Morimoto Quik Retro

DO AT YOUR OWN RISK!

So I wanted to give a short write up on what I thought of the kit. I will say this, if you are like me and prefer the true HID projector,cutoff, and output I would recommend you skip the PNP kit and go straight for this! HOWEVER, if you just like to have blue lights and don't care as much of what I mentioned please get the PNP kit!

Uninstalling Bumper/Baking Headlights
Uninstall was very easy and kind of fun! Why fun you ask? Well the Prius bumper is very easy to take off and headlights pop out with minimal force. You do not have to remove the entire bumper, just the sides you will be working on! Once you have headlights out, you can start by taking all 9 bolts out to get ready to bake open. Once you have baked them you can start to pry them apart and with a lot of cursing/fighting the glue will start to give. You may have to bake 2-3 more times depending on how hard the glue is.

Retro
Once you take out the old projectors, first thing you will notice is the size differences between the Morimoto and Koito. The Morimoto is smaller in size which threw me off since I was expecting them to be the same size. The install of the Morimoto was probably moderately challenging since you have to remember how to put everything back together, I started my retro w/o my pkg arriving so my car sat torn down for awhile, I know impatient! So all you have to do is bolt the Morimoto's back into the housing WITH THE OEM BOLTS holding the Koito's. Once that is done you can start putting the headlights back together and that's pretty much it.

Putting Headlights back together/On Car

Hardest part for me was putting headlights back together, since the glue was so stuck on it. It took me almost a half hour getting one headlight to stick back together properly. I will say, buy the glue they offer and USE IT!!! Because I had so much glue still stuck on the headlight, I didn't use as much of the new glue assuming it was enough and it was already hard to squeeze it all back together! I do have condensation in one of my headlights that I will fix once I have some down time. Putting everything back together will be easy and just as exciting!!!

Overall/Rating

I love the kit, it is absolutely what I expected. The cutoff is sharp, the spread is even/wide, and I have bi-xenon! I would rate this kit a 8/10. To make this a 10/10 TRS needs to work on the mounting plates, someone complained about this in another thread couple years back. the projector sits slightly too high and not flush in the housing. THIS DOES NOT EFFECT performance, just would like them to adjust slightly and also if you have to change your headlight bulbs You will have to remove the bumper with this kit! Not enough room to get Bulbs out because of how they sit in projector bowl.

















iPhone quality FTW

 

It's worth it if you really want maximum output, I wish I could compare with someone local to see how much output the stock projectors put out with HID

 

Yea this will be a walk in the park for you then, all you do is unbolt! I prefer to get as much width and intensity as I can also!

Thanks xliderider for that comparison. I will say that the stock projectors do a good enough job for a PNP kit but the hazy light on the bottom
is questionable for total spread. Those cutouts could be covered up if someone decided to black there headlights out and do it then, whos up for it???

No cutting what so ever, the off centered projector is just being anal! The performance is not effected and honestly when you see the cutoff and output all the work will be well worth it! I will post everything I bought with the kit and the tools I used above with the write up!

 

I agree, stock projectors with HID will be better than the halogens but other than that they won't touch the output of the Morimoto's, my wife's Acura MDX can't beat the Morimoto on output! Do you mean clear lens??? I would like to see someone modify the stock projector to see if they can be hacked for more output...

 

^ Agreed, if you bake them open do the retro! I was thinking of maybe using a different bowl since the projector on the Prius is sufficient enough. It will probably be 2x harder than adding PNP HID kit.

 

I actually just wedged them into really tight crevices. It's been over a month and they are still snugged. I have to say I am, probably going to mount them under

 

Thanks bro!