BI-LED Retrofit

So what's happened here You've added a real metal housing LED to the fake projector that comes in that original headlamp? Pretty good setup I imagine you shouldn't have any trouble selling those directly We had too much trouble keeping the car on the road let alone worrying about headlights so but they should go pretty quick I mean I've seen other people do mini metal projectors. And a whole bunch of applications pretty good stuff

 

The original halogen low beam in a gen 3 is a real projector, not a fake one. The high beam is a reflector.

 

I mean he's installed a real projector over in that hole meaning one of those serious metal and to cut off that flaps up and down and all that sort of thing kind of like the generation 2 HIDs but a projector version of that they're pretty costly about 80 bucks a pop for nice ones used to be about 200. Real projectors usually aren't all plastic or poly whatever I think at least we're on that anyway that's what everybody's messing with.

 

Where are you in the Bay Area? I am interested as my stock headlights aren't keeping up with the likes of newer cars on the road. Is this a directly plug-and-play swap or do I need to mess with the stock wiring? Or can you share the thread/process you used for the swap?

I was probably going to do the same thing and buy a second pair of headlights to retrofit and swap but haven't started researching yet. Or waiting to get lucky and find something at the Pick-N-Pull junkyard.

 

There's no upgrade in the generation 3 at the Pick-n-Pull yard that'll be hand-built at home or aftermarket TYCO type lighting made by whichever company is pressing them out at the time. If these are correct these are nice 80 to $120 projector systems metal by metallic no plastic in site practically but I don't know I can't see him from here A guy did his generation to hear the same way with quality projectors real stuff none of it plastic I'm sure there is a whole ride up here explaining how to get the lens off how to fit the projection system how to make the little shutter work etc this is what all the kids are doing and have been doing to the Hondas and well whatever they're messing with Hyundai's velosters whatever. Online you can read all about the various mini projectors that everybody is mounting into their headlights there's like three of them that are the top choices.

 

Sorry I wasn't clear in my above post, I was more looking to get lucky and grab a spare set of headlights from the Pick-N-Pull for cheaper than buying new, to then disassemble / convert on the bench while keeping the originals in the car.

I've done the same projector retrofit on my old BMW E30 buying a 3d printed adapter kit online using Morimoto projectors.

 

Yeah that's what I thought you were going to do have a set on the car to drive with regular and modify a set like everybody does on the bench and that's the brand of projectors I'm talking about they're worthwhile whereas the projectors in the Prius are well I don't know plastic .