Automotive Lighting FAQ - OEM halogen retrofit converted to HID

Take a stock housing, cut off the low beam portion. Glue in a high quality low beam halogen projector with low glare. Convert the optics for usage of high output HID bulb.

Here is the database over cars that this has been done!!!

Year: Brand: Model: Donor Projector: Difficulty level (1-easy 5-difficult): Thanks to: Major Parts list: Details:
Pics:
- Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Hella H9 90mm 2 Sam M. - Stock lights are 2x5" sealed beams, which is a laugh, so Hella 90mm is a fenonemal upgrade! Mounting is relatively easy to the rear sitting shroud. ( Beam pictures are without HID).

Link to his Detailed descrption. 		1 2 beam
1997-2001 Chrysler Minivan Hella H9 90mm - Brian B., MI - What a mean looking 4 eyed bull! 1
1998+ Ford Contour/Mystique Hella H9 90mm 5 Milan, Westmont, IL, USA
  • New Ford headlights $220
  • 4 x H9 Hella 90mm modules $200
  • 2 x H7 Hella 90mm cutoff shields (leftovers from other project)
  • 2 x D2S HID bulbs&ballasts $375
  • Angel Eyes materials: $150
  • Misc: $100
  • Time Needed To assemble: Approx. 50 Hours
  • 2 x halogen bulbs $0
  • misc. wiring harnesses

    • Stock lights rating:

  • Low beam: Outright poor.
  • High beam: Efficient. Only a bigger diameter fixture can be better.

    presenting: "Milan Motorsports SPORT 1" You might think headlights are redesigned from ground up ,but fact is that Hella units are inserted into stock headlights after dremeling out the rear and creating some sort of mounting bracket.

  • Low beam: he utilizes a D2S and made it fit onto the Hella projector units backplate. High beams have a plain halogen bulb.
  • Low beam cutoff: Straigth cutoff was selected because of aggressively lowered suspension.
  • Low beam curved lense: clear. Milan found that it gives a much crisper cut-off and more down the road illumination. However, the angle of the beam is somewhat less than with the "fresnel" style curved lens. All in all, Milan likes the clear ones better.
  • High beams: To increase estetics, Milan inserted Hella low beam units for high beams as well, except that cutoff shield is removed.
    All in all, you can call this a true quad projector setup. Not that quad projectors are optically any better than a projector low beam/reflector combination. Its a matter of personal estitical preference.
    		• front
    low beam before
    low beam after
    high + low beam after
    Year: Brand: Model: Donor Projector: Difficulty level (1-easy 5-difficult): Thanks to: Major Parts list: Details:
    Pics:
    1999- Jeep Grand Cherokee Hella H9 90mm - Matt H., TX - Aftermarked Jeep headlamps, chromed type: $340
    - HID kit from autolamps-online.com: $500
    - Mirrored plastic cover to increase estethics: $90
    - Mirrored rings around projector unit: $200
    - Hella units: $110
    - Misc: $34
    - Labour: ~50h     		Incredibly nice work!
    See pdf file.     		1 2 3 beam1 beam2
    1999 Holden Vectra Hella H7 90mm - JordanF1racing - In the works -
    1994-97 Honda Accord Hella H7 90mm 3-4 wewong - Set of used headlights
    - projector unit
    - D2S bulbs and ballast bought from MMM tuning/Germany
    - Lexan sheet
    - Devcon plastic welder
    - RTV    		 Finalized summer-2002 1 2 3 4
    The middle part of the projector shield is bent (using two pair of pliers) about 2mm closer to the bulb. He just did it by trial and error but the result turned out pretty well:
    1998- Honda Accord Hella H9 90mm  - Jet(storm) - Set of APC aftermarked headlights
    - D2S bulbs and ballasts
    - Wiring harness
    - Lexan sheet
    - Stainless steel sheet
    - Stainless steel bolts
    - Total of $1500CDN    		 Finalized April 2002 1 2 3 4
    1999-01 Honda Civic Hella H7 90mm - pliepl - - -
    1993+ Mazda RX-7 Hella H9 90mm - RotaryExtreme.com - - -
    1995-98 Mitshubishi Eclipse Hella H7 90mm - pugsx - As a side note: According to owner, simply using stock low beam projector with a 9006 HID kit is not bad compared to HID retroed H7 Hella 90mm. 9006 HID bulb might need minor extra shielding in the stock housing. 1 2 beam
    - MGB - Hella H7 90mm 5 MGB Front lens: GTS cover for 7" headlight Based on a 7" round headlight -
    1994 Toyota Camry Integra Type R projector 3 Tony the Tiger, htracing@hotmail.com
  • Integra Type-R projector headlights
  • JB Kwik Weld
  • Steel'Y quick drying Metal putty
  • Optical Lens Cleaning solution
    		• The projectors are inside the stock headlight housing, so the headlights are still fully adjustable. The inside of the projectors are modified: some areas inside of the projector are painted flat black to block of certain light and some areas are trimmed to allow extra light. It's hard to show what kind of modifications I have, since I have a HID bulb hooked up for testing while I do the modifications, so it was basically "trial and error". pic1 pic2 beam1 beam2

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