My HID projector retrofit! (and a few freebies)
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Hey fellow 2IS brethren...
I have a 2006 MRM IS250 with halogen equipped headlights....I had an HID kit in it for a while, and finally decided to swap them out and retrofit a pair of S2000 projectors. I contacted Caesar over at LightWerkz and talked to him about the retrofit. I sent them out and had Lightwerkz do the retrofit. Here's their writeup on the actual retrofit: http://www.lightwerkz.net/news/2011/...00-conversion/. A big thanks to them for their work!
Overall, what I had done to the headlights was:
-retrofit with s2000 single xenon projectors
-TSX-R clear lens (brings out a bit more blue in the cutoff)
-Blacked out headlight housing
-Blacked out amber sidemarkers
-Headlight lens restoration (forgot to mention this in my OP)
I'm running them with Morimoto 3Five D2S 5000k, Morimoto AMP ballast with straight end D2S adapters that I got from TheRetrofitSource. Matt@TRS was really helpful in assisting me in picking out parts for the retrofit, and even accepting my exchange for my original 3Five D2S Ballast for one with an AMP output.
I finally had a chance to throw all the pictures into lightroom and adjust them. The pictures are more or less what they look like in person.
I dug up a picture of my original beam pattern. Excuse the bad quality; was taken a long time ago. Posted to show the difference. And yes, that was about how wide my beam spread really was.
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/1215001804.jpg)
I have yet to be able to find a location large enough to actually show you how wide these the projectors shine.
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/142-1.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/154-1.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/141.jpg)
The cutoff:
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/151-1.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/152.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/156.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/153.jpg)
25~ feet
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/149-1.jpg)
60~ feet. Notice how sharp it still is, and the colorful blue band.
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/CarsBoba007.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/CarsBoba009.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/CarsBoba014.jpg)
As requested, pictures to see the black housing.
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/IS250034.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/IS250026.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/IS250025.jpg)
I have a 2006 MRM IS250 with halogen equipped headlights....I had an HID kit in it for a while, and finally decided to swap them out and retrofit a pair of S2000 projectors. I contacted Caesar over at LightWerkz and talked to him about the retrofit. I sent them out and had Lightwerkz do the retrofit. Here's their writeup on the actual retrofit: http://www.lightwerkz.net/news/2011/...00-conversion/. A big thanks to them for their work!
Overall, what I had done to the headlights was:
-retrofit with s2000 single xenon projectors
-TSX-R clear lens (brings out a bit more blue in the cutoff)
-Blacked out headlight housing
-Blacked out amber sidemarkers
-Headlight lens restoration (forgot to mention this in my OP)
I'm running them with Morimoto 3Five D2S 5000k, Morimoto AMP ballast with straight end D2S adapters that I got from TheRetrofitSource. Matt@TRS was really helpful in assisting me in picking out parts for the retrofit, and even accepting my exchange for my original 3Five D2S Ballast for one with an AMP output.
I finally had a chance to throw all the pictures into lightroom and adjust them. The pictures are more or less what they look like in person.
I dug up a picture of my original beam pattern. Excuse the bad quality; was taken a long time ago. Posted to show the difference. And yes, that was about how wide my beam spread really was.
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/1215001804.jpg)
I have yet to be able to find a location large enough to actually show you how wide these the projectors shine.
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/142-1.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/154-1.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/141.jpg)
The cutoff:
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/151-1.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/152.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/156.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/153.jpg)
25~ feet
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/149-1.jpg)
60~ feet. Notice how sharp it still is, and the colorful blue band.
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/CarsBoba007.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/CarsBoba009.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/CarsBoba014.jpg)
As requested, pictures to see the black housing.
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/IS250034.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/IS250026.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/IS250025.jpg)
![](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/CrimsonIncarnate/M5070.jpg)
Last edited by kumquatism; 08-26-11 at 02:16 PM.
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Yeah...but you won't really see the output well...as we're out during the day lol.
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Yup! They are! You're lucky you're so close to them...my packages would take about a week in transit lol...