2013 RAM MH1 Retro into ebay projectors

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So I have posted this on HID planet but I am not sure how many people are memebers there so I will post it up here. I will also soon be installing my 10" 3D led light bars. Enjoy.

So after a couple months of deciding if I wanted to do another retro I finally went for it again #6 now. I was going to go with the fx-r again but I was unsure of how much room was in the ebay projector housing so to play it safe I went with the MH1. Took me an hour to decide If I should JB weld them into place or create a plate. Since I wanted to have the ability to go into reverse I went with the plate. I just guessed most of this as I went and I was amazed that the cutoff was perfectly even, as for the next light I will need to make it perfect. Here are a few randoms of the process its not too detailed you can see that it can be done. The ebay projector is HUGE and I was impressed by CCFL.

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Reserved For LED Light Bar install

These will be installed in the bumper. The problem I ran into is that I could not find one review on these Ebay light bars. The lights are very very bright and come in 3 different flavors 3D beam (which I have) Flood and Spot. I did not feel like spending hundreds of dollars on similar products such as visionX ect... Specs are 10" 60w 4500 lumens. Very impressed for the price point.



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hell yeah!! I thought about doing the same thing with those cheap transformer projectors
 

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That's pretty cool. I would like to learn more about converting headlights. I've seen some cool custom headlights made out of the stock ones even. Just don't know much about it yet. Have to post some output pics of the heads/fogs/both at some point. Be interesting to see how bright all that is. Good work!
 

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There are at least one set of those Ebay projectors with FX-Rs in them.
Always tempts me... Just haven't broken down quite yet.

Love your quality mounting job. Spot on!
 
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Thanks guys!

After installing these projectorys I think the FXR projectors would have been a much easier install. The company I bought these from told me the MH1 projectors are easier to install in the Spyder brand headlights so I went with the MH1.
Kinda wish I went with FXR or some RX projectors but oh well. I could just sell these and do another set I guess.

As far as output goes I can post up a picture soon I was still in the process of alignment.

The LED light bars are not going to work in the locations I want them. They are just too big. So I will be mounting them in the grill under the top support. I could make them work but it involves alot of cutting that I am not interested in doing.
 

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Anyone seen our headlights torn apart on YouTube? I couldn't find anything, but maybe I not searching the right words. I'd like to learn more about this.
 

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Anyone seen our headlights torn apart on YouTube? I couldn't find anything, but maybe I not searching the right words. I'd like to learn more about this.

I couldn't find a video before I did my headlight retro. It's was super easy to do.
 
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Anyone seen our headlights torn apart on YouTube? I couldn't find anything, but maybe I not searching the right words. I'd like to learn more about this.

search painting headlights or retrofit on here you will find a few very detailed posts
 

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What are the actual dim's of those? I'm wanting to put something on the front and been thinking about down in the valance of the sport bumper where the black is.
 

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What are the actual dim's of those? I'm wanting to put something on the front and been thinking about down in the valance of the sport bumper where the black is.

You can search this ebay item #261233603498 it will have the dim's on the page.

this is what I found

L 266mm
H 122mm
W 86mm
 
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