Headlight projector retrofit - HIDs to the max!

I realize this is somewhat offtopic for this forum, but can you post a spread picture and a cutoff picture for your E-55s? I have yet to see a good even spread with any of the Mercedes lines and the cutoffs are pretty yellow-ish with the fresnel lenses for my tastes.

Perhaps something has changed....

 

will do.....my aiming is a bit off because of the JDM difference but you'll get idea.....will take some when I get off work

E55's don't provide as nice a cutoff as the TSX lenses but I didnt have much room to work with.

The prius lights can benefit from the 02-04 Q45 "gattling gun" projectors being that they are so big

 

The E55's are 3" projectors if memory serves. The FX, TSX, RX and many more are 2.5" so should fit if you have room for the 3" ones. Also the bixenon side-entry ones from the JDM Lexus IS series is a shallow 2.5" so it should work in just about anything.

More so than cutoff, I am also curious about the spread. E55's are (or at least were) notorious for hotspots and bleeding.

 

You must have one heck of a gf to allow you to do all this stuff.....better get her something nice!!

Did u ever hear back on the Harley one for me yet from your friends shop?

 

Just because they are clear doesn't mean they have anywhere near the optical properties of the TSX lenses or even the TSX-R lenses. Some places ship the replica FX-R with the replica TSX-R but most don't. If it didn't say they are TSX-R lenses, they probably aren't.

The TSX lenses are very "bubbly" with a deep inset on the inside which bends light much more than normal. Bent light makes the wavelengths go to the extremes, and with the TSX lenses this is blue/purple. But the focal of the lens is such that you can dither the cutoff from tight with a tight blue/purple band all the way to still sharp cutoff but with a large diffused couple inch band of blue/purple if you space it further away from the bowl (1-2mm on the RX-AFS bowls).

 

From JVX's awesome awesome page: FX Projector Lens Swap Using Oem, FX-R, TSX, TSX-R, E30

FX-R with OEM Lenses:


FX-R with FX-R Lenses


FSX-R with TSX Lenses


FX-R with TSX-R Lenses

 

I just found this thread, never to late in my life I guess....
OK, it has been 1 month with NO updates!!! Whats going on?
I need some more information, I want to tackle a similar retrofit in my headligths, halogen's............

 

I've got something to update.........I'm in Castle Rock, Colorado on a lil vac.

 

Castle Rock? Nothing there but an outlet mall and lots of prisons.

 

I just discovered the other threads about the same topic and usbseawolf answered the PM I sent him.

 

The headlights look really good, something i would definetly wanna do in the future

 

Newbie here: I want to thank all the pioneers here in this thread that have done the trial and error research that the rest of us benefit from.

I read every single post on this long thread. I take delivery of my '08 Prius with standard halogen headlamps on Friday of this week and am about to order a kit from TRS.

To confirm I've understood all I've read and to keep my life simple with this planned modification:

I plan to order the H1 kit with Mini Gatling Gun shrouds and optional XB35 5000K bulbs.

Am I good to go with this selection?

Again, many thanks for the fine research captured in this thread.

Cheers

Mike

 

Silicon adhesive (the stuff in a tube like caulk) will get hot, turn gooey, and then droop down leaving goo strands.

Do adhere them, but I always suggest a combination of epoxy + jbweld. This is for the projectors, shrouds, everything. Use 1min/5min epoxy and get the thing in the right position. Then JBWeld the crap out of it. And real JBWeld, the stuff that comes in a 2 part mixture.

 

Newbie here, just got a 11' Prius 2 months ago. After reading this thread, I would like to get HID kit installed on my 11' Prius, do you have any info that might help?