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First Fit in USA w HID retrofit!

Old May 18, 2007 | 12:46 AM
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First Fit in USA w HID retrofit!

I'm pretty sure or at least on FitFreak to have a real projectors retrofitted in a Fit in the US, right?

anyways they're bmw 3 series projectors w 5000k bulbs. there a huge shroud over the projectors from a 7 series and I had my buddy paint the entire housing. It was BOM before. The top parking lights are tinted and so are the side reflectors. I LOVE them!

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here's pics. sorry i'm not a pro at this.








 
Old May 18, 2007 | 01:50 AM
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looks good.
 
Old May 18, 2007 | 03:42 AM
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very nicee!!! sweet now alot of people are gonna retrofit their Fits =)
 
Old May 18, 2007 | 04:36 AM
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sick!!!!! I like alot!
 
Old May 18, 2007 | 04:59 AM
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was it hard overall??and how much did u hadda paid to get the whole job done??=]
 
Old May 18, 2007 | 07:54 AM
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Wow, that looks real good. Did he just spray paint the inside of the housing? Can we get some day shots of the headlight? Thanks. Tell your buddy he did a good job.
 
Old May 18, 2007 | 07:59 AM
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very nice job......

the acutual "cut off "line.. very nice...
 
Old May 18, 2007 | 09:21 AM
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Very Nice.

Also, cute dog. Such a ham! heheh.

ANy chance you or your friend could give a walk through on what needs to be done?
 
Old May 18, 2007 | 12:11 PM
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that is awesome, finally some retrofits. Rock on dude!
 
Old May 18, 2007 | 12:26 PM
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was it hard overall??and how much did u hadda paid to get the whole job done??=]
i got a guy who did a titan do it. he hooked me up.
 
Old May 18, 2007 | 12:29 PM
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Wow, that looks real good. Did he just spray paint the inside of the housing? Can we get some day shots of the headlight? Thanks. Tell your buddy he did a good job.
yeah he sprayed it semi gloss black. i picked up these headlights in BOM and told him to paint it all black. took him 8 hours to do the painting due to sanding, mounting , etc...

I'll take some after i wash the car. it's filthy.
 
Old May 18, 2007 | 12:34 PM
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Very Nice.

Also, cute dog. Such a ham! heheh.

ANy chance you or your friend could give a walk through on what needs to be done?
yeah the dog is a character. she did that pose in another group photo.

i think he did a how to in the titan forums, i'm sure it's the same thing. the hardest part is opening up the housing.

i'll look for it.
 
Old May 18, 2007 | 10:52 PM
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daytime pics


 
Old May 18, 2007 | 11:13 PM
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Really nice.

Can't wait to find the walk-through.

This will be a nice project some time soon
 
Old May 19, 2007 | 04:16 AM
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Very Nice. Great to see a proper retrofit on the Fit at last. (not counting the Q45 one).

If I was going to go through the trouble of the retrofit, and since the Fit's stock reflector is so large (you know this as well, that's why you used the 7-series shroud), why didn't you just go with the 7-series bi-xenons to begin with? We used these on my friend's retrofit on his Gen5 Prelude and they're awesome.

But then, they're quite costly I suppose.

Anyways, nice work.
 
Old May 19, 2007 | 12:35 PM
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retros ****ing kick ass
 
Old May 19, 2007 | 01:09 PM
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I would like to see some of the 5 Series angel eyes..
 
Old May 19, 2007 | 02:38 PM
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With the retrofits, do we still use our current aftermarket HIDs, or do we have to go with the D2 bulbs?

Right now I have high/low beams. I want to keep my high/low beams. So with the retrofit, I guess it's a possibility we can just use the projector glass itself and still use our reflector for highbeams?
 
Old May 19, 2007 | 03:56 PM
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That looks incredible !!! I hope some aftermarker vedors take this idea and run with it.
 

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Old May 19, 2007 | 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by j5ive
since the Fit's stock reflector is so large (you know this as well, that's why you used the 7-series shroud), why didn't you just go with the 7-series bi-xenons to begin with?
there was no plan to use these shrouds until I saw some work in progress and didnt like them. in actuality i was going to use 5 series shrouds but these all of a sudden came up. They're harder to come by.
 

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