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08-14-2012, 11:16 AM | #1 |
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Morimoto Retrofitted Xenons
So i have had Depo V1s on my car for the longest time. They were okay....the angel eyes were powered by just 4 LEDs that were yellow in color. The projector was horrible in its cutoff, the lighting was just everywhere blinding people.
A buddy of mine decided to help me with this project. We baked the headlights open and installed a set of Morimoto H1 Projectors as well as a set of 240x LED Angel eyes. The last two pictures are the "after" pictures |
08-14-2012, 12:40 PM | #3 |
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Almost everyone that tried baking them open has ended up melting their headlights.
I can't take that chance. I wish I had the guts to do it because I'd love to spray the inside black & install xenons with projectors & LED angel eyes! |
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08-14-2012, 06:38 PM | #4 | |
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Ive baked 3 sets of headlights and have not melted any of them. Pre heat oven to 250, put them in for about 5-6 mins and bring it out and check on them, put it in for another 5 mins if needed. |
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08-14-2012, 11:05 PM | #8 |
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I personally stick to 240F or a little lower. Quote:
What you actually want to say is permaseal headlights do not bake open. |
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08-31-2012, 10:23 AM | #11 |
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Depo V2?
Would these be the Depo V2 with the brighter halo's?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/150878424111...84.m1438.l2649 I've heard fishcake has pretty good stuff -- I have an '07 preLCI 328i Is this is newest take on doing the AE's with the brighters LED's than what you originally purchased? As much as I want to get rid of my factory halogens, there are many things I'm looking to do mod wise, so not looking to spend $1K on just the lights - just my preference on how to spend my $ Has anyone bought these exact lights from him? thanks Last edited by ragenitro6; 08-31-2012 at 10:40 AM.. |
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08-31-2012, 10:40 AM | #12 |
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looks good. nice double lip too
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08-31-2012, 09:37 PM | #14 | |
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I got the V1s and put the angel eyes in myself. Hes got V2's which already come with the LED angel eyes. You can buy those if you wish but im warning you ahead of time that the projectors are horrible. Your lowbeam output will be all over the place and wont be proejected at a good seeing distance either. Best bet is to purchase and do a retrofit like i did. |
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08-31-2012, 10:19 PM | #15 | |
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Yes from Fishcake, but i think these are better. http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...ducts_id=14906 |
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09-01-2012, 12:28 PM | #16 | |
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-- just need to replace the angel eyes? |
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09-01-2012, 11:12 PM | #17 | |
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My Depos are special cuz i fixed all those flaws it had with custom work. Hence the whole reason why i posted this thread. |
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09-02-2012, 06:47 AM | #18 | |
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09-02-2012, 10:19 PM | #21 | |
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yes the Depos are good and easy to work with. Quality to some people would mostly be how well the headlights are sealed. But since you are opening them up, how well you seal them is on you now instead of DEPO. I haven't heard of other people doing retros in other headlights yet. If you can find a cheap set of headlights for under 100 dollars i say do it if all fails then just purchase depo. |
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