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Xenon Hid Lights Conversion For

By Ronin 09, November 8, 2005 in Tutorials / DIY / FAQ
R32 Latest Topics
What is leaking?
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Replacing the rigid brake lines in 2
a R33
 A By HCD Velcra
Started 6 hours ago
I'm sacking the nissan projectors and retro-ing some Honda Euro HID
projectors in... they're a bitch to do... WTB R32 boot trim jack / tool lid 0
trim
If anyone is interested, will post up some pics as I go. By BK
Posted Started 13 hours ago
Got the headlight apart at the moment, done some cutting of the euro
November
8,HID projector and that's about it Hello 1
2005 C By Cars_and_Crafts
Started Saturday at 01 47 AM
 A Xtrem double ceramic disk 8
B clutch misalignment
Headlight apart (sorry no glass pics): By bigboss59400
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Posted Suits R33GTST
November By Andrew R33
9,Standard projector on left, Honda Euro on right (already cut an 'ear' off Started Friday at 06 35 AM
2005
it)
VR38 R34 GTT
S By seanyreeves 5
As you can the Honda projector is shorter, and mounts further forward. Started Thursday at 03 47 PM
Will have to fabricate a bracket for it to fit the standard adjusters... (in Stripped the head on the block
progress) S of the knock sensor 7
Cutting ears off Euro projector By silviaz
Started Thursday at 03 41 AM
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By undertoe
Started Wednesday at 10 39
PM
Because the new projector sits so far forward in the assembly, i may Budget track seats 6
have to cut the rear of the housing off and move it further back. If that's By PranK
the case I'll plastic weld on a bit of PVC pipe with a press-fit lid on the Started Wednesday at 11 40 AM
back. Also, I need more diameter than the standard rear cap to get my
fingers in to get the bulb out
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New xenon trial fit
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oh and to fit the xenon i had to cut the other side of the xenon light too
Scratches on Brand New 8
Bearings
By Dil-Dog
 A Started November 9
I've decided to do a white 6 LED swap into the parkers too... we'll see
how that goes |

Posted
November
9,
2005

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small DIY I made for taking the glass off, which you'll need to do for this
mod:
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http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...showtopic=53353
Posted
Couple
November of questions:
9,Where'd you get the Honda Euro projectors from, how much, and do
2005
they come with the Xenons and ballasts etc?
And... have you test run the light to see if the throw is any better than
the standard projector?

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Funkey, the oven method works very well to get these apart... preheat
oven to 180C, turn OFF oven, put headlight in for 10 mins and pry apart

The Euro projectors I bought off a wreck... $250 ! for the pair. I had to
Posted
ebay some ballasts and globes.
November
9,
I have a couple more sets of Euro projectors only, that (when i get off
2005
my ass) will post on Ebay... unless anyone here wants them.
Will also be making a wiring harness that uses relays, and allows the
lows to stay on when the highs are switched on... my harness also will
ensure that when you just flash someone without the parkers etc on,
only the highs will flash.

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Done a test - if you've ever seen a Honda euro HID you'll see that the
cut off is PERFECT (no glare at all) and no hot spots etc.
IMO, it is one of the BEST non-bixenons out there
Posted
November
9,
2005

 A
Good on you Ronin that looks like a professional start. The planned
loom and things are definately very professional.
I reckon before you set the actual projector please just blue tac it and
actually turn it on so you make sure the focus point is throwing the light
Posted
November
properly past the enclosure (headlight assembly). Unless off course
9,you've measured where the honda projector sits in relation to the honda
2005
light assembly already.
Looks like a great project, if you're in Sydney and ever on a cruise I'd
like to check em out.
Don't know about the led swap. I've been thinking of a led swap on the
rear of my cefiro but since I'm selling it can't be bothered.
For the price of $250 and getting some extra bulbs and ballasts you'll
have a great retro there - the honda xenons are very damn good and
probably quite a bit cheaper than the audis.
What bulb connector are they for ?

 A
Love your work Marcus. Once you're done, could you summarise the
time/effort involved please mate? Cause it looks the business and I'm
dead keen to follow up.
ps I picked the car up a few weeks ago, looks great. No cam, so no pics
Posted
November
Is yours finished?
13,
2005

 A
well.. its funny i see this thread today... I was at the car wash today and
i did the motor and some green shit went into the headlights..
NOOOOO, so i pulled one apart and did it gold..
Posted
need advice? or should i go BLACK????
November
13,
2005
OR maybe even gold chrome?? do places do that?

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Edited November 13, 2005 by kezza

 A
K
I'm wondering if i can do a conversion for a R33. I love projector
headlights, but i can't seem to find any aftermarket ones. GTRs lights
are too expensive too. So any suggestions ?
Posted
November
14,
2005

 A
any one got any R32 standard type 2 headlights for sale???
the first one worked out, but the 2nd one while in the oven to seal up.. i
cooked it, lol the whole of the bottom melted off...
Posted
DAMMMMM
November ITTTTTT
14,
2005

 A
someonestolecc - the bulbs are xenon specific designation; they're D2S
globes.
Mark - I'm going to need pics mine's still a fair way off gives me
more
Postedtime to play with other stuff though. I'll give a final run down of
time / cost when I'm done. They're going to be expensive though -
November
14,
partial summary
2005
HID projectors - $250
headlights (if you get another pair) - $250
Ballasts / globes - $300
various bits for wiring harness - $80
various bits from bunnings (paint, dremel stuff, silicone etc) - $120
Is it worth it? probably not. Is it trick? I think so.
kezza... oh no!
I've done a step by step for opening them below:
1. preheat oven (mine's fan force) to 180C. NB - leave the tray that
you're going to bake the headlight on OUT OF THE OVEN. Bakey
goodness:

2. SWITCH THE OVEN OFF! Place headlight and tray into oven for
10mins... will vary at bit between 8 and 12 mins.

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3. Pull the headlight out of the oven (wear gloves if you're a sissy like
me). Get a screwdriver (not a good one because goop will stick and is a
bitch to get off) and pry off one corner between the glass and the
housing. If it's sufficiently hot it, once you get one edge apart it will be
simply a matter of grabbing the two halves and pulling! voila! open
headlight

So there it is complete with girlies on the newspaper

will probably not get time to work on this for a few weeks, but will keep
updating this thread
Are we bored yet?

 A
haha fan forced hey.. lol mine had the big red bar down the bottom,(old
school) doesnt matter, i fixed the melties with sicka flex to keep out the
shit. im just glad it didnt stuff the internals!
Posted
November
15,
2005

 A
any updates?

Posted
November
27,
2005

 A
will be working on them in the coming few weeks... just trying to plan
the LED parkers at the moment

Posted
November
30,
2005

 A
B
so the real question is...who is going to do mine?? lol
nice work though mate, very nice.
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Posted
December
1,
2005

 A
OK, finally got an hour to do some work on the lights... bear in mind that
I have no idea about electronics, so this is a pretty good effort as far as
I'm concerned.
Bought
Posted some LEDs from Dick Smith - 8000mcd white ones
December
Planned
14, my circuit using led wizard (just search these terms in google)
2005
Chose the correct resistors for my circuit, as provided by led wizard
Found a voltage reg to maintain 12V to the leds
Did some pretty dodgy soldering and dodgy looking circuit board work
to get this:
Front side on silver painted 'prototype board', cut to fit within the parker
section of the headlight:

Rear side with the *ahem* excellent circuit planning and solder work:

It's alive didn't think first go it would fire, but hey, I'm a guru

Looks blue I think because it doesn't have enough voltage... but hey I
can live with a little blueness
More to follow around Xmas / new year

 A
keep em coming
once your done and if it woks well think i will do the same
32 projectors just arent good
Posted
December
RellikZephyr
15,
2005

 A

 Ronin 09 said:
someonestolecc - the bulbs are xenon specific designation;
they're D2S globes.
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Posted
Decembermate. Good to know. Wasn't sure if it was gonna be D2S or not.
Thanks
15,
I might try to hunt some around.
2005
Where did the PCB board come from? Usually stupid things like that are
expensive at dick smith etc.
 RellikZephyr said:
32 projectors just arent good
POST_SNAPBACK

Actually the projectors themselves are quite good. It's the bulbs behind
them and the electricals that are getting old.

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