Never thought I'd find these in the junkyard! Thanks to row52.com I got a notification on my phone of a grand prix in my local pick-n-pull with a front picture and saw these, so I rushed over there and fortunately was the first one to grab them!
I noticed that either a factory uv coating was causing the fade and peel or some clear coating applied by the prior owner so I'm going to have to wet sand and polish them but that's not an issue.
These headlights are notorious for being super dim so I wanted to take them apart to see why. Here's the initial breakdown
Here's the stock projector removed
Here's why these projectors are dim....
Also, the halo rings are extremely dim, so I wanted to figure out why. Turns out they use the cheap dual opposing 4mm leds and the ring is supposed to distribute the light.
Here's the completely deconstructed housings
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Now on to the build! Well, It's apparent that the stock projectors are garbage, and the stock hi-beams are only pointable up and down, so my intention is to remove the stock bracket and place the old projector in the old hi-beam location while using a bi-xenon projector (dual lo/hi beam) in the stock location but allowing for greater adjustment.
As a mock up, I placed both old projectors in their locations as a test fit:
There are a few companies who make the adapters from spyder projector to morimoto mini h1 projectors, but at $55 plus shipping, I think I'll make my own from a sheet of aluminum or something. (link below)
Retro-Quik: Spyder Lights - Complete Retrofit Kits from The Retrofit Source
I plan on using a sequential switchback led to run part of my drl and my turn signal and shaping it along the top and arching around the front some.
I plan on re-wiring the stock turn signal bulb location for just a plain blue led that will come on with drl.
I also plan on having three halos, one for each stock bulb location that are controlled by the drl.
I will be using a series of load resistors to compensate for the decreased consumption of the bulbs.
I will be using Demon eye leds on both the old "dummy" projectors and the new ones somehow switched by drl but off when hi or lo beams are triggered.
I think I'm going to keep the parking lights stock though just to make everything legal. I thought about doing switchback halo rings with the turn signal, but I thought that might be a bit much since the drl strip already does that.
Those are my plans at the moment! I've got a few retrofits for other members going on that I might post here too, any input or just general thoughts or things related to projector retrofits or spyder headlights are always welcome! I hope these will turn out cool!
