I'm gonna get LED for the Halogen high-bulb area since I'm going to be smoke tinting the high beam bowl and thus will be less effective at reflecting light. The LED will be more forward facing and direct and will be rewired for parking light duties and not high beam any more. I plan on painting or tinting the other surrounding surfaces as well. I will be rewiring the fogs to be the turn signals and disabling the stock turn signals.

I'm leaning towards getting the FX-R 3.0 aftermarket projectors as they have been shown to provide some great lighting output, sharper cutoff, and wider pattern. They will serve in a true bi-xenon fashion providing both low and high beam duties. http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=101

No special harness is required and I plan on making all the wiring modifications within the headlight itself so I can utilize the stock connectors.

 

Thanks for the info, lots of work involved in getting everything rewired/changed up.

I was more thinking of this kit:
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=236

With the Morimoto kit vs the FX-R, there's no cutting necessary, plus I have 2 friends that has done these on their Subaru's. My only concern is getting the headlight opened up, as it seems like they are a PITA to get separated.

Either way, I was more curious, and do you know where you'll be putting your ballast at? I was also planning on doing the wiring within the headlight to have a "plug & play" kit.

 

The Morimoto is a good budget option and unless you're looking for that last 10-15% in lighting performance, they could fit the bill. I don't really understand what you mean by "no cutting necessary" as both will be custom job to mount and fit in the first place. Personally, I'll probably go with the 3" FX-R's as it will give a bigger presence within the light housing.

Ballasts will be on the outside to allow heat dissipation and maximium reliability, same location as stock OEM ballasts.

 

With the Morimoto setup, it basically goes into the bulb socket without any cutting needed, simply slide in, and tighten from the back of the housing, as for the FX-R, it seems like you need to mount them into the headlight somehow.

Here's a thread over on rennlist that someone did, but this was 2+ years ago, so not sure how it's holding up atm.
http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/996-forum/642596-diy-bi-xenon-headlight-conversion-really-can-be-done-300-a.html

Does anyone know how hard the lights are to take apart, are they fragile as well?

 

Yeah I saw that on Rennlist post before. IIRC, same guy made a post here too.

Personally I'd be a bit concerned on the screw in option as you're using a small hole with minimal surface area to hold on a sizeable piece with no reinforcements. I would wonder if it gets loose over time, breaks off the bowl mount, or starts vibrating with the engine or suspension. This is something I do not wanna do twice.

As for headlight disassembly, you have two options of either heat gun or oven. I plan on going the oven route. Also placing a water soaked towel in the oven gives off steam and some level of humidity which has shown to help some as well.

 

Yea, I agree with your opinion, but I have a friend of mine, which does retrofits for his "job" and he's done a couple of these setups in the past, attaching via the bowl only and they've been holding up pretty well.

I guess it all comes down to the preparation and how solid you want them.

Thanks for the disassembly input

 

Were these on Porsche 996 headlights? I'd be curious to see how 15psi member's is holding up if he has the same mounting method. I'm all for doing it if it is solid on the Porsche headlight bowls and doesn't loosen over time.

 

Converted mine to combo day time running lights and signals

 

wow nice job

 

Nice conversion. I like the way it maintains the look of the factory headlight but updates it to LEDs.

Will you share more details about the conversion process? Could it be done in tail lights too?

 

Here the link to the DRL with module.
The trick is to get the lens off the headlight tried every scenario from heat gun ,baking to VooDoo.
ended up with a soldering gun
The instructions are on their youtube site. wiring is easy. I hated to hack up the headlights this way but turned out okay, and didn't like the yellow reflector from behind the lens.
I went with the Depo light in the rear.


http://www.exledusa.com/exled-sf-block-premium-universal-eyeline.html