- Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:16 am
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dmar13 wrote:ok I will be retrofitting projectors into my 94 civic sedan headlight housings. I have a couple questions, first, I read with the mini h1 projectors I basically take the reflector housing apart and screw the projectors in. is this true or is there any cutting of the housing?
second question, on ebay I saw two types of mini h1 projectors. morimoto h1 cost about 120 dollars while the other cost half that price. the half price doesn't have the name morimoto.
also has there been any hands on experience between the two types of mini h1 projectors? thanks.
My personal opinion as I have retrofitted a 2011 corolla with H1 mini projectors, dont waste your money. Your best bet is to retrofit some D2S Mini projectors because you can buy legit true HID bulbs for them. OEM manufactures do not make H1 HID bulbs, so most often the light quality is not very good. With D2S, its a common OEM True HID bulb size, so manufactures such as Philips, GE, etc... all make very hight quality bulbs producing maximum light output.
The D2S mini projectors can be installed just like the H1 projectors into your stock H4 housing as I have one this to a set of EG headlights. Took me 4 hours to do the retrofit and it was very nice! I sold that set, and now I have some even crazier FX-R 3.0 projectors which are also D2S projectors.
You will need H4 adapters to fasten the projector to the housing securely. Other things you will need:
D2S bulbs
D2S bulb adapter connectors (from ballast to bulb)
H4 Relay harness for the Bi-Xenon to work properly
Ballast
Bi-Xenon connectors (should come with the projectors)
It is well worth the money, just make sure you are retrofitting hradlights with CLEAR* headlight lens!!! Or else your retrofit will be useless because the stock headlights have the flooded lens design. This will only scatter your cut-off which would defeat the purpose of projectors.....
Hope this helps, if you need more info or pictures, check out my build by clicking my signature link below