| Work in Progress: Fog Light Projector Retro-fit - Click HERE for Original Thread |
| STiPWR |
Nice work, alot of the times the most tedious small improvements get the best feedback in my experiences.
Anyone can swap out a fog light, but what you did takes time, creativity, and patience, way more gratifying on completion.
Looks good man:thumbup: |
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| mcmanus7 |
thanks! the light output is 110% better then the old lens.... i'll hopefully have both fully installed by tomorrow afternoon... here's a picture of what the light out put would be if I was to install a hid kit.. the picture is taken from a guy who has the exact same projectors with a 6000k hid set up
BTW that is fog light output only.... not his headlights |
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| Graphicdude |
| Kick ass job, but I want to see a pic of your car with these bad boys on :D |
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| mcmanus7 |
| unfortunatly as of right now i'll only be running halogens in them.. but if all goes well with this little project i might try a hid kit for the fogs.. |
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| ChromeDragon |
| Holy rock-solid cutoff Batman! Looks great man, how are they on the highway?:dunno: |
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| mcmanus7 |
unknown.... I am still in the process of getting them to sit 100%
once they are in and aimed i'll be taking them for a good night cruise...
The real pain in the ass thing.. is the mechanism the factory fogs use to aim the fog light is basically a screw that has a spring on it... but due to the how big the projector is.. I've had to be very carefull how much around that area i've cut out... i'll definitely post up pictures once they done....
The best part really is that once they're installed it's just plug and play... the projectors are made for a 800 series bulb which is what my stock set up already is.. |
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| Graphicdude |
| What are you installing these into? What's your ride? |
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| mcmanus7 |
it's a sunfire gt...
I know I know not everybodies cup of tea... however i'm stuck with it for a few more years... once i'm done university etc...
The fog lights needed to be replaced due to the centers being burnt... the previous owner left the fogs on constantly... these fogs are hard to find at pick n pull and dealerships want 80-90 a peice... so 30 bucks for a set of projectors off ebay and a solid afternoon/a bit of dremeling... |
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| Graphicdude |
so your mounting them in the stock fog light area? I didn't know they were that big on the Sunfires.
And honestly, Sunfire or not, still a cool mod :D |
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| mcmanus7 |
ya the stock fogs for a sunfire are 4".. the projectors are only 2" and the stock opening is roughly 5"... so putting a 2" projector into a 5" hole would look pretty stupid haha here's a picture of to show you the idea of how much had to be cut away out of the back.. I know it looks very crude but the projector sits perfectly level and snug in it..
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| mcmanus7 |
Here's the last picture before they get installed... looks pretty good I think
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| Graphicdude |
| Hell ya they look good........DUH!!! :D |
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| AudiInProgress |
| I am impressed. |
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| Tech2 |
Nice job!
Your next project should be a retrofit for mr2s. |
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| hawk81923 |
| r u in edmonton |
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| mcmanus7 |
| yes I am in edmonton.... this will probally be the last retro I do...... unless I get ambitious and decide to do my headlights... |
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| Graphicdude |
| When you posting pics of the car? I want to see them installed. |
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| Tech2 |
Yeah man, post pics! You could mount those on a bicycle and they'd still be cool. That's one of the neatest projects I've seen, and one you'll get a ton of use and enjoyment out of.
Actually a projector bicycle kit would also be very very cool. Seriously! |
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| bboybean |
| HELLA COOL :thumbup: I was thinking about doing this but didnt even know where to start. |
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| mcmanus7 |
| thanks for the positive comments guys!! i'll be installing them this week hopefully... I'm waiting on new bulbs... the 894's that came with the kit have right angle connectors which will not work due to the way the stock mounting harness is..... so i'm waiting on a set of 893's ... it's really not that bad of a project to do... this was my first attempt and it worked out fairly well |
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| Graphicdude |
| Boooooo!!!!! We've been waiting too long for this! You should be banned :D :lol: |
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| Graphicdude |
| Congrats man, looks really awesome!:thumbup: |
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| AudiInProgress |
| I love it! |
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| ZEguy |
| Very cool,hard to believe your a sunfire owner.Good work.:thumbup: |
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| uncle ben |
| looks great. good job man. |
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| mcmanus7 |
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Originally posted by ZEguy
Very cool,hard to believe your a sunfire owner.Good work.:thumbup:
ya I know.... the only reason I am is because of being a student... high gas prices.... and i got a good deal on the car...... my sunfire gt is probally one of the most expensive ones made..... it sold on the lot for 29,889 |
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| Graphicdude |
| Please tell me you didn't pay that much for it :blink: |
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| mcmanus7 |
| haha no I paid a fraction of that price... I got it for 4,000 which is a good price considering its year... km's.. and options... and overall condition |
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| Graphicdude |
| haha, good, you had me worried for a second :D |
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