenal.

[snowmants]

Sorry this is OT but what bumper is that on your kouki?!?!?! best looking one I have ever seen.

D2S bulbs isnt gonna sit into your headlights. D2S are the OEM HID bulbs, HID kits uses HID bulbs that has modified seats to fit into standard halogen bulb housing. OEM HIDs DOES NOT USE standard halogen bulb housings. So no, you cant use a D2S HID bulb unless you change the whole projector and bulb housing.

Anyways...
heres a pix of my old S14 with some gay HID kit using 2k yellow bulbs
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/fliprayzin240sx/stuff/FrontLights.jpg

Picture of my current zenki S14 with retrofitted acura TSX projectors/HIDs
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/fliprayzin240sx/Zenki%20S14/IMG_3294.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/fliprayzin240sx/Zenki%20S14/IMG_3295.jpg

[S14DB]

Sorry this is OT but what bumper is that on your kouki?!?!?! best looking one I have ever seen.

WOW, you couldn't PM him? you had to bump a 5 month old thread?