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HID Headlight Retrofits

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Accessories & Modifications' started by Unleashd, Dec 13, 2012.

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  1. Justdidit

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    Its gonna look awesome when your all done. Crud... Now I have another project! (y)
     
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    If you want a set of pristine halogen headlamp units, let me know. I haven't used the set that I bought here on PC :)
     
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    These came from an '05 model. Just the one orange reflector.
     
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    Today's work...Baked the painted shrouds - 150 deg for ~15 min

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    and then started to put the headlight back together..

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    I made a couple of scratches as you can see in the pictures above and below. Need to hit those spots with paint tomorrow.

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    Looks good! If you can, b4 u put it all bk 2gether 2mrw, can you take a picture of how you wired up the bi-xenon switch for your hi-beams?
     
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    I tried to reuse the connector by prying out the crimps, but I was not able to. Advance Auto and Radioshack also did not have the same connector. So, I ended up cutting and soldering the wires instead. I considered completely leaving out the high beam, but that would not pass inspection next year.

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    First picture of just the passenger side headlight connected...:)

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    Both headlights mocked up. Driver side is Morimoto 3Five 5000K bulb. Passenger side is OEM bulb.

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    Nice job. I'm sure the connector is proprietary to Toyota - your choice looks to be the simplest method. Any chance of the hi-beam in action?
     
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    Will post pics later. Forgot to click that pic.
     
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    While waiting for the 2nd coat of painting the reflectors to dry, I was perusing the local auto store. And......


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    Nice! any idea what MCD rating those are? I am looking at some that are 20,000mcd to make my Faux led lighting real.

    From This:
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    To this:
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    with the Projector conversion and the painted shrouds and reflectors.
     
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    Not sure of the rating. I am not even sure these will last too long. But just wanted to try them. The pair of 14" prewired strips was on sale for $15. The strips have 3M adhesive on them and are weatherproof according to the packaging. Let's see how long they last ;)

    another shot in the dark...


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    Houston, we have a problem. The 2nd coat of paint is messed up :(

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    whoa... what happened? wrong can of paint!? Can you re-mist over it after its dried? did this happen in the oven?!
     
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    Looks good for $15!!
     
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    Not in the oven. I had scratched the paint after the first coat while test fitting the projector shroud. As soon as I applied the second coat, this happened :( Same paint can as the first coat.

    OTOH, this kind of created a texture inside the entire reflector bowl :p So, I left it like that and went ahead and assembled the car back. It has been a week since I started working on this. My wife walked in from work and started taunting me. Guess, I started loosing patience too :LOL:

    Well...here is the final output of this project...

    Parking lights only
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    Low Beams
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    Low Beams with Fog Lights
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    Low beam and Fog lights closeup
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    High Beams
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    Cutoff along the wall(s)
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    High Beam Pattern: The pattern is sort of all concentrated on the left, as though only the driver's side lamp is switching. But, I can hear and see the passenger side lamp also switching to high beams.
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    The only thing that I can think of is that it might have been due to the cold weather that I did the painting in. The reflector bowl might not have been warm enough. Not sure though...
     
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