Thursday, July 7, 2011

Update!

Well too much has happened since receiving shipment so I will have to write up the how to about removing the brackets later.
The above picture is of the components purchased. Top to bottom, left to right: Orbit shrouds, mini d2s projectors, some advertisement, Philip 85122+ d2s bulbs, cable ties, extra adaptor cable, morimoto 3five ballasts and lastly the wiring harness.
More pictures up close of the components. The funny plunger thing within the projectors is the spring and shaft of the solenoid for the high beams.
Fitted projector within my light housing that I took the lens off of a while back. Fits fairly snugly with no rotational movement so I hope they are aimed correctly. I will check this before placing the lens back on.
Up close shots of the projector. Everything was a lot larger than I expected but it fits into the housing well. If I were to purchase a larger projector (FX-R http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=101) it would have been very snug!
As you can see, the Orbit shroud does not fit at all. Time to purchase a rotary tool! I started this project with the thought of cutting as little as possible but it seems that I will have to for the shroud.
Picture of the Morimoto 3five ballast. Very solid build quality housing and the wires and plugs aren't too bad either.
Orbit shroud up close before the rotary tool tore into it!
Orbit shroud after the rotary tool tore into it! It took about 1 1/2 hrs to get to this point as it was my first attempt at using a rotary tool. I ended up using a saw and a off cut of wood to level out my cut. The cut was at right angles to the opening. After the initial cut, I had a reference to cut with and I followed it with a cutting disk and then buffed it with the sander attachment.
Projector and shroud within the light housing! Obviously no lens on but I have checked that the lens fits. For those reading out there, a word of advice, DO NOT push the lens and housing together cold. The glue likes to stick to each other and it is a pain to separate.
The last shot. You can see it is a tad rough but not too bad hehe..

That's all for now. I have 1 more side to do and I will take my time doing it as well. The step after will be to install the wiring.

Thanks for following

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