Thread: HID\Projector Retrofit advice and tips

Originally Posted by laferri2

Man, TYC headlights are a ***** to open. They didn't use butyl tape, it's like a black adhesive liquid. I melt it with the heat gun and it immediately oozes back together around my flat head and reseals. I broke all the tabs and scratched the hell out of the lens around the seal.

5 hours of work on ONE headlight, and I probably won't get it open until after another half hour.

First of you shouldn't be using a heat gun to seperate lenses from capsules. Sure it works but by the time you get one area melted enough to seperate and move on the area you just worked on like you've already said adheres itself back together. Put them in the oven the whole lense sealant melts uniformly, just my opinion though you can do whatever you want but it takes me about 15 minutes max to peel lenses using my method.

Originally Posted by cleangtp

First of you shouldn't be using a heat gun to seperate lenses from capsules. Sure it works but by the time you get one area melted enough to seperate and move on the area you just worked on like you've already said adheres itself back together. Put them in the oven the whole lense sealant melts uniformly, just my opinion though you can do whatever you want but it takes me about 15 minutes max to peel lenses using my method.

I can't use my oven; I have a bird and the fumes would likely kill it. My BBQ runs way too hot and would melt it, so I'm kind of stuck.

On the plus side, the next lens should only take maybe a third of the time; I was attempting to use the heat gun to melt a whole side at once, which wasn't working. I started melting and prying five inch sections and holding until they cooled and it went much faster. I spent two hours on the first lens allowing the glue to melt and reseal and it basically turned into a rock hard gloppy mess.

I'm not so worried about the broken tabs as I'm going to use butyl tap and run a bead of adhesive sealant along the lens when I'm done, which should make it watertight and well sealed.

it wont give off any fumes..... they dont get hot enough to make a smell

are there any places or people that will do these retrofits if "said customer" buys the parts and ships them to the person who will make them...im not the best handyman but the $1000 dollar estimate seems a bit high for professionals to do it...i can install the ballasts and hid kit myself, but as for retrofitting the projector kits...uhh, i don't wanna know how many pairs of headlights i'd end up going through

Alright I already have so I wait to see what the damage comes out to...thanks for the reply though...

Originally Posted by Carlton

Alright I already have so I wait to see what the damage comes out to...thanks for the reply though...

Litewerks will cost you your whole wallet and your left nut....

any other retrofitters for 04+ you would recommend ?

Originally Posted by dengnath

any other retrofitters for 04+ you would recommend ?

Nope none off hand.... there's been a few guys here to do nice 04+ retrofits but they don't want to help anyone out and make some extra money... I won't name any names! They don't want to do it because they know it sucks and isn't worth the chump change they'd make doing it imo

I think you 04+ guys are stuck between a rock and a hard place

Sounds like I should hand my debit number to lightwerkz....if they can do a great job around 600 ill consider if more....well idk

On that note if someone who doesn't wanna make chump change wants to name how much profit they want to make, throw a number plus materials and ill consider....8128811356 call or text

For reference lightwerkz just quoted 1400 dollars :S

Originally Posted by Carlton

For reference lightwerkz just quoted 1400 dollars :S

Pfffffff and people bitc h about me charging $250 that's why I say get out of my face with your complaining......

I just got quoted 950 from light works for a quad..... bit**ches

950 was just the labor on mine thats ridiculous

Originally Posted by Carlton

950 was just the labor on mine thats ridiculous

You'd need 1 pair bi-xenon morimoto H1 projectors and mini gun shrouds
1 ddm slim ballast or raptor ballast HID H1 kit
1 9006/HB4 bi-xenon trs relay harness
1 pair of good clear lensed headlights

That's it..... litewerks is out of their minds!!!!!!

Oh ya and 1 pair mori H1 bulbs wouldn't hurt either it's a def upgrade to ddm's bulbs