Retrofitting Acura TSX Projector Parts?

[bmwman91]

http://www.theretrofitsource.com

[Killacortes]

So jealous of the fxr projectors. Where would be a good place to buy these?

[bmwman91]

der affe, you deserve an award for your signature.

[der affe]

I have some e55 projectors if anyone wants to mess with them. They are actually pretty big though. I just ended up getting a set of fx projectors and keeping the balast and bulbs from the e55 to use with the FX stuff.

[330i ZHP]

in for updates

[bmwman91]

I will probably need a bit of both. The Koito sealer will be good for the adapter plate where the assembly bolts on. At the same time, there are openings in it that will be outside of the E30 housing, and the big rubber light condom thing, or something like it, will be needed.

[dude8383]

for sealing?!?! http://shop.lightwerkz.net/Weather-Caps

This may be better...

http://shop.lightwerkz.net/Koito-Butyl-Rubber-Sealer

[bmwman91]

Alrighty...I received the FX-R assemblies & bulbs. Now I am waiting for the second set of Euro light housings.

From inspecting the FX-R assemblies, there are all sorts of openings where water & dust can get in & onto the reflector. I will be working out a way to hermetically seal these as a part of this project.

[e30shmobberr]

for sealing?!?! http://shop.lightwerkz.net/Weather-Caps

[monster89]

Holly crap those are bright are you shur you wont get a ticket with those???

[dude8383]

Heh, never even considered E55 Hella's.

Check this out:

http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/1046051

[einstein57]

I bet if you used some hella e55 lenses or something similar it would mate up pretty easily to a bosch projector housing. They are already designed for an oval projector mirror where as the old hella mirrors are round.

[bmwman91]

I am hoping to come up with something over-the-top for this retrofit. We'll see if I have the anal-retentiveness to actually do it! I paid for the spare set of ellipsoids today, and will hopefully be getting them from Germany in the next couple of weeks. That should give me time to remedy some ugly timing chain noises since those are probably more important to deal with.

[dude8383]

Heh, I've been contemplating this for sometime now. I'm expecting you to come up with something awesome judging how meticulous you are.

LOL having said that, I'm going to sit back and watch.

P.S.

A buddy of mine is giving me his low beam u.s. ellipsoid. Let me know if you want one to play around with.

[E30-M3]

Interested, I'd like to dump my DDM setup and get a true Projector in there.