<![CDATA[Hid Retrofit, anyone doing/done one?]]>Just wondering if anyone has done this before?

Basically, you get some OEM or aftermarket upgraded OEM projectors from a Merc E55, Bmw e46 or newer, Fx35, etc etc. There is like a million...
and put them into your headlight housings, then swap over all the stock HID stuff and harness it up and voila, its just like it was in the original car, if you're not tarded.

Anyway, I'm in the middle of mine, and was looking to see if anyone anywhere has an E55 projector I can look at/poke/test fit/whatever.

I have a set of FX-35 projectors that won't work and now I'm pissed. They have the solenoid such that it won't work out. Oh well. I just wanted to check if an E55 would work, I think it will, want to test and verify.

Btw, I know this is sort of like me, with no athletic ability whatsoever hitting a 105mph fastball about 400 feet over the left wall of fenway.. but maybe someone in town has one layin around.

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KA-T_240;289185 wrote:
It is nice to see someone around here doing HIDs properly!

No shit, nobody does it right.

I especially hate the trucks around here with HIDs in their reflector housings. I might sell my Halogen Projectors for a hid intermediate retrofit, or fog retrofit. They do very well with PNP kits, even though I don't approve.

The FX gear is just a bit too wide, and the solenoid is mounted on the bottom on the reflector bowl side of the projector, if you're following me. This hits the headlights mounting and structure area, giving me about a 1" offset between the FX's mounting surface and the headlight mounting surface.

We're talking about the 05 Miata here, and it has a good bit of wrap on its headlights. A bi-xenon setup is going to be hellishly hard to fit, but I think I can do it, and retain the stock adjustment.

The only one I can think of that will work is the Hella E55 Bi-xenon setup, because the Solenoid for the cut-off sheild is located on the lens side of the projector, not the housing side. Make sense? So it doesn't get between the two mounting surfaces.

I spent about 4 hours with a dremel, calipers, tape measure, etc, determining if the FX projector would fit, and decided it wouldn't, or it'd be way to tough, and If i cut the FX projector I can return it, so I didn't.

I have all the stuff here, so I can test it out if I had a projector.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/277582https://fargostreet.com/post/277582Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:32:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hid Retrofit, anyone doing/done one? on Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:24:36 GMT]]>whats the problem with the fx35 stuff? a large number of people use those projectors for HID retrofits.

It is nice to see someone around here doing HIDs properly!

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