Thread: Retrofit help!!! 97-03

So I did massive amounts of reading on this forum, through google that lead me a few different places as well. I'm in the middle of the retrofit, I think I just got the shroud cut down enough to fit in the housing, (that alone was a PITA) the thread sticks out a decent amount out the back,(ignore the wires in the first few pics, that was to see how far back I can get the projector) I'm not using a silicone washer on the inside nor outside, and I'm still having a tough time getting enough thread sticking through the housing to where I can move it around for aiming and I can't get the nut far enough down to put on the h1 bulb holder socket thing(3 screw prong thing) Any suggestions would be appreciated! thanks.











Top Shroud


Bottom Shroud

Gotta remember the headlights do not sit perfect straight on the car so the projectors do not sit straight forward inside the capsule if that makes sense. They have an angle to them, so the projector still sits at a angle inside the capsule and then went mounted on the car will point pretty straight.


I'll post a few pictures of how I cut mine and if you can get into the album you can see the rest.

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I had my projectors pointing more towards the center of the car and I did use the silicone washer on the inside.

It's been 3-4 years since I made those so there are other steps I would have taken if I kept the car or things I would have tried to get better. Cutting the shrouds and making those fit is the hardest part of it I thought. I still have that set in a box somewhere haha, no idea what I'll use those projectors on someday.

If you're talking about the shroud, I trimmed more than you did to make mine fit.


I may have even smoothed these out a little more but I don't remember.

It did for a while lol, I bet the car is in a junkyard by now or in a very run down state.

Been like over 2 years now since it's been gone.