[1llest]

1llest lmk how that works out for you man. And if you could make a write up please!! Haha and I didn't know TRS sells s2k projectors holy shit haha. 450 shipped is an amazing price.

yea they sell to kits, stage 3 ($350) and stage 4. yea its legit. i will do a write up once i do..

 

[Svenis]

$450 seems like a steal for retrofitting. Did you ever get it done?

 

[JNguyen228]

Think he's in the process of retrofitting them. Said he had some sort of circuit problem that he ran into.

 

[joey]

That's why u just pay someone that knows what they are doing lol.

I have a guy but everyone thinks that its cheap. It is cheap in that you won't have to pay even close to what the stock projectors cost. But everyone wants something for nothing. Damn cheapskates lol

 

[JNguyen228]

That's why u just pay someone that knows what they are doing lol.

I have a guy but everyone thinks that its cheap. It is cheap in that you won't have to pay even close to what the stock projectors cost. But everyone wants something for nothing. Damn cheapskates lol

Can you PM me a price? I would love for him to do my headlights. And if there would be a core charge or something? Because my x is the only vehicle I have to drive around haha.

 

[cowtown_cowboy]

Sub'd

 

[1llest]

$450 seems like a steal for retrofitting. Did you ever get it done?

No not yet, havnt had time.. im tryin to plan it out. i need to take care off the DRL too, i think thats what caused the short circuit. (long story) but yea if check out their website it gives lots of options on how u want ur retrofit. www.theretrofitsource.com from shrouds, lenses, and bulbs. its legit. u can even send ur headlights to them if u dont wanna mess with it.

 

[EvoXenoN]

Here's a tip for you boys wanting to go with a "Stage III" or "Stage IV" kit:

Buy the Stage III kit that comes with the aftermarket Morimoto Ballast:

^^ The wiring that connects to the ballast has more of a "water resistant" arrangement. The wiring is designed to run OUTSIDE of the HL.


Stage IV kits have the option of OEM ballasts (Denso slim or Matsushita Gen V):
Matsushita Gen V

Denso slim

^^ The wiring for these ballasts are designed to run sealed and waterproofed INSIDE the HL via the designated hole underneath. eg Denso Slims are found on GTR35 HLs.


Also consider the purchase of a pair of "Rubber Housing Caps" because your new projector will most likely stick out from the back of the HL. The OEM Rubber Grommet will no longer give that OEM seal....

GL

 

[1llest]

Here's a tip for you boys wanting to go with a "Stage III" or "Stage IV" kit:

Buy the Stage III kit that comes with the aftermarket Morimoto Ballast:

^^ The wiring that connects to the ballast has more of a "water resistant" arrangement. The wiring is designed to run OUTSIDE of the HL.


Stage IV kits have the option of OEM ballasts (Denso slim or Matsushita Gen V):
Matsushita Gen V

Denso slim

^^ The wiring for these ballasts are designed to run sealed and waterproofed INSIDE the HL via the designated hole underneath. eg Denso Slims are found on GTR35 HLs.


Also consider the purchase of a pair of "Rubber Housing Caps" because your new projector will most likely stick out from the back of the HL. The OEM Rubber Grommet will no longer give that OEM seal....

GL

Thanks for the tip bro!

 

[Ttsumibishi]

Got a base model x. Womp womp womp. Oh well, still loving the car haha. But yeah $700 for a pair of oem headlights just isnt clicking in my head. I'd rather pay 3-400 for a retrofit kit. Just scared to do it myself considering this would be my only set of headlights and I wouldn't want to mess them up.

The kit plus the install really adds up in the end, cost-wise. Your best bet, honestly, is to wait for a set to go on sale for <$1000, then have them blacked out, or projectors upgraded, etc. Then sell your halogen set to recoup some of the $$. That way you also have no downtime while you wait for the SSS headlights to be worked on.

However if you don't want to upgrade the projectors, popping them open to black them out is fairly simple, and personally I haven't seen a set of the X lights leak yet, there's a crap ton of sealant in there. If you're worried when you put them back together, put a thin bead of waterproof silicone sealant around the "seam" once they're back together and bam, you're done. Costs you all of like $15 in supplies...just takes a while the first time you do it.

But yeah, retrofitting non-SSS with projectors, the cost really starts to rise when you don't DIY. Companies charge a lot of money for this service. In the end it's actually cheaper and cleaner to get a set of SSS as I mentioned above...not new though, new price is almost $1400 a set. Like the other poster said, you can find them on sale used sometimes for 700-800ish.

There's a right hand headlight on ebay right now for about $300, looks like just one of the mounting tabs is cracked. You can always pick it up and wait for a left hand headlight to go on sale or something to complete the pair.

Mini merchants can't do retrofits. We're limited to a $200 max price and the labor alone is fairly time consuming and the price wouldn't justify the amount of time per set unfortunately. Example, as a MM I can only offer a couple of products max, so I can do blackouts as one "product" and SSS projector upgrades as another "product"..hence why no mini merchants are doing it. You'd have to pay full vendor dues to be able to charge appropriately.

Then you get into custom painting, demon eyes/halos, etc, and the cost structure just gets more complicated...

So yeah, find a set of projectors at a good price point and have them blacked out.

-TT

 

[Svenis]

But yeah, retrofitting non-SSS with projectors, the cost really starts to rise when you don't DIY. Companies charge a lot of money for this service. In the end it's actually cheaper and cleaner to get a set of SSS as I mentioned above...not new though, new price is almost $1400 a set. Like the other poster said, you can find them on sale used sometimes for 700-800ish.

-TT

Im glad I did this instead of trading my headlights. Im just afraid of the DRL problems it may cause

 

[Ttsumibishi]

You did the retrofit or..?

 

[Svenis]

Nope I found a set of OEM projectors off a totalled MR on the other forum

 

[Ttsumibishi]

Oh nice! You going to have them retrofitted with a fake quad setup, blacked out, etc etc.? I know a guy that does black outs. LOL

 

[Svenis]

I heard you know someone who does blackouts... and what a coincidence... Im only 2 and 1/2 hours away from Boston haha