Xenon Hid Lights Conversion For R32

[WilYawn]

My R33 dual projector retrofit

Edited April 10, 2011 by WilYawn

[bLaQ.bOi]

that r33 is f**king wicked and usually i hate em!

[TILD34TH]

^^ you havent seen sh!t till youve seen how my friend mods headlights..... Mine are on the way but these are pix of what he's done in the Evo community:

[Ronin 09]

I'm going to bring this one BACK FROM THE DEAD

I'm thinking of doing another set because my LED parkers have died.

I have found a few pairs of Honda Euro RHD projectors in the shed - if anone wants them PM me.

[dori34]

do you want to take my lights apart and clean them? lol

[nk7]

Thinking of doing something similar myself - might be needing those Euros for my r32. I want clear covers like sinnersta (and self diffusing reflector case), and want clear HIDs with red angels - or white/reddish HIDs to match red and black style of car. Stockies are crap - cannot see more than 10 metres in front of me and high beam adds 1 extra metre of vision. That's right they are that good. I crave more light.

Do you guys know of an easy simple method for doing this other than simply adding HIDs to the current projectors?

[nk7]

Anyone?

[Ronin 09]

you're going to have to split them open and swap them.

if nothing else the OEM projectors and inside of the lights are probably filthy now and aren't operating optimally.

it looks like the coy doing after market plastic fronts is no longer doing them; you could get a perspex company to mould one from an R32 headlight if you're super keen.

[nk7]

So just swap em with some projectors like the RHD Euros that you have and like you did, apart from the parkers.

[nk7]

Any other projectors that can fit the R32 headlights? Or the Honda EURO retrofit easiest option?

[nk7]

Folks looking at buying a set of morimotos in a kit from here... http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=227

Need to find out what wiring harness is required for the R32 GTST type M projector headlights? Also the adapter plate recommendation if possible otherwise I will wait for the headlight to arrive and measure then.

[Ryno]

I'm about to do this conversion with a set of Bosch Audi A4 Bi-Xenon projectors - They're the latest spec of the BMW E46 Projectors, with the metal rear end and D3S Bulbs.

I'll also to a dual Hi Beam mod at the same time, so I will be getting the high beam from the projectors as well as the original High Beam center lights. Of note this will be a similar setup to my wife's BMW X5. So I'm hoping for a massive improvement.

Will keep you all posted on how it turns out.

[Ryno]

Ok, so finally got around to doing the my Bi-xenon install... Here are some pics of how I went about it. As mentioned above this is one of the lastest versions of the E46 projector, and is common to late model Audis. This is the projector:

Edited September 16, 2012 by Ryno

[Ryno]

As I purchased it from the US, the sheilds suit LHD - see below:

Fortunately this model of projector is relatively easy to modify to suit RHD, but you have to be handy with a die grinder and have a fair amount of patience.

To do the mod, firstly I removed a shield, traced it onto a thin sheet of alloy and cut out two copies of it with a die grinder.

Edited September 16, 2012 by Ryno

[Ryno]

Now I simply cut down the top part of the original shield to ensure it doesn't effect the new pattern, and riveted on the new cut out in the opposite orientation, to suit RHD.

[Ryno]

To fit this new projector into the headlight, I cut the OEM Nissan projector off and trimmed back the bracket until only this much was left:

Edited September 16, 2012 by Ryno

[Ryno]

If you look closely at the image above I have tapped two holes near the top - which enabled me to screw the new projector to this bracket (in the reverse orientation).

If you compare the modified projector with the stock one below, you will see that the projector is positioned forward of the bracket almost the exact same amount as stock, and as such it fits into the headlight, without any modification to the stock headlight surround.

The below image shows how I've screwed the projector to the new bracket:

[Ryno]

Here is what the headlight looks like complete... Hard to tell it's not stock:

[Ryno]

This was my headlight spread before the mod... Standard projectors with 4300k Xenon Bulbs

Edited September 16, 2012 by Ryno

[Ryno]

This is the spread now with the new projectors, on low beam:

The Low Beam is an awesome improvement over the stock pattern, and the high beam in now insane!