new pics up!!! but yea they are really well built and fit pretty nice
and there halogen for now.. waiting on the h1 bulbs

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04 gt2- wizair, 180tstat, 2.5" dp highflow cat, hv3 insert


can mileage be like our post count? once you get over a certain point, you get an upgrade... id like that

HIDs is only gonna make that little hot spot above the cutoff worse, its going to blind everyone and you will have people flashing you left and right

sorry guys.

-- Fri Aug 13, 2010 8:32 pm --



my ouptut, my right projector got f**ked the other day when I pulled it out and it adjusted itself, I have to fix it

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04 Supercharged American and 01 Turbo Swede

I'm liking the look!!! What bulbs are you using and what turns what on??? How do the LED's turn on and off??

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and an old output picture without adjustments



-- Fri Aug 13, 2010 8:35 pm --

sorry guys, that output IMO is not acceptable, your way better off with the OEM reflector and HIDs

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04 Supercharged American and 01 Turbo Swede

a side by side compare so people don't have to scroll up and down to compare


good (won't get flashed)

bad. (your going to have people getting pissed off at you.)


it's almost as bad as the G6 projectors
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COLORADO GRAND PRIX/G8 MEET! SEPT 12

So I imagine this is what it will look like with HID's then....
(picture courtesy of "Dor" from the Official projectors are here thread)


-- Fri Aug 13, 2010 7:58 pm --


Im sure that little hot spot can't be any worse at blinding people than sticking with the stock reflectors that send glare in every direction...I mean either way (stock with HID's or spyder projector's with HID's) you will be sending off light to oncoming traffic and somewhat blinding them so the real question is "how is the output on the ground compared to stock?".

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Holy hell is the rotation of the projectors off. People are going to be blinded when you come up along side of them. Looks like we are going to have to make new cut off shields.

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Oh I agree but I bet the HIDs with reflector is probably better output on the ground then the Ebay Projectors

but I've also given up the battle of telling people that HID's in Reflector housings is Illegal. People are gonna do what people are gonna do.

Those Halo rings aren't that great either. This could be a good platform for a retrofit though.

-- Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:12 pm --




He hadn't adjusted them yet. Yeah they need new cutoff shields a bowl for the projector.

I wonder if they use spacers on the bowl and bulb would it put out more light and focus it a little better?

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04 Supercharged American and 01 Turbo Swede

i may not have projectors but my escalade sure does lol i think the projectors are made from HELLA and the top lights dont look like that they actually match the projectors and i bought those LEDs from Vleds

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Just received mine in the mail today and saw the pics with the hot spot problem. One would think Spyderauto would have solved that problem unless they couldn't locate another projector bulb that would fit without having to do some custom fabbing. Thoughts?

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November 2011 Car of the Month

^ I thought the same I haven't gotten the chance to wire them up but I'm curious is adj them would help alot and I'm kind of scratching my head on what to do to fix em based off pics.

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do the projection headlamps come with instructions on how to make adjustments to the lamps if needed. If someone who has them maybe could write something up when they have time with pics to show how to adjust them if needed.

Again SPyder Auto is just a distributor. The actual manufacturer is out of Japan. Didnt know the adjustment screw would take care of rotation of the projector. Thought it would be more for up and down adjustment. Never seen it before. Have seen where you could adjust left to right and up and down. Im half tempted to buy a set to tear em open, and play around with them.

But that would be my guess would be to make spacers and shim the bulb back towards the back of the headlight, and see if changes the focus of the light. Or to play around with the cut off plate itself.

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Where is that hotspot coming from and what is with those rings?




I agree and that's what I always envisioned with the anticipation that these projectors would fail.

I wonder if the Morimoto Minis would fit: http://www.theretrofitsource.com/produc ... cts_id=221



EDIT: Morimoto Mini Projector:

So basically as a simple out of the box plug in set their dangerous cause they will blind people, and they arnt that pretty? Gota know cause if so it means im buying window tint and something else as well =)

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All sho no go...

How about a top swap?

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last i asked about that i was told i had to switch internal engine components and like all the computers, and the exaust. no thank u lol.

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All sho no go...

From some research, I guess the rings come from the shitty lens, which can apparently be changed out: http://www.theretrofitsource.com/index.php?cPath=29

And the hotspot comes from the light being unfocused?

I was just reading through the return policy and they will not take them back in the seller does not like them. Too bad the problem is that they are a safety hazard to oncoming traffic so I wonder how long the return policy will hold up. I like the things but if they are going to compromise the safety of others ability to see the road, they need to fix the problem.

-- Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:38 pm --



Is this a problem with the lens or the position of the bulb inside of the projector itself? Whoever has installed these needs to adjust the depth inside of the bulb to see if it improves...
Good find on the link for the lenses.

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November 2011 Car of the Month

I would have to mess around with them if it's coming from the actually ring easiest way to find that out is to run the lights without the rings I'm comptemplating if I want to return them or not.

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We should all meet up at their headquarters with torchs and pichforks and angrily mob them.

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All sho no go...

x2

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unless the output gets better and they fix the "blinding people" issue I won't be buying... looking at them again they do seem pretty ricey... That's just my humble opinion.

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meh when i had a 07 as a rental people kept flashing me thinking i had brights on any way lol every one thinks i have the brights on with the baron untill i flick them and then light up the tops of trees lol 4 lights on at once FTW!!!

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92 LeBaron Convert: Turbo 3L 97 Grand Prix GT 4dr "Frankenstein": L67 4t65 swap
97 Grand Marquis: Summer DD 99 Grand Prix GTP: Top Swap Beater

I was searching for a fix and came to this:

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/lighting ... light.html

May be helpful

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