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Old 04-30-06, 01:08 PM
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Here's one example of what a Q45 HID retrofit can look like.

http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18006

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**Please don't close this thread. I'm not promoting my retrofit work or things that have caused my recent HID threads to get shut down. I'm simply showing what a good example of what an HID retrofit on a Toyota product can look like so fellow Lexus owners can see what other people on the net are doing to their cars. In fact I didn't work on the one linked above.***
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Hmmmm?? Need to register to view pics.

Why not just post pic links?

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here ya go. I copied it from hidplanet over to here for those who are not registered.


Originally Posted by Pascal from HIDPLANET
That's it, I'm not changing that one any more. I've maxed out the rotation adjustment on the driver's side projector, it's not 100% perfect yet but it's good enough. Passed the "Wife Test". Enough with the chit-chat, on with the output and pics of the finished product. Enjoy. :drinkers:









Enough color for my taste. Of course the Q45 cutoff has nowhere near the sharpness of any single lens projector, but as I've stated many times before I chose this one based on bling factor / appearance more than anything else. And in the appearance department, boy does it deliver. =P~









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Thanks! I completed another one myself this weekend of the same projector for a GS but won't post it here. These Q45s are getting more and more popular and with output looking like that I doubt they'll be sitting around Ebay or junk yards much longer!
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Nice post Mike! Your gonna make me send my lights back to you! Lol! My wife is going to kill me!
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Nice pics... Those light are extemely bright.. I bet you get flashed all the time people thinking you have your bights on..L:OL
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Those aren't mine lol! That's someone on hidplanet's Q45 retrofit. In a GS it'll look the same output wise though. If anyone searches they can look up a few I've done on here with pics etc to see what it looks like in a Lex. In fact there are a few guys here who have also done them on their own cars or had other guys out there make a set for them. In fact, there's a new GS-Infiniti Q45 retrofit on hidplanet right now too.

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Old 05-02-06, 05:40 AM
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The Q45 projector sure does look good.
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My headlights were done with q45 projectors with 8000k bulbs, and my output looks nothing like that lol. 8000k bulbs cant be that bad can it?
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Originally Posted by garbage85
My headlights were done with q45 projectors with 8000k bulbs, and my output looks nothing like that lol. 8000k bulbs cant be that bad can it?
Yes...8k? go back to 4100k..at most 6000k...
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Originally Posted by garbage85
My headlights were done with q45 projectors with 8000k bulbs, and my output looks nothing like that lol. 8000k bulbs cant be that bad can it?

Yes.......yes!!!!.....did I forget to say yes?
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the output is really lame acutally, ill post up some pics of the output next time. love the color though
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