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My Headlight Mods: Mini H1, Blacked Housing and LEDs

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Accessories & Modifications' started by Justdidit, Jan 16, 2013.

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    Looks awesome to me. In hindsight, I should painted the trim instead of the reflector on mine. Its too cold here for me to start tearing apart the car and headlights all over :)

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    Black trim might tie it together... Nah! I like the contrast. I'm doing just the opposite Chrome reflector and Black Trim - then smoked vinyl overlay. I'd like to see more pictures of your setup when the lighting is better. Looks cold and dark over there on the east coast.

     
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    True. Its Sunny but the winds at 15-20 mph are making the windchill feel worse :( Will get some pics for you.
     
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    Do you know if the headlights from the 06 - 09 Prius will fit the 04?
     
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    Yup!
     
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    Got new pair from the eBay link above. That way I'm not rushed to put them back in. I'll end up selling my current pair once I finish the project.
     
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    A few more parts came in today... Hopefully by next week I'll get these installed.
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    Hey, What happened over the weekend :)
     
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    The Mini H1 came in as well as the HID kit. Had to order a few more items from TRS - so I will have to wait for them to come in b4 I can mount up the H1s. Haven't decided if I want the eyeball look by painting the shroud or leaving it chrome. I really like how the chrome lens with the black trim and smoked vinyl look. Not sure if painting the shroud is a good idea or not. Hopefully will have time this week to solder up the LEDs and wrap up this project.
     
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    Are the mini H1's bi-xenon? Meaning hi-lo beams?

    Photoshop might be a good way to check the different looks :)
     
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    What about using reflective silver tape to make my own reflector? Cutting the shape out of this tape?

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    This way I can get rid of all the amber...
     
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    Yes, Similar to the BI-XENON: MORIMOTO MINI H1 5.0,
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    but I didn't want the foreground limiter that the 5.0 version has. This would have been a 'custom' request according to TRS so I opted for a different company.

    True, But not handy with photoshop.. hmm
     
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    Just found this on YouTube by PC user 'usbseawolf2000' when he did his H1 install - unfortunately - can't find any actually pictures of the install. Think they got lost in the last PC site crash.



     
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    Not my style, but to each their own ;)
     
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    Ya, I still haven't found or thought of any ideas that I like more than an all chrome shroud/reflector or black shroud/reflector.

     
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    Made more headway on the LED lighting
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    The 20,000mcd LEDs are super bright!! Can't wait to have the headlight installed. Still working on what type of parking bulb to use.

    Chrome amber bulbs
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    7W cree Amber LEDs
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    I like this look better than the others :)
     
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    Sweet. Looks like you're going to need a 'brighter' HID bulb to make those LEDs look dim :)
     
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    I don't like this at all...it's bordering on retarded looking. I'd go with the tint IMHO...