its been a while...

[str8venom99]

I havent posted in a while, so why not start with some pics.
no more hx's fat fives for now

finally installed my Integra cluster

just finished my FX35 bi-xenon retro

thanks for looking

 

[97GreenEX]

Miss the HX's man....

 

[str8venom99]

yea a lil bit but i needed some 15s(and a change). i can always grab some down the road

 

[enycesam]

The retrofit looks badass. Miss the HXs too.

 

[XcLuSiVeLy4GoD]

I have always loved fat fives, the car looks good, the retro is meh, imo. TO ME, it just looks weird. But then again Im weird lol

 

[Genuine Rolla]

Sick freaking retrofit...!! How ya likin' the FX35's...?



Hey, just have a quick question for you...how did you go about wiring the projectors for the high beams...?

 

[johno590]

Looks good... hx > fat fives

 

[Destroy]

Looks terrible on the 5's. Car looks good, 5's just suck.

 

[str8venom99]

thanks guys
pete-the fx's are great.
basically i followed THIS diagram . but instead each ballast has its own relay and fuses. so that if i run into some trouble i will have at least one light to get me home(hopefully). as far as the high beams i went to radioshack and bought (6) 1N5404 diodes. and soldered them in so that the low beam stays on when the high beam solenoid is powered.
they do sell premade bi-xenon harnesses for like $50 or so. if i had to do it again id def buy one. just to save some time and headaches between soldering crimping heat shrinking and wire looming everything.

 

[Genuine Rolla]

Awesome...I found a couple diagrams similar to that one but, they were MUCH more confusing.

Thanks for helpin' out a brother. I really appreciate it..!

 

[str8venom99]

no problem let me know if you need any more help i can try this was my first retro. are you doina fx retro also

 

[Genuine Rolla]

no problem let me know if you need any more help i can try this was my first retro. are you doina fx retro also

Exactly why I was asking...

The only thing that seems to trip me up...is that my HID kit doesn't connect to the battery at all. It gets its power off of the headlight harness.....

I'm sure i'll hit you up on AIM about this...

 

[str8venom99]

sure hit me up
have you ever wired up any radios or anything. cause its basically the same concept. the relay is your head unit. it has constant power goin to it, a ground, and a trigger to turn it on. and then your remote wire is what powers up your amp(ballast) not sure if that helps you but thats the way i related it to make it seem easier. check out the 12 volt it helps.

 

[EK|B]

No night pics with the lights on?

 

[Genuine Rolla]

Yeah, I've been doing car audio/video installations since I was 14....installed countless number of systems, amps, headunits, monitors, etc...I just never took the time to learn about relays.

I understand now.

 

[str8venom99]

yea im gonna take some night shots after it stops rainin and align them.

same here pete ive been doin this stuff since my middleschool days and now im 25 and just learning about how relays, diodes and resistors work

 

[el_betiyo]

Looks pretty good, I might do that retro thing for my car
x2 on any night pics..........

 

[str8venom99]

finally got some night shots they still need some more adjusting but theyre gettin there

 

[94civickid]

clean ass ride man my cuzin has that year span and wants to put the 99-00 front end i am tryin to convince him to keep the 97 and put the foglights with a nice lip dont see very many around our area

 

[igor_adz]

looks nice... were did you get the front lip?