incoming QUAD Projector retrofit Mini D2S (X Lens)

What's the H9 kit for?

Have you done any previous retrofits or is this your first? Suggestions heavily depend on what your experience is!

I am sure it will look awesome though

 

Oh... You are putting a HID kit in a halogen projector (or is it LED on the PiP?) and then retrofitting 1 projector additional for the high beam?

If you are ripping apart your headlights, do it properly and do a full retrofit. Take out the projector behind the stock area and replace it with something much better and designed for HIDs. Also 6000K bulbs are not a good idea. They make it look very ricey and have less output than 4300K bulbs. 5000K is about as high as you should go because remember after a few hundred hours they colour shift. So 4300K bulbs become 5000K bulbs (ish) and 5000K go up to 5600K-6000K. Your 6000K will go up to 6600K-7000K which is not in the realm of real.

I commend you for taking on such a big challenge for your first retrofit. I would recommend buying a second pair of lights off of eBay or a junkyard too. To do it properly will take many hours. My retrofits if I have time to work on them non-stop usually take the weekend because of dry times for various glues and such. You can of course cut this down if you do things ahead of time on the bench, but I prefer to build the retrofit "on the car" versus "on the bench". And if they are not aimed properly you are ripping it all out and starting over. So having a spare headlight assembly for when 3am Sunday morning rolls around and you have to have the car on the road the next morning for work is a life saver. In CA you will most assuredly be ticketed for driving without headlamps.

If you are hell bent on using the stock projectors (which are pretty crap, and output light in the wrong spots) at least cover part of the squirrel finders so you don't blind incoming traffic. You will be in there anyways so it is just an extra piece of anything and some glue.

 

Very cool.

The RX AFS lights are my personal favourite. They take the TSX clear lenses (or TSX-R if you want to go cheap!) and a ring of cardboard from a cereal box spaces it perfectly to make that nice blue line.

 

I know this is an old thread but do you have any updates to it? Light output pics? Pros/cons? Looking to retro my Prius as well.

 

Are you looking to do a quad retro? The single projector retro with the retro-quik system from The Retrofit Source was a pretty easy to install kit. I'd say your only option for bolt on is the RX350 projector, which I thought was a pretty plug and play operation. If you're a beginner I would do research that way.

Pros for retrofit is awesome light output. Cons are money and time. I've had some problems with parts going out in my HID system, which I have to admit is a pain in the nice person when you can't figure it out, but I learned from it. Nothing's been so bad that I would change back to the stock setup. I would highly recommend The Retrofit Source for buying some if not all your parts. Their customer service has been awesome and they seem to really stand behind their products.

 

I actually just ordered a kit for:them for the rx350 projectors. Was tempted to quad retro but I’ll revisit that if I feel those rx350 isn’t enough.

 

The RX lenses are superb. My favourite. If you want that super sweet cutoff and hue, some Acura TSX lenses fit perfectly over the Lexus RX330/RX350 projectors. I've used them in most of my retrofits.

 

If it's your first time retro then I wouldn't go quad. Especially since the other set won't be plug in play like the RX350's. I have the Mini H1s and those are plenty. The RX350 is an even more superior projector.

 

It’s not my first time retro’ing a vehicle, but it is my first time configuring one that’ll just bolt in. I know as soon as I install I’m going to be kicking myself for not doing it earlier

 

I have a rx350 retro w/ clear lens, cbi bulbs etc and while it is an upgrade i honestly was not blown away at the end result. Not to say the result was bad the lighting is still excelent but i was expecting omre

 

How much better was the upgrade compared to stock?

I’m not looking for laser beams

Just something better for night driving.

 

Just go for laser! That's just freaking cool
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Last time I was checking them I found a pair for about 500 USD.

Back to the topic.
It's cool that some people can do such mods.
High beams could be also swapped to LED bulbs. You can get more light that way, but the maximum intensity wont increase (compared to new quality halogen bulb). So you'll get more light to sides, and keep about the same maximum distance. So it's not the optimum, but easier.