Yanki01

me, no? i decided not to do a retro on the 08's since it wont look custom. Just swap out the projectors and you wont really notice the difference of course untill you fire them up. Yea its the easier way because no shroud is involved but im glad i went with the 05-07 and using a shroud. looks cleaner. but here's some pics of Lightwerkz doing some retros on 08 housings...

http://high-intensity.org/forums/showthread.php?t=553

InfiniteVisi0n

yea i seen that picture..doesnt really look all that cool, any who..do you have to provide your own headlights in order for them to retrofit it?

Yanki01

i dont think you have to, but i bought all my parts to save some money. I wanted an almost brand new set of headlights and I originally bought a set off of here from a member (wont say their name) claiming to be in good clean condition. only to get them with the lense scratched and pits all over the lense. they wouldnt refund the money back, so i sold them and lost about $20 on the deal. 2nd time i bought another set on here claiming to be the same, once i get them one of the tabs was broken and the repair job was crappy and on the other headlight, it was a different brand? Sold them back on here and lost another $10-15? FINALLY got a MINT set on ebay that he just bought the tC and swapped them out for ebay projectors and got them for about $150 shipped! If your patient enough, you can find some good deals, just have to becarefull. for me buying my parts i probally saved about $2-300? HIDPlanet.com/forums is another good place to look for parts or some sellers on ebay.

Dandaman3201

How much did that whole setup cost you? I want something like that but am def. not experienced enough.

Yanki01

Technitarded

09 projectors :-)

Ace83

iTrader: (6)

im sending my retrofits to lightwekz soon to be fixed! i hope they're not that busy and work on mine fast!

Technitarded

^ not likely, looks to me like they do a great job :-)

Yanki01

haa, my HID retro > ALL!

GammaTNT

iTrader: (8)

NICE!!!!!!

Technitarded

sadly yes :-( haha

i wish mine had better range though the fogs add a nice peripheral light

Yanki01

i plan on getting VRD fogs very soon, the latest is next month.

Technitarded

i just have stockies and i'm pretty happy with those, eventually i might switch out but that'd be a secondary mod, not something i'm setting out to do asap

silverstreaktc

so can anyone PM me on how you guys actually find parts for these retrofits? and how much they usually cost?

Yanki01

mostly HIDPlanet.com/forums and eBay are the best places. if you have local junkyards you can check there for ballast, projectors and bulbs. but you need to know what cars to look for and they might hike up the price? projectors can vary from $100-450/set, ballast are normally $125-200/set. it just depends on what projectors, ballast, bulbs, shrouds, ect exactly you want?

RusWolf

iTrader: (3)

Yanki i got a question. on their website the prices say for example $625 including labor, projectors and E46 shrouds, so whats not included ? HID bulbs, ballast and wiring ?

can you PM parts that i will need ?
I sent them an email asking few questions, i'm really thinking about doing this after i get back from texas to NY but i think i have to start before i get back, lol since i would like to just come and pop them in with the rest of the stuff.

Yanki01

pm'ed

BlckdOutTC

iTrader: (1)

isnt the light output supossed to go straight ? on the pic from the side, it like slopes down the wall i thought it was suppossed to go straight the whole way

Yanki01

ive adjusted it since i took the pic, its a little higher than that but still pointed downwards. thats the way it should be not straight or you'll blind people are you get farther away.

Yanki01

updated pic, always wanted to take a foggy night picture with the cutoff. i need to get in a big field where it really gets foggy to get a better pic but this is in front of my house. only if my neighbor could turn off his porch light. 1yr later and still rocking this retro!!!