Sport Quad (4) Projector Retrofit

[emjohn4]

I thought the clear corners would look good on my retrofit until i mocked them up...ended up tinting the OEM ambers.

 

[Spud2388]

Also received my second set of projectors and nuts. On vacation next week so will have plenty of time to finish this up. Debating on painting the flat black to gloss like the OEM. Decisions decisions.

 

[Spud2388]

Was able to get them mounted and tested. Need to put some locktite on all the nuts, but pretty much set and ready to go. Also got the clear corners installed. Decided to go with them, just had to shave off some of the mounting tab and make a slot in the housing for the tab to go in. Really nothing too bad at all.



Here is it shining on my house about 100ft away (yes, I know I need to finish painting lol)


Another on the brick.

It's not going to be a perfect, crisp cut off as they are about 5" apart and one is mounting slightly higher than the other. So even if they were perfectly parallel, at 500ft the slope would still be 5" apart. But I think its pretty close. Will grab a few more when it darkens up a bit.

 

[Spud2388]

Here is another pic. From my truck in the previous pictures to my shop where I was standing. The iphone over exaggerated the brightness, but its a nice cut off for it to be two projectors I think.

 

[Sinistre1]

cant wait to see all done!

 

[WilliamS]

All 4 on hi and low right!

 

[Spud2388]

All 4 on hi and low right!

All are hooked up to high and low.

Was able to get the other pair put in and aligned just as good as the pic above. Waiting on the jb weld to dry on the leds to get them installed.

Did throw the drivers side in for a test fit and to roughly get the vertical alignment close so I know how far to trim the beauty plate. They work great except my running lights are an inconsistent flash. Turns work and I don’t have the drl activated yet. Will have to play around to figure out the flashing.

 

[WilliamS]

Awesome

 

[Spud2388]

Just finished up getting everything situated. Not sure how I feel about it yet. I like it from a distance, but there are a couple things up close that erk me.

Here is what I trimmed of the beauty plate to fit around the projectors.

 

[Spud2388]

And here is the original chrome shroud fit into place.






Gotta go look at the outer projector and make it centered on the original shroud better and maybe revisit the c-bar thing and how I cut it off.

 

[Spud2388]

Going to have to get the AlfaOBD. Tried to run the projectors through the factory wiring for a quick test and it flashed and shut off lol. Need to be able to change the BCM to see LEDs and not the factory halogens. Hopefully the cause of my switchbacks acting a fool too.

I did test them out against my garage door during the day and I could barely see the 4300k HIDs in the factory projectors but could clearly see the LED projectors. Really excited to get these done!

 

[RusslRam]

Looks great. I would keep trimming the stock shroud until it sits nicely against the other. Trim small and test fitting will be your best friend.

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[Spud2388]

So I got a little ahead of myself. The projectors were aimed too low during me trimming so now I have about a 3/8" gap from the inner shroud to the beauty plate. Kinda ****** me off to the point of buying a new set of housings. But I'll finish these up and see what it looks like. With the projectors and inner shroud moving and the outer shroud staying fixed, the projector is now centered but the fit for the outer shroud to the inner shroud is off. Might have to take the c-bars off completely and paint the bare plastic underneath to hide it.

 

[Rugged]

Looking good. I thought about adding projectors to the high beams as well but just couldn’t justify the time it would take and down time of my lights. Makes me rethink that looking at the pics though.
By the look of all your nc state stuff you must be in raleigh as well. Might see you around.


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[Spud2388]

Looking good. I thought about adding projectors to the high beams as well but just couldn’t justify the time it would take and down time of my lights. Makes me rethink that looking at the pics though.
By the look of all your nc state stuff you must be in raleigh as well. Might see you around.


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Yup. Well Clayton but work in Raleigh. Went to State during the Russel Wilson era. And I can honestly say, if you went with the Mini H1s, there would be very little trimming. I'll try and grab a picture of the size difference between the 3" Apollo shroud and the 2.5" mini Gatling gun shroud from my future led fog build. If I went HID, that would be the way I would go to limit the cutting. But no good 2.5" led projectors out now.

 

[RusslRam]

So I got a little ahead of myself. The projectors were aimed too low during me trimming so now I have about a 3/8" gap from the inner shroud to the beauty plate. Kinda ****** me off to the point of buying a new set of housings. But I'll finish these up and see what it looks like. With the projectors and inner shroud moving and the outer shroud staying fixed, the projector is now centered but the fit for the outer shroud to the inner shroud is off. Might have to take the c-bars off completely and paint the bare plastic underneath to hide it.

Depending what colors your going with the gap won't be noticable as long as its even all around.

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[Spud2388]

Night shot with all 4.




And if you want to come pick weeds for me, just let me know. I have cold beer in the fridge lol.

 

[OC455]

I like it. I ran had the same issue as to how much to trim off the OEM bezel (beauty trim) to fit around the shrouds. I accidentally trimmed off too much in one area not paying attention. I put blue painters tape over the spot I removed too much material from, used black plastic epoxy and filled in the spot and waited for it to dry. Shaped it and then used a plastic bumper repair kit to fill in any voids, and made sure it was smoothed out. Then painted mine with satin black. Worked out good. Can't tell I messed up.

 

[Spud2388]

I like it. I ran had the same issue as to how much to trim off the OEM bezel (beauty trim) to fit around the shrouds. I accidentally trimmed off too much in one area not paying attention. I put blue painters tape over the spot I removed too much material from, used black plastic epoxy and filled in the spot and waited for it to dry. Shaped it and then used a plastic bumper repair kit to fill in any voids, and made sure it was smoothed out. Then painted mine with satin black. Worked out good. Can't tell I messed up.

That same idea has crossed my mind. Luckily I actually needed to aim them down a bit so it filled the gap some. I might need to hide the color of the wires a bit but I should be ok.

And after taking hooking them up to the battery and taking them for a spin, these things are damn impressive. They do not have the width of a HID projector (it shows up on 90* turns), but the output is very good.

 

[OC455]

Awesome. I like seeing the different stuff people do.