Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Aesthetics Kind of a PROJECTOR how-to w/ pics...(scion TC..)

I found this, and I think the concept is pretty much the same,

Bake open the headlamps,
test fit the projectors,
Custom make a bracket,
Custom make some bezel/shrouds.

You also need to mount them ABSOLUTELY perfect to mount them perfectly so that the AIMING is dead on.

http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=75144

Here's the link, I know Goonz is going to yell at me for this, but if and when I attempt doing these, I will put up a HOW-TO w/ pics. Okay guys? Uh... if someone has taken pics of their projector mounting, please chime in and POST THE BLOODY PICTURES... TIA CEG.

also found this which is very useful for those ready to invest in this project...

http://faqlight.carpassion.info/car-with-conv-oem-halo-projectors.htm

you guys probably already know, but I want to attempt this soon .

honestly you can use all those as reference but none of them will apply to the contour headlight, its just a very complex pita headlight to work with..

and honestly, I saw that site a whiiiile back, he got lucky with everything falling into place like his shroud pretty much taking up the whole lows area, thats lucky and good for him..

ahh TSX projector


oo and also btw, thats MILAN who use to retrofitt, he's long since gone and wants to have nothing to do with projectors..

I didn't take a ton of pics eary on into the retrofit, but i'll post what i've got.

And ya, if you do it like me, permanently mount the projectors, make sure the aim is perfect.... left to right, up and down, and rotationally (the automotive lighting faq and daniel stern's website both describe the procedure well). I found a loading dock about .5 miles from my house that was pretty even and flat, used it to prefect my aim over several nights...probably made 10 trips there and back per projector.


Obviously details will be different based on which projector you use, and it's dimensions, as well as wether or not you keep the stock high beam...if not, you can just pull the whole reflector bowl assembly.


Pics of how i cut the housing:










Pics of the lamp seated in there:












Some pics before i sealed up the front or back:









And Dion put a bunch of pics of his set up in the old how to thread.

^^
very nicely done! clean as hell. 100% leak free?

So far no leaks...but i didn't use silicone, i used liquid epoxy to seal the front lense to housing, and this kick ass putty epoxy to seal the projector housing to the lamp housing. I'll see if i can find the data sheets.

excellent

nice job, does your orange reflector conform to the side of the housing?
or is that an illusion?
my reflector is a flat piece of orange reflector material.


also, i thik you should have painted the area around the projector to match the silver of the rest of the head light, it kinda looks like a black eye.