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Looking at the lights...does it look like it'll be easy to remove the projector?
Installing Projectors + Xenon Kits Honda Civic 2013 Help
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not sure, I have it mounted and I dont feel comfortable at dismounting the lights again, already did 3 times, Im going to wait a month probably to get it fully dismounted to do the retro fit, I will let you know how it goes, hopefully the shop or the guy who do it wont **** up the headlights
team3d
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if you don't mind me asking, how much did you spend so far ? and how much time did you invest on "fixing" the projectors?
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Mikeorock
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Yea of course. Better then stock. It's just a straighter beam of light.
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I made a picture today in the afternoon while looking at it with a friend and we did notice that in fact the projector probably like webby said, is not meant to be used with HID Xenon Kits, in the following picture
And its really clear that those 2 black lines and the big bright spot in the middle are the bulb of the xenon:
http://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/ima...eadlights-halogen-vs-xenon-vs-led-26530_6.jpg
Im going to buy a good set of halogens first, test it out and see if the lighting are improved, if they dont, I will end up buying a pair of hid mini projectors and pay someone to put them on.
I will pobably keep posting updates with more findings in case other ppl have the same problem.
I had the same problem. But I fixed it. I turned the HID bulbs 180 degrees and problem solved
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Scornio
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Hey bro I have these headlight as well and hids just installed them and the beam pattern for me is horrible nowI had the same problem. But I fixed it. I turned the HID bulbs 180 degrees and problem solved
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( so ima try and fix it today but what you mean you turned them 180 degrees don't they only go in one way?
Scornio
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Dude I tried this and I worked but I hope my hids last long in there like that!!I had the same problem. But I fixed it. I turned the HID bulbs 180 degrees and problem solved
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Mikeorock
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Yea I tried flipping min as we'll bit they just don't sit right.. There's only one way that the bulb can fit nicely in there..
Scornio
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Yea it sucks.....like really bad
team3d
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you get what you pay for....
Scornio
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I know and the crazy thing is they arent cheap headlights!!!
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A replacement oem hid projector like the honda s2000 costs more than that per side for comparison.
team3d
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lol, call your honda dealership parts department, ask them how much your stock oem headlights cost each, you will be choked !
your stock oem headlights are $600 a pair.... $200 a pair headlights are very cheap, to automotive industry standard, it's low-end.
a decent quality headlights are about $250~325 each.
Scornio
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Holy ****! lol thats pretty expensive but these headlights run about $370 so to me i think thats expensive enough to work correctly....but if they end up messing up m hids or i just cant that beam pattern right or they dont anything about it to fix it(like an adapter or something) i think ima try and find some oem jdm projector headlights later if they make a black in them or something.
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team3d
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i don't understand how can you spend $370 when it's $200 on ebay ?