[1flyltz]

I work at a body shop and today i came across both headlights from a concorde hit in the front lucky the headlights were broken just enough for me to be able to salvage the projector housings, i cant get them until the car leaves so ill take pics of what im gettin thursday and post them up. im hoping that i can fit these into the clear housings and get them to cast good light. the concordes have both the high and low beam projectors but one of the headlamp assemblies was trashed right in one projector. so ima keep my eyes open for tweo more.

[budweiser2938]

i ll believe this when i see it.. i was gonna do it once, along with some other folks i believe. just way too time consuming. but good luck, anxious to see if it works out.

[BrOnXxBoMbAz213]

x2.... someone on here similar situation was using HID setup from an escalade..... never posted again....

[budweiser2938]

ohhh yeah lol. poor guy.

forgot all about that fella

[Devin]

i thought about stealling some out of a volvo once.. but thats about as far as it got .. jus thought about it

[ComradeRedXv2]

lol when i get my euros i was gonna try to make projectors out of the stock ones, but you guys kinda scared me now...

[budweiser2938]

stealing some? what good would that do?

then tape them on? lol.

[1flyltz]

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=imIiglkq7HA found this last night makes it look even easier, but i know its gonna still be a b**ch, im gonna get started on the custom tails even sooner now.

[budweiser2938]

all that just confirmed i will not be attempting lol.

[daytonboi]

I still plan on doing this...i had the perfect projectors picked out for the Lumi (some INfiniti j30s hi and lo), but alas someone got to them before I could. Now I've got one Seville projector and i need to get one more and I can get started...sorry bout the the hijack

[Devin]

budweiser2938, on Oct 13 2009, 02:32 PM, said:

stealing some? what good would that do?

then tape them on? lol.

haha no i ment buy them from a you pull .. but the had glass lenses over the projector lenses .. looked like alot of trouble

[budweiser2938]

well regardless of the lens, projector, housing or anything its gonna be alot of trouble

[nitehawkjcb]

Yep, cutting, fitting, then wiring. I'll pass.

[amexcreuse]

yea that youtube video makes it look simple, but in general, its not an easy task.

I can do you a set, but for what it would cost for my time and material, you wont like that price.

[1flyltz]

amexcreuse, on Oct 14 2009, 08:49 PM, said:

yea that youtube video makes it look simple, but in general, its not an easy task.

I can do you a set, but for what it would cost for my time and material, you wont like that price.

with all the mods done to your car, them headlights would probably nothing for you, and with all the other stuff you wannna do to it.

[budweiser2938]

^ lol, wrong.

all i got to say is, you sure are makin it seem simple. cant wait to see your finished product, and i'll gladly eat my words.

and yeah that video is bs.. edited and left out all the troubles they had, no way it would go so smoothly, nothing does.

[1flyltz]

budweiser2938, on Oct 15 2009, 10:32 AM, said:

^ lol, wrong.

all i got to say is, you sure are makin it seem simple. cant wait to see your finished product, and i'll gladly eat my words.

and yeah that video is bs.. edited and left out all the troubles they had, no way it would go so smoothly, nothing does.

cant argue with that but its worth a shot, its gonna suck cuz i dont have all the tools, i got mostly everything i need. i work today so ima get pics of the lights and post em

[budweiser2938]

yes it is.. true. just didnt wanna be out all the time its gonna take and cost of the supplies, which wouldnt be cheap.

[ComradeRedXv2]

^aside from projectors, epoxy, and lense stuff, what all would you have to buy?

[BrOnXxBoMbAz213]

ComradeRedXv2, on Oct 15 2009, 01:50 PM, said:

^aside from projectors, epoxy, and lense stuff, what all would you have to buy?

if you dont have a dremmel with all bits... dont even waste your time

[budweiser2938]

the housings themselves, wiring, small stuff that adds up. and yes.. tools would be a help.

just got the battery operated dremmel myself

[1flyltz]

i got a dremel just need the clear housings and acylic, eventunally hids whenever i get those

[amexcreuse]

battery dremel will die before you even get half way through one headlight (trust me, I got the battery one, when i tried this, I did not get far before the battery needed a good recharge).

if your interested in doing this seriously, buy some euro headlights (or just get the lenses at least). buy your projector sets and sit them in, sharpie where it sits in the housing and dremel out small sections until that projector fits snug. the projector becomes part of your new housing, before you epoxy both sides, try to adjust it to where the beam focuses out like your original beam (this is where the difficult parts start to arise) once you have that down, epoxy both parts.

if you dont care how it looks, just stop here and your good to go with projectors pretty much, if you want to build them like izn on that video you will have to get a vac style table of some sorts. On a new dont get me wrong that video you posted is of izn tribl, which is well known for his projector builds with the j-body world, but go to his set and look at how much he charges for his work. (then think about the headache it really is).
I did try this once, but my downfall was I had 90mm projectors, if I went with smaller ones I would not have camaro headlights. I ruined 3 sets of headlight housings before giving it up.

This post has been edited by amexcreuse: 15 October 2009 - 08:16 PM

[ComradeRedXv2]

everyone should have a dremmel

[budweiser2938]

oh i know.. i have used it before haha.

i will not be attempting, dont worry.

[Cully77]

Yeah I contacted izn tribl once upon a time. He said he could do it for about the same as the impala lights... which was like $650. Ouch. But you get a quality retrofit and none of the headache.

[budweiser2938]

wow..$325 a light huh? just to see better....

[amexcreuse]

yea, its a price you have to pay if you really want them. I will honestly say I stalked the j-body forums and nobody says bad things about izn.

I went with camaro headlights just to be like that small group that does it, and of course I enjoy the look, of course this is no easy task by itself either.


so not to thread hijack, I do wish you luck on your projector work my friend...do log lots of pictures to keep me happy hahah!

[budweiser2938]

not worth it IMO. i think it would be more worthwhile if it helped the appearance at least.. esp for that much time effort and money involved. but heck if it lights the road better, guess that does count too. key would be the aim, and not blind others.

[1flyltz]

yeah my dremel is plug in battery sh*t pisses me off. amexcreuse what do you mean you went through 3 sets of headlights. Yeah i wasnt sure about wether id absolutley need that vacuum table i was gonna try without it, i wasnt gonna go into as much detail as he did im just gonna make it functional and look as nice as i can with what i got, i got a couple pics of the concorde lights ill post after school they're hd... i love my camera.