my chrome retros installed (unsafe for 56K + pic heavy) - Page 2

***NBPRudy*** · 04-25-2008, 11:04 AM

Sweet!!

xxmstajxx · 04-25-2008, 11:08 AM

sexy I want mine to look just like that without the amber.....!

drahgon · 04-25-2008, 11:13 AM

looks great!

JDMFGSI · 04-25-2008, 11:20 AM

that is sicc!!...looks stock...

Xenin · 04-25-2008, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by wing_gundam

so awesome!!

just curious if they cut the top of the shroud to make it fit in the housing?

yeah, they did. if you've ever seen an E46 you'll see they're circular. there are replica shrouds being produced now that dont say XENON on the side and continues the etching/indents all around. they look pretty sweet but i love how these say XENON.

cost? i've stated that in the other post. i could have bought I/H/E for the price.

thanks for all the replies everyone. like i said before, i wanted a stock look and i achieved that.

**wing_gundam** · 04-25-2008, 12:10 PM

Yeah I was thinking of getting the E46 replica ones for my retro - but it's gonna be done locally - don't know if we can cut it. I'll have to check.

Thanks

Xenin · 04-25-2008, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by wing_gundam

Yeah I was thinking of getting the E46 replica ones for my retro - but it's gonna be done locally - don't know if we can cut it. I'll have to check.

Thanks

you can always ask Caesar at Lightwerkz what he did on their forums.

striker_1818 · 04-25-2008, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by wing_gundam

Yeah I was thinking of getting the E46 replica ones for my retro - but it's gonna be done locally - don't know if we can cut it. I'll have to check.

Thanks

yeah they have the same dimensions. you're going to have to trim it though and if u ruin the chrome, gotta sand it and rechrome that ish haha

KMM · 04-25-2008, 07:48 PM

I loves it they are done right and the best I have seen thous far...

about the fog lights is there any way you can aim them up a bit so they are not as useless as they are now pointing straight at the ground

Xenin · 04-26-2008, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by KMM

I loves it they are done right and the best I have seen thous far...

about the fog lights is there any way you can aim them up a bit so they are not as useless as they are now pointing straight at the ground

no, no i cant. the foglight itself is crap and doesnt fit in the hole in the bumper properly. i tried swapping the brackets to the stock ones and still nothing so i have to point them down just to get them to fit. dont buy BE fogs.

i'm gonna try and get plexiglass cutouts for my OEM fogs that have a crack in the glass.

***SiliconX*** · 04-26-2008, 04:47 AM

Wow. That's about all that comes to mind.

I have to say, that's absolutely perfect. I previously thought that blacked-out was the only way to go, but seeing yours, they're quite amazing. Looking at them, you'd never guess they weren't OEM, and that's the perfect look imo.

This is the picture that impresses me the most. When you see a picture of retros, you very often see the light reflecting off the interior of the lens, due to minor dust left behind. But there is virtually none there, just a very clean shine, almost as if there's no lens there at all.

***portabuddy*** · 04-26-2008, 09:14 AM

sorry but in gonna critisize if you dont mind... the only thing that i dont like, seing them in person is that the shroud doesnt go all the way back to the housing on the top. it leaves a big gap.

Xenin · 04-26-2008, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by portabuddy

sorry but in gonna critisize if you dont mind... the only thing that i dont like, seing them in person is that the shroud doesnt go all the way back to the housing on the top. it leaves a big gap.

i know what you mean, i dont think there's a shroud out there that is that long. you could move the projector further back but then it would stick out of the back of the headlight. then you wouldnt be getting as much light output as well because it would be too far back.

**Tim** · 04-26-2008, 02:56 PM

Are they the single xenon E46 shrouds or bixenon?

striker_1818 · 04-26-2008, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim

Are they the single xenon E46 shrouds or bixenon?

bixenon T

Single xenon are different

**Tim** · 04-26-2008, 02:59 PM

Not a WHOLE lot different though. They're bigger. I do know that.

***illusionstwice*** · 04-26-2008, 03:02 PM

This is easily the best retro setup I have seen to date. I thought about doing chrome but never saw it and wasnt sure how it would look on Silver, but I think you just made up my mind. GREAT retro setup man. It looks superb. + invisible rep

**Tim** · 04-26-2008, 03:06 PM

Xenin, can you see behind the shroud from the side?

kelmar · 04-26-2008, 03:08 PM

Absolutely beautiful!

striker_1818 · 04-26-2008, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim

Not a WHOLE lot different though. They're bigger. I do know that.

they are a circle

04-25-2008, 12:10 PM	#26 (permalink)
wing_gundam Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: T dot Posts: 16,675 Civic Type Stock iTrader: 7 / 100%	Yeah I was thinking of getting the E46 replica ones for my retro - but it's gonna be done locally - don't know if we can cut it. I'll have to check. Thanks __________________

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*SiliconX* Juuken! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 1,188 Eric iTrader: 2 / 100%	Wow. That's about all that comes to mind. I have to say, that's absolutely perfect. I previously thought that blacked-out was the only way to go, but seeing yours, they're quite amazing. Looking at them, you'd never guess they weren't OEM, and that's the perfect look imo. This is the picture that impresses me the most. When you see a picture of retros, you very often see the light reflecting off the interior of the lens, due to minor dust left behind. But there is virtually none there, just a very clean shine, almost as if there's no lens there at all. __________________ Last edited by SiliconX; 04-26-2008 at 04:58 AM.

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*portabuddy* The McGyver ofall McGyves Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mississauga Ontario Age: 23 Posts: 3,215 Bart Koscow iTrader: 5 / 100%	sorry but in gonna critisize if you dont mind... the only thing that i dont like, seing them in person is that the shroud doesnt go all the way back to the housing on the top. it leaves a big gap. __________________ . Life dosn't have a reset button, if it did you may as well turn the game off. Check out my 10.5" touch screen CarPuter install

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04-25-2008, 11:08 AM	#22 (permalink)
xxmstajxx Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: From Cali.....Living In Vegas Age: 25 Posts: 673 John iTrader: 2 / 100%	sexy I want mine to look just like that without the amber.....!

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drahgon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 537 Daryl iTrader: 0 / 0%	looks great!

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JDMFGSI Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 176 Tommy GuNZ iTrader: 1 / 100%	that is sicc!!...looks stock...

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KMM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: mississauga Age: 26 Posts: 282 Mike Koscow iTrader: 1 / 100%	I loves it they are done right and the best I have seen thous far... about the fog lights is there any way you can aim them up a bit so they are not as useless as they are now pointing straight at the ground

04-26-2008, 02:56 PM	#34 (permalink)
Tim non-Cilantrist Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 29 Posts: 4,468 iTrader: 8 / 100%	Are they the single xenon E46 shrouds or bixenon?

04-26-2008, 02:59 PM	#36 (permalink)
Tim non-Cilantrist Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 29 Posts: 4,468 iTrader: 8 / 100%	Not a WHOLE lot different though. They're bigger. I do know that.

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Tim non-Cilantrist Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 29 Posts: 4,468 iTrader: 8 / 100%	Xenin, can you see behind the shroud from the side?

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kelmar Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,182 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Absolutely beautiful!

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