High Beam Projector?
#41
For those who want to read the install guide and see what it looks like, refer to post 38 at the end of page 2.
I did not paint the reflector and it does not show at all. When I re-attempt the install of the bi-xenon low beam, I will drive out to my favorite dark area without the headlight's glass lens installed and re-orient the projector on the reflector. I will flip it 180º and see if that moves the beam farther upwards. That only requires loosening the locking ring and turning the projector clockwise, then tightening the locking ring again. I will also try the manual adjustment for the lateral spread.
I did not paint the reflector and it does not show at all. When I re-attempt the install of the bi-xenon low beam, I will drive out to my favorite dark area without the headlight's glass lens installed and re-orient the projector on the reflector. I will flip it 180º and see if that moves the beam farther upwards. That only requires loosening the locking ring and turning the projector clockwise, then tightening the locking ring again. I will also try the manual adjustment for the lateral spread.
Last edited by giandanielxk8; 12-13-2020 at 07:55 PM.
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#42
I did not paint the reflector and it does not show at all. When I re-attempt the install of the bi-xenon low beam, I will drive out to my favorite dark area without the headlight's glass lens installed and re-orient the projector on the reflector. I will flip it 180º and see if that moves the beam farther upwards. That only requires loosening the locking ring and turning the projector clockwise, then tightening the locking ring again. I will also try the manual adjustment for the lateral spread.
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#43
All right! What a deal!
What if you wanted to just leave the Low Beams as is? I have already replaced the Ballast and Changed the Bulb to a: LED 35W 6000K, which is nice and Bright....could I just leave it as is without any problems and spend my time redoing the High Beam, as you have here? In other words, why would I want to change my low Beam, if I have already improved them?
Thanks for doing all this "Porta Rica" I really appreciate you! This is about the best improvement we could have ever asked for! You are the Man!
Billy Clyde @ Cinco Ranch
Low Beam with new 35Watt - LED 6000K Bulb
What if you wanted to just leave the Low Beams as is? I have already replaced the Ballast and Changed the Bulb to a: LED 35W 6000K, which is nice and Bright....could I just leave it as is without any problems and spend my time redoing the High Beam, as you have here? In other words, why would I want to change my low Beam, if I have already improved them?
Thanks for doing all this "Porta Rica" I really appreciate you! This is about the best improvement we could have ever asked for! You are the Man!
Billy Clyde @ Cinco Ranch
Low Beam with new 35Watt - LED 6000K Bulb
#44
All right! What a deal!
What if you wanted to just leave the Low Beams as is? I have already replaced the Ballast and Changed the Bulb to a: LED 35W 6000K, which is nice and Bright....could I just leave it as is without any problems and spend my time redoing the High Beam, as you have here? In other words, why would I want to change my low Beam, if I have already improved them?
Thanks for doing all this "Porta Rica" I really appreciate you! This is about the best improvement we could have ever asked for! You are the Man!
Billy Clyde @ Cinco Ranch
Low Beam with new 35Watt - LED 6000K Bulb
What if you wanted to just leave the Low Beams as is? I have already replaced the Ballast and Changed the Bulb to a: LED 35W 6000K, which is nice and Bright....could I just leave it as is without any problems and spend my time redoing the High Beam, as you have here? In other words, why would I want to change my low Beam, if I have already improved them?
Thanks for doing all this "Porta Rica" I really appreciate you! This is about the best improvement we could have ever asked for! You are the Man!
Billy Clyde @ Cinco Ranch
Low Beam with new 35Watt - LED 6000K Bulb
Well, if you have already improved your low beam I don’t see a reason why you can’t just focus on your high beam.
I am improving my low beams because the low beam projector bowls on my car are opaque and burned out, which results in reduced light output.
#45
So much to learn😢
#46
Getting smarter at a snails pace. Just watched a couple of "to the garage" videos on the headlight removal and assembly. So, the motor drive for level adjustment works on both Hi and Lo beams. What I could not find is if there is also a manual adjustment for the Hi/Lo relationship or are they permanently tied.
Anybody out there who knows???
Anybody out there who knows???
#47
Getting smarter at a snails pace. Just watched a couple of "to the garage" videos on the headlight removal and assembly. So, the motor drive for level adjustment works on both Hi and Lo beams. What I could not find is if there is also a manual adjustment for the Hi/Lo relationship or are they permanently tied.
Anybody out there who knows???
Anybody out there who knows???
From looking at the innards of the headlight, I believe they are in fact permanently tied. I bought a flexible zinc sheet today with which I will attempt to make a bracket. I thought my day was free tomorrow and that I would be able to work on it. However, it turns out I have a couple of patients who have an urgency that I will have to attend to tomorrow.
#48
From looking at the innards of the headlight, I believe they are in fact permanently tied. I bought a flexible zinc sheet today with which I will attempt to make a bracket. I thought my day was free tomorrow and that I would be able to work on it. However, it turns out I have a couple of patients who have an urgency that I will have to attend to tomorrow.
#50
Still, it would be nice to have adjustment possibility between the Bi-Xenon and the LED mini. HB
What is the model on you new Bi-Xenon with both Hi/Lo possibility??
#51
So, your low beam projector will now be on at all times with a mechanical "flipper" for Low. And, the LED mini HB will be on together with the bi-xenon at Hi.??
Still, it would be nice to have adjustment possibility between the Bi-Xenon and the LED mini. HB
What is the model on you new Bi-Xenon with both Hi/Lo possibility??
Still, it would be nice to have adjustment possibility between the Bi-Xenon and the LED mini. HB
What is the model on you new Bi-Xenon with both Hi/Lo possibility??
Last edited by giandanielxk8; 12-14-2020 at 05:32 PM.
#54
I think I just figured out why my high beams are aimed so low. The top area of black projector shroud is contacting the headlight’s glass lens. I will remove them and try to shave off a few millimeters off of the back end of the shroud with a belt sander to see if I can stop it from contacting the glass.
#55
Looking at pictures, there seems to be a lot of space behind the old reflector. Is it possible to move the old reflector back about at inch and clear the glass that way? Or, maybe even remove it and add a new mounting plate/hole. Would be nice to have enough clearance to the glass for the auto level adjust to still work.
#56
Looking at pictures, there seems to be a lot of space behind the old reflector. Is it possible to move the old reflector back about at inch and clear the glass that way? Or, maybe even remove it and add a new mounting plate/hole. Would be nice to have enough clearance to the glass for the auto level adjust to still work.
#57
So, now you need modifications for both the Hi Beam LED and for the Lo/Hi Bi-Xenon. Is it possible to unbolt/unscrew the whole movement mechanism form the housing??? Is so, I would love a picture!! This is turning in to an "engineering project". However, I look at this as something you only want to do once and to me it has to fit just right and I would like to also have an outside reachable adjuster for LED and Bi-Xenon relationship.
Do you have any brilliant ideas??? 😁
#58
There is a manual adjuster available, it’s the yellow-white plastic Allen screw visible from the engine compartment.
I solved the problem today. I just had to do 2 important things. The first was to increase the diameter of the hole on the reflector to allow the projector to seat on it completely flush. That gave me a good 4 or 5 mm. Now the projector was no longer contacting the glass even in their highest position. However, I still had my high beams pointing straight down. It removed the clear glass lens from the headlights, put the headlights on the car and used a wall of trees to look at my beam pattern. I loosened the locking ring for the projectors and flipped it 180° So that the flat part of the projector’s heat sink was facing up instead of down. That immediately solved my problem. Now the high beam is actually working as a high beam!
Unfortunately, I did not have much luck with the low beam bixenons. I was designing a new bracket and realized
that the bolt holes for the stock projector’s bracket would be completely blocked off by the new projectors in an area that I am unwilling to grind off.
I think I will return the ACME projectors and look for a different projector that could fit.
I did notice one of my low beams flicker. I ordered a pair of new ballasts. Perhaps that increases my light output enough?
I solved the problem today. I just had to do 2 important things. The first was to increase the diameter of the hole on the reflector to allow the projector to seat on it completely flush. That gave me a good 4 or 5 mm. Now the projector was no longer contacting the glass even in their highest position. However, I still had my high beams pointing straight down. It removed the clear glass lens from the headlights, put the headlights on the car and used a wall of trees to look at my beam pattern. I loosened the locking ring for the projectors and flipped it 180° So that the flat part of the projector’s heat sink was facing up instead of down. That immediately solved my problem. Now the high beam is actually working as a high beam!
Unfortunately, I did not have much luck with the low beam bixenons. I was designing a new bracket and realized
that the bolt holes for the stock projector’s bracket would be completely blocked off by the new projectors in an area that I am unwilling to grind off.
I think I will return the ACME projectors and look for a different projector that could fit.
I did notice one of my low beams flicker. I ordered a pair of new ballasts. Perhaps that increases my light output enough?
#59
There is a manual adjuster available, it’s the yellow-white plastic Allen screw visible from the engine compartment.
I solved the problem today. I just had to do 2 important things. The first was to increase the diameter of the hole on the reflector to allow the projector to seat on it completely flush. That gave me a good 4 or 5 mm. Now the projector was no longer contacting the glass even in their highest position. However, I still had my high beams pointing straight down. It removed the clear glass lens from the headlights, put the headlights on the car and used a wall of trees to look at my beam pattern. I loosened the locking ring for the projectors and flipped it 180° So that the flat part of the projector’s heat sink was facing up instead of down. That immediately solved my problem. Now the high beam is actually working as a high beam!
Unfortunately, I did not have much luck with the low beam bixenons. I was designing a new bracket and realized
that the bolt holes for the stock projector’s bracket would be completely blocked off by the new projectors in an area that I am unwilling to grind off.
I think I will return the ACME projectors and look for a different projector that could fit.
I did notice one of my low beams flicker. I ordered a pair of new ballasts. Perhaps that increases my light output enough?
I solved the problem today. I just had to do 2 important things. The first was to increase the diameter of the hole on the reflector to allow the projector to seat on it completely flush. That gave me a good 4 or 5 mm. Now the projector was no longer contacting the glass even in their highest position. However, I still had my high beams pointing straight down. It removed the clear glass lens from the headlights, put the headlights on the car and used a wall of trees to look at my beam pattern. I loosened the locking ring for the projectors and flipped it 180° So that the flat part of the projector’s heat sink was facing up instead of down. That immediately solved my problem. Now the high beam is actually working as a high beam!
Unfortunately, I did not have much luck with the low beam bixenons. I was designing a new bracket and realized
that the bolt holes for the stock projector’s bracket would be completely blocked off by the new projectors in an area that I am unwilling to grind off.
I think I will return the ACME projectors and look for a different projector that could fit.
I did notice one of my low beams flicker. I ordered a pair of new ballasts. Perhaps that increases my light output enough?
Too bad about the Bi-Xenons.. Let me know what else you find. Have you looked at modifying the fixed plate on the old light by "stealing" a solenoid operated flipper from a cheap light??
I assume that the outside adjustment knob you mentioned will move both Hi and Lo????
#60
Good news about flipping the LED mini HB's. Looking at your pictures, it also seems possible to remove the reflector and make a simple bracket and use the four LED shroud mounting screws and the old reflector mounting holes. This would gain another 20mm maybe if there is room behind.
Too bad about the Bi-Xenons.. Let me know what else you find. Have you looked at modifying the fixed plate on the old light by "stealing" a solenoid operated flipper from a cheap light??
I assume that the outside adjustment knob you mentioned will move both Hi and Lo????
Too bad about the Bi-Xenons.. Let me know what else you find. Have you looked at modifying the fixed plate on the old light by "stealing" a solenoid operated flipper from a cheap light??
I assume that the outside adjustment knob you mentioned will move both Hi and Lo????
Last edited by giandanielxk8; 12-15-2020 at 07:52 PM.