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Old 12-16-07 | 04:21 PM
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Here are some pics I snapped during retro:










Old 12-21-07 | 04:07 PM
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Damn... that looked like it was about as big of a deal as projectors. Looks like you did a good job though. Can't even tell from the front.

Funny though, I always thought the cut-off was E-Code.
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Old 12-31-07 | 09:27 AM
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Old 12-31-07 | 09:32 AM
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Man....you basically retroed some HID reflectors. lol. What color temp are those bulbs? They look over 5000k but I'm guessing that it is just the picture.
Old 12-31-07 | 09:36 AM
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Thats exactly what I did. Mounted the HID reflector on top of the stock Halogfen reflector.

They are 4300k bulbs, I dont know how to adjust the camera so it pics up some wierd colors. The last frontal view was taken on start-up, thats why it looks really wild.
Old 12-31-07 | 09:41 AM
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Is it just the way that it appears in the manual or is adjusting the headlights really a pita? It looks like one of the adjustment screws is well out of reachable range without taking out the headlight. My lights are kinda low.


I'm still thinking about a retro oddly enough but I lack the money after starting on my Nav project. I would probably use the ES330 bezels if I ever tried it.

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Old 12-31-07 | 09:43 AM
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Actually, the adjustment are easy to get to. there are holes in the Core support to insert a long skinny phillips screw driver to access the ajustments.
Old 12-31-07 | 01:36 PM
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Thanks...now that you mention it, I remember the holes you are referring to.
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