I made my own custom H.I.D. set-up out of 2 damaged CTS hid headlamp assembelies i got from work, I was wondering if anyone else has made their own hid's on here before or am i the first.....
thanks
laters
My car was made with wrenches, Not chopsticks.
I'ma do some in my 04 headlamps with some bi-xenon projectors so that I can keep my high. Just waiting on the parts though.
Somebody bought some 00-02 custom hid projectors for a cavy a few days ago on ebay but is having problems with the headlight or something... I can't remember
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i'll be doin the same thing after my engine is all boosted. i'd suggest using projectors instead of just putting HID's in a stock headlamp, otherwise you're gonna throw too much glare.
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450WHP Turbo Ecotec swap in the works...
So you didn't use the projectors from the cts headlights. Still got them?? Willing to sell them??
The hids look green in the pics. Camera setting?
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must be my cheap ass 3.1mp camera,
the projectors are already spoken for.... sorry.
My car was made with wrenches, Not chopsticks.
Very cool man, props on all the work. It looks like you know what you are doign and are not some hack. BTW, mine and my friend's cars in the picture I posted both have Lexus IS 300 HID retrofits. He made his fit into his stock 00 housings and fabbed up a custom sheild, so it doesn't produce a blinding glare. I myself took the IS 300 reflector and all and made it fit in the sunfire housings, so I virtually have the exact same output as the Lexus does. Fun fun.
-- John
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nice work! on the I.S. lens swap!
i was able to use the stock beam shield thingy i just had to lengthen it about an1/8"
i just didnt want to get in over my head... it was the only set of headlamps i had... and i needed to be to work in the morning, lol..
again awesome work! especialy your whole car
laters
My car was made with wrenches, Not chopsticks.
ps - you didn't lengthen the shield, you lengthened the bulb CAP.
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I also have them! I have the BMW 4300K setup. I've not moved the lights over to the new front end just yet, but you are on a long list of people that of done it.
Viper98912 wrote:ps - you didn't lengthen the shield, you lengthened the bulb CAP.
lol... yeah that thing thats whats longer now
My car was made with wrenches, Not chopsticks.
I would like to do this tomy 04 cavalier. are there any instructions posted on how to do this.
Is there anyone out there with a hid kit on their 03-05 cavy??? I wanna see pics
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i have them on my 04 but im going to make my own projectors but there will be no pics untill then.
sorry
steve 97Z wrote:i am surprised the cavalier lights work well. with the shielding on top that would but down on the light output to the ground....glare actually comes from the bottome half of the headlights.
i knew someone one day would have the urge to tell me that. so i took these two pix. these are about driving eye level, so you tell me, where do YOU see the
majority of the glare coming from? while yes, there is not a perfect 100% gone glare, it is so minimal that i have yet to have anyone flash me.... thank you come again.
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i knew someone one day would have the urge to tell me that. so i took these two pix. these are about driving eye level, so you tell me, where do YOU see the
majority of the glare coming from? while yes, there is not a perfect 100% gone glare, it is so minimal that i have yet to have anyone flash me.... thank you come again.
hey dont thake what i said as an attack. I realize your design cut down on the glare. I was just stating that i was surprised that it did cut down on the glare, thats all.
personally i am cutting down the glare from the bottome of the reflector. although i am not sure how it will work as i dont have the headlights quite yet.
anyway the lights look good. i might be stealing your idea if mine does not work well enough.
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yea, "conventionality" isn't quite common anymore (aka on the reflectors for example), so the best thing to do (and what i did) is to stand up and slowly move yourself downwards in the direct path of the light. whatever hits your eye first, is what should be taken out.
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Wrench Monkey wrote:i wanna see how you did your hids on your car!!! as im lookin to do them myself.
i will see if i can put together a step by step for ya with pics... its gonna take me a bit.
but i posted this a long time ago... check it out.
http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=7&i=272526&t=272526#272526
My car was made with wrenches, Not chopsticks.
wtf? i messed up
wrong thread
My car was made with wrenches, Not chopsticks.
right thurr. 
