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Originally Posted by J-Ro
gbae: ironically, the "extra" cost to go from a xenon retrofit to an adaptive xenon retrofit was only about $60-70. And I definitely don't have the cash for a Lexus... wish I did though 
truflip: the difficulty level isn't huge... my diy should be fairly easy to follow once I come out with it. The problem is that some of the extra parts needed will require machining equipment, i.e. lathe, mill and finger brake. Luckily we have these at work and I'm allowed to use them for my own stuff on off-hours, but most people don't have access to that stuff. It might be possible without that equipment by changing some things around, but I'm not sure. It's hard to explain right now because everything's still in my head but not on paper |
I'm only on pg3 of this thread, so I should probably read all the way through before posting, but the WHOLE idea of retro'ing the TSX's or S2K's projectors was that you were taking a 'known quantity' part and putting it into your existing housing. No one was having to machine and fabricate a projector from scratch, they only had to modify a bracket.
So my question would be this. Instead of machining and fabricating an entirely 'from scratch' actuator, why not simply retro in a Lexus projector WITH the Lexus actuator attached???
Seems like it would be WORLDS easier to customize an already existing projector actuator, then to try to design/fabricate/install one from scratch.
Don't get me wrong here, I LOVE the idea of adding adaptive Xenons, and completely am in awe that you have the ability to actually fabricate an actuator from scratch.
I'm just trying to figure out a way that suits my more 'limited' abilities and facilities I have access too, and figured 'Why try to reinvent the wheel' (or the actuator in this case), when I can simply try and figure a way to retrofit an already existing one.
Just my 2 cents
Chris