HID Projector Retrofits by garyq

[miko101130]

malaki epekto sa visibility talaga pag super dark tint... kahit na 55watt pa at TL projectors pa madilim pa din...

minsan nga nakakapanibago pag nakasakay ka ng ibang auto na stock headlamp na halogen pero walang tint parang mas malinaw pa sa retrofit..hehe...

[garyq]

tint talaga pinaka kalaban ng lighting output.

slick: single projector na lang running at 50w tapos 70mm for the fogs, ayos na yan.

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[ZENMasterTYL]

naku, naka dark tints ako

[bayen]

tint talaga pinaka kalaban ng lighting output.

slick: single projector na lang running at 50w tapos 70mm for the fogs, ayos na yan.

My inbox was already full and a couple of PMs were sent back. Pls re-send to those who were trying to contact me. Thanks

+1 on this one. clear tints lang naging solution ko sa low visibility ko despite having the stage 3 setup already. pero thats just me, malabo kasi talaga mata ko e.

[garyq]

Wait Lang lets discuss this perspective.

Ok nagiisip kang mag retrofit kaya Lang naka dark tint ka, Baka masayang Lang and you won't get enough lighting. Well it will still be 3-4x more light if you go for a stage3 running at 50w coz through your tints mo pa rin naman titingnan yung output. If you stay with your Halogens 3x less lighting din.

Best compromise is medium tint but yung nga, poor lighting system is poor lighting system and 3x more light is 3x more light.

[Starex_Gold]

minsan nga nakakapanibago pag nakasakay ka ng ibang auto na stock headlamp na halogen pero walang tint parang mas malinaw pa sa retrofit..hehe...

Kasi ibang usapan na yan pagdating dun sa part na hindi sakop ng projectors. Kaya tama ka, saktong tint lang.

[miko101130]

best compromise talaga is medium tint lang sa windshield, tapos sa sides na lang bumawi with dark tint...

[IMm29]

Medium darkness. Pili na lang if u want black or magic.

[ZENMasterTYL]

Wait Lang lets discuss this perspective.

Ok nagiisip kang mag retrofit kaya Lang naka dark tint ka, Baka masayang Lang and you won't get enough lighting. Well it will still be 3-4x more light if you go for a stage3 running at 50w coz through your tints mo pa rin naman titingnan yung output. If you stay with your Halogens 3x less lighting din.

Best compromise is medium tint but yung nga, poor lighting system is poor lighting system and 3x more light is 3x more light.

actually minsan akala ko di pa naka on yung HL ko, kasi parang madilim pa rin yung paligid

maybe it's time to retrofit

[SiRbossR]

^i think it's time for a lighter tint.

[garyq]

many new cars even pag wala kang tint, ang sama ng output. Pag naglagay ka even ng medium tint, naku 30-40% less na. A lighter tint would definitely help (I always suggest medium lang) but then again many of my clients dont want to be seen inside. Ako personally wala akong tint sa harap. Anyways retrofit + medium tint is a good combo.

Did another Forester FXT the other day. This car comes with stock HID but on reflectors. The stock bulbs is Philips 85122 D2R 4200k and Matsushita ballasts. Definitely better than halogens but this car has only medium tint and malaki na nabawas. So the owner asked me to install Stage2 using the stock ballasts but the bulbs we changed kasi 3 years na rin and meron nang crack yung isa. For those with dark tints, the fog retrofit is very big help. Makapal sa gitna and it really adds intensity. I installed 4 pairs last week and on all retros, very pleased yung mga clients. This Subby is running on Stage2 35w and 70mm fogs 35 also, 4300k.

Also, installed new type of shroud for this Forester:





mahirap fit nung 70mm fogs but we were able to do it



output:

fogs only



fogs and HL, projectors at LO beam



fogs and HL, projectors at HI and halogen Hi is also ON



I would take comparative output shots from the inside next time. Anyways, either you look at this from inside or from the outside, the lighting system is giving out more than 10,000 lumens on the road.

[ZENMasterTYL]

^i think it's time for a lighter tint.

hahaha, actually excuse ko lang yung dark tint para i consider magpa retrofit.

mas mura nga naman mag palit ng tint

[garyq]

someone requested this, my 70mm fog projectors on Pajero FieldMaster



output is the same as the Forester above. Parehong fogs yan

[IMm29]

Oooh nice on the FM! That's a perennial problem of that SUV.

Good call on the fogs for dark tints. Dark tints do take away much of the intensity, and the fogs offset that by being low, wide and thick.

[Slick50]

When is the next meeting for all the people that GaryQ has retrofitted?

Parang light show.

[garyq]

another car straight from the casa and another first for us.

stage1 setup plus custom DRL for the new Kia Rio sedan:











The parklight area under the projector was converted into daylight running lights with 5 x 1w leds with individual optics

[garyq]

quad setup for BMW Z3

[flyinglimar]

sir, pwede ho ba gawin yan sa headlight ng strada 2005, and fuego 2000 gustong gusto ko kaya lang medyo may kalumaan na mga ride ko pero gusto uri ng mga engine na ganito, anyway kailangan ba dalhin ang headlight dyan, nasa bohol po kasi ako pwede pa pm naman...salamat

[Paj699]

sir gary ok lang ba na retrofit ang fog ko sa pajero then naka philips extreme power me sa HL naka medium tint me

[garyq]

flying: sent you a PM

Paj699: Yup pwede and it will at least double your light output. What model yung Paj mo? Sa FieldMaster swak yung fog retrofit ko.