LowCarbZ Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I thought with all the recent chit chat on various threads about projector installs and the like we might as well have one thread rather than hi-jack others' threads. So I think it's good to try and keep most of the discussions in one place (and I get the impression almost everyone else feels the same way on Hybridz). *if there is already a thread for this I apologize, I did search. Anyway, post up some Q and A's in this thread for projectors/HID's. There seem to be a lot of very knowledgeable people here at HBZ. My Question: To the best of my knowledge the 7" Housings are the same for Z's as they are for Jeep CJ's/TJ's. I found this set on E-bay and i'm just curious if they'd work and maybe prevent the need to get generic housings and cut them up. They're pretty cheap too at $20 and the shipping isn't ridiculous. I know ideally you'd have to seperate them and paint the reflective surface. Thoughts? http://cgi.ebay.ca/7-HALO-PROJECTOR-HEADLIGHT-1997-98-99-01-JEEP-WRANGLER_W0QQitemZ170295732142QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item170295732142&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1215%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowCarbZ Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 ^ Also, am I right to assume that those light housings are simply using a projector lens intended to have a regular H4 bulb installed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S130Z Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Those housings are indeed the ones that you need to cut up and retrofit with a true projector housing. But these are at a good price to start off on a custom pair. I am going to post a link to my thread for HID Projectors for others to see. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=146149 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowCarbZ Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 ^ Good Idea, I think it'd be great if we all posted any thread links pertaining to this in the thread. And After I got looking at the picture I realised they're not intended to house a real projector, rather they're meant to spread the beam of an H4 bulb in a simulated "projector" manner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S130Z Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 This is also a pretty good thread on retro fitting projectors. http://www.theretrofitsource.com/services.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cable Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 This is also a pretty good thread on retro fitting projectors. http://www.theretrofitsource.com/services.html Dead link... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S130Z Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 The site must have gone down. The conversion is really pretty easy to do. I have a set of projectors, that you could use to retrofit, that I have no use for at the moment.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bens1088 Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 (edited) I thought with all the recent chit chat on various threads about projector installs and the like we might as well have one thread rather than hi-jack others' threads. So I think it's good to try and keep most of the discussions in one place (and I get the impression almost everyone else feels the same way on Hybridz). *if there is already a thread for this I apologize, I did search. Anyway, post up some Q and A's in this thread for projectors/HID's. There seem to be a lot of very knowledgeable people here at HBZ. My Question: To the best of my knowledge the 7" Housings are the same for Z's as they are for Jeep CJ's/TJ's. I found this set on E-bay and i'm just curious if they'd work and maybe prevent the need to get generic housings and cut them up. They're pretty cheap too at $20 and the shipping isn't ridiculous. I know ideally you'd have to seperate them and paint the reflective surface. Thoughts? http://cgi.ebay.ca/7-HALO-PROJECTOR-HEADLIGHT-1997-98-99-01-JEEP-WRANGLER_W0QQitemZ170295732142QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item170295732142&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1215%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 I don't think anyone answered your question yet but yes the 7" round housings are the same as the Jeeps. Some of you might not have seen the vendor thread but just to throw it out there, I sell plug and play true hid 7" projectors for $340. I've seen some pretty good retrofits out there but some guys are concerned with inspections so my kit is DOT approved and comes with a 1 year warranty. Whatever route you choose, you want to get an HID wire harness that taps off your battery and doesn't solely rely on your headlight harness. (but I would upgrade the headlight harness regardless). Edited September 22, 2010 by bens1088 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loy Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 For projector retrofitting I ussualy visit http://www.hidplanet.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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