How To: HID Retrofit in EK

[Black Magic]

nice work!!! whenever you get that conversion. sell me these headlights. would you ever retro for some money?

Thanks man. I honestly don't think I can do retrofits for money. This was my first one and I still have a bit to learn. When I get a front end conversion, I'm more than likely going to swap these parts into the new headlights because I'd more than likely loose money if I was to try and sell them.

definitively looks out of the box

thx bro, it took a lot of time.

 

[DJ_BIG_A]

nice job man looks like a lot of work

 

[Black Magic]

Thanks... and yeah, it took a decent amount of work and patience to get this done.

I spend a s**t load of time Sunday night aligning them. I also unplugged the red LED's but and left just the rings on. With the red, it looked like too much was going on... plus I'm pretty sure that was illegal anyways. I took pics but I don't know where the hell I put my camera

I'll post a pic when I find it.

 

[Black Magic]

Here are some more pics of the finished product:

 

[iOn]

Dang... looks good... I wanna try to fab something up. How much did everything run you minus the HIDs.

 

[Black Magic]

Thanks man,

It ended up being kind of pricey in the end

projectors - 180
bulbs - 50
ballasts - 150
clear lens - 65
wiring harness - 40
led ring - 40 (or around there)
then miscellaneous stuff like the night time lamp covers used for shrouds, tape, spray paint, adhesive, etc


I just bought some bwm shrouds ($65) that I'm going to use instead of the ones I made. Even though the ones I made look ok, the BWM ones clip right on to the projector so there isn't any gaps and it also looks better

 

[PhntmSk8r]

Thank you for bringing the right way to do HID's to this forum.

 

[Black Magic]

Thank you for bringing the right way to do HID's to this forum.

haha, np! I dislike those plug and play kits as well.

 

[lkailburn]

haha you beat me to posting a writeup. i went with the more subtle, keep it as stock looking as possible approach. go check out my setup :-D

-Luke

 

[Black Magic]

will do!

 

[Black Magic]

Turned off the LED rings/angel eyes today.

 

[Raabe]

Turned off the LED rings/angel eyes today.

now THAT looks good

 

[Black Magic]

now THAT looks good

Thanks man. Too many people were staring at my headlights when I kept the angel eyes on and I didn't like it.

Here's a day time pic for those interested:

 

[soswank]

looking good...

 

[Riseagain97]

I love the way you stole the Lense from the aftermarket lights to make it Totally clear!! awsome idea!!!

 

[Bheims]

They look much better now I want to do this as well...

 

[mylovehx]

looks bomb ass! love um. angel eyes are cool too

 

[tnk]

bi-xenon on civics = sweetness

 

[Black Magic]

Update. changed shroud yesterday...

 

[civic99coupe]

Looks amazing bro. Where in Canada are you?