Poor Man's Retrofit (Picture Heavy)
#11
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Poor Man's Retrofit (Picture Heavy)
Originally Posted by dom07
Thanks in advance for taking pictures of the chrome bucket post-cutting, and your mounting scheme for the projectors.
So, if you use some ebay housings, you're under $200 all in for this setup. If you already have good headlights, it's about $120. Don't forget the butyl glue.
DUH on the bulbs vs. ballasts... makes total sense.
So, if you use some ebay housings, you're under $200 all in for this setup. If you already have good headlights, it's about $120. Don't forget the butyl glue.
DUH on the bulbs vs. ballasts... makes total sense.
Originally Posted by Summers22
Probably a dumb question, but is the H1 a single beam? I would hate to not have the ability to run brights.
Kensun has great reviews, but have you looked at the Clearview brand on Amazon?
Kensun has great reviews, but have you looked at the Clearview brand on Amazon?
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UPDATE 3/2-3: Got access to a shop tonight so I was able to sand and prime everything. Once I saw everything primed I couldn't wait to get color down so I build my little paint booth in my bathroom. I got everything sprayed and went ahead and removed the masking tape I used to tape off the shrouds. When I did this the masking tape peeled some of the paint up, but also it left a TON of adhesive on the shrouds. I've never seen masking tape do that unless it gets hot. I'm assuming it reacted with the paint. I'm hoping that I can get the adhesive off in the morning, and I'm going to attempt to touch up the paint with my touchup pen/brush. Now for the pics.
Taped and sanded shroud
My paint booth
3 coats on the housing
1 coat on the shroud
Shroud with tape removed
Taped and sanded shroud
My paint booth
3 coats on the housing
1 coat on the shroud
Shroud with tape removed
#14
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Poor Man's Retrofit (Picture Heavy)
Originally Posted by 2002VertGt
Subscribed. I actually have the same build going on. What's your plan to make the projector sit further in the bowl?
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UPDATE 3/3: So when I went to clean the adhesive off today it was coming off with light pressure and dish soap and water. I thought all was well until I noticed the chrome was coming off. Looks like I'll be sanding the whole shroud and starting over. I'm now going to just paint the entire shroud. Other than that all my paint looks excellent today and I'm hoping to get some clear on it tonight after class. Also, my paint booth didn't contain the paint particles well so there's a coat of blue dust covering most of my bathroom today. I don't advise copying my design... Haha. One more note, I was wearing a paint odor respirator and safety glasses. If you paint inside make sure you wear the proper safety equipment.
Picture of the chrome removal
Housing with the reflector set on
Laid everything together to see if the adhesive would hide. It didn't. The reflection in the bowl magnified all the imperfections.
Later tonight I will have the shrouds sanded, and hopefully some clear on the housings and side reflector. I also think I will be ordering a decal for the side reflector that is an outline of "FX4" in a dark blue. Good idea, or bad?
Picture of the chrome removal
Housing with the reflector set on
Laid everything together to see if the adhesive would hide. It didn't. The reflection in the bowl magnified all the imperfections.
Later tonight I will have the shrouds sanded, and hopefully some clear on the housings and side reflector. I also think I will be ordering a decal for the side reflector that is an outline of "FX4" in a dark blue. Good idea, or bad?
Last edited by tareed94; 03-03-2015 at 11:16 AM.
#19
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Poor Man's Retrofit (Picture Heavy)
Originally Posted by Summers22
I like the FX4 idea. Now go get some painters tape and throw that masking tape away!
5 coats of clear
My paint woes... I believe it's due to too much humidity and there's nothing I can do but wait. Coat 2 looked better so I'm going to do a third coat and see if it keeps improving.
Found a guy that is doing my stickers for me. I should get them tomorrow. This is the design I'm going with, minus the Off-Road portion. Asked for 4"x 2.5" I'm getting two, hopefully in a dark blue. It's a local college student that thinks he has dark blue in stock. If he doesn't I'll go with white most likely.
Last edited by tareed94; 03-03-2015 at 09:32 PM.