by teezythakidd »
April 4th, 2015
Finally gave in (and got the extra funds lol) to buy parts for a retrofit, and they came in the mail today! A day late, of course, courtesy of USPS.
I don't plan on doing the retrofit right away (sic: today, tomorrow, or during the week next week) because it's Easter weekend and I have a ton of stuff to do. I also have photo gigs and a bunch of exams next week, so I won't have much time. I also live in an apartment, I don't feel comfortable having no other option but to leave my car in a parking lot bumper-less for a little while while I'm actually working on the headlights inside, so I'm waiting for my buddy to get back in town from a vacation so I can borrow his garage, haha.
I plan to do a write-up with pics, and HOPEFULLY a walkthrough video since there isn't one for the 8G AFAIK. I'm kinda almost sorta considerably more excited about that than performing the actual retrofit. Is that bad? Lmao jk.
I'm gonna be using my current HID kit (Innovited is the brand, 35w) with the brand new ballasts I received under warranty but haven't installed yet for the sake of the retrofit. I also ordered Innovited H1 bulbs (staying at 5000k for now too), those haven't come in yet though. In the future, I'd like to upgrade to the Morimoto XB35 kit.
Here are a couple pics I managed to snap before I stepped out today!
It's soooo pretty!!! Lolol.
I'm gonna do the glare-shield fix/mod as well (probably with aluminum from a soda can) when the time comes. Refer to this thread (particularly post #2) on HIDPlanet if you're like "what da fug, soda can? projector? glare?" --->
http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/showthr ... -Mini-TipsWish me luck!
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