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Old 12-28-05, 08:55 PM
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Default Retrofit sc400

its coming real soon....
Thanks to mike...great to have friends in high places lmaoo
heres whats going on so far......
im gonna be using the rx 330 sheilds from mdx cant wait to see the out come....
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Old 12-29-05, 01:17 PM
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I can't wait to see the end results! Jermaine knock it out!
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ok here we go back on track( what up mike!!) ok im not gonna go with the rx330 nomore very bur cut off so im going with the mdx's....ok here the new run down mdx projectors 3 washer on each projector mikes sc300/400 retrofit brackets and my brain....ok heres what mike gave me
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now heres what i did
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Default ok ok ok

so i can add this to it
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any question??/
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Originally Posted by datsetup
ok here we go back on track( what up mike!!) ok im not gonna go with the rx330 nomore very bur cut off ....

I have RX330 HID projectors, cutoff is perfect with D2 bulb. You have to use metal shields between mirror and lens, your picture doesnt show it , do you have it?

Anyway RX projector is to big to fit SC housings w/o extensive modification. I droped it cause IMO would compromise reliability of the headlight.



Now, on the picture I see polycarbonate bracket you made on the back of the MDX mirror, it look like it follows the contur of SC bracket, I wonder what you going to do with all the material sticking above bracket`s upper edge, how you are going to fit it in SC housing?

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I have RX330 HID projectors, cutoff is perfect with D2 bulb. You have to use metal shields between mirror and lens, your picture doesnt show it , do you have it?

Anyway RX projector is to big to fit SC housings w/o extensive modification. I droped it cause IMO would compromise reliability of the headlight.
It can work if you design mounts to use for the new projectors. When he's done with the plexi mounts I made for him (place/JB Weld white plastic screw pegs) he'll have it structurally sound enough to build an excellent retrofitted headlight. Actually most of the work has already been done provided he's using the plexi mounts vs. having to hack up his internals. In fact, if done right, the entire procedure can be reversable to OEM halogen with this light
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yess sir..... im not going with the rx330 cus i dont have the shields, but the light that come out of them is badd(meaning nice), very wide beam but besides that the cut off on the mdx is very clean and color on top of the cut off... im tryna to get them in to the sc housing but its been raining over here but will try to have them in asap...cant wait
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Originally Posted by datsetup
yess sir..... im not going with the rx330 cus i dont have the shields, but the light that come out of them is badd(meaning nice), very wide beam but besides that the cut off on the mdx is very clean and color on top of the cut off... im tryna to get them in to the sc housing but its been raining over here but will try to have them in asap...cant wait

I see you guys got quite HID brainstorm in this forum, glad I found it, by accident though (okami dumped my SC HID thread down here...)

Now, get SC headlight housing and try to stick thet projector you have in it. This is where I stopped with my RX330 projectors. SC housing is very narrow....

Maybe you guys can come out with something here....
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well the sc housing where the projector sticks out i think that hole is more then 3" wide the mdx's is a lil over 2 1/2" wide the rx's are 3" wide so the rx's would be a tight fit but a lil sanding would fix that
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Originally Posted by datsetup
well the sc housing where the projector sticks out i think that hole is more then 3" wide the mdx's is a lil over 2 1/2" wide the rx's are 3" wide so the rx's would be a tight fit but a lil sanding would fix that

I can`t confirm your numbers RX are almost 4inches, 98mm exctly.

SC projector lil over 3inches, 78mm exactly.

That is 20mm difference, almost inch, no lil sanding here...
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ok ok heres my rx's 330
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this one to these are the non-afs
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Originally Posted by datsetup
ok ok heres my rx's 330

OK I see where we have missunderstanding....

Lets try different way, horizontal messurments you are making are not the problem, there is enough room.

Vertical messurment, taken where projector fits housing, where parabolic mirror mets lens bracket. That what I`m talking `bout...


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