Depots no more?
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I just saw the price. Maybe I can sell my 80 in order to fund this and just set the lights on the shelf to look at
. Wow!
Wow nice price Nick!
I just saw the price. Maybe I can sell my 80 in order to fund this and just set the lights on the shelf to look at
can be had for less 600 if you do it yourself. I finished mine for about 540.00. super simple to do just. Everything you need can be sourced from TRS www.retrofitsorce.com, everything is pretty much plug and play once you have your depos retrofitted.
Nick,
I'd be down for a set at that price if you can get your minimum 5 buyers.
Cheers,
Salue
I'd be down for a set at that price if you can get your minimum 5 buyers.
Cheers,
Salue
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Nicks conversion comes with a dedicated harness that has relays and looks very trick.
It's just plug and play.
It's just plug and play.
How hard is it to separate the glass lens from the housing to paint the chrome bezel? Heat gun, or oven? I've opened up several headlights before but never some with the glass housing.
I painted the housing black on my little Nissan...
I painted the housing black on my little Nissan...
Not hard at all... I used the oven at 250F for about 7mins if my memory is right. Worked the lens with a butter knife and then back in the oven. Repeat steps until the lens and housing separate. The bezel just pulls out, need to go back into mine to re-paint at some point.
I went the cheap route but very pleased with the results. Depos on ebay $229, rally light harness (susquehanna) $140, and decent bulbs around $80. Total for $449. Love the projectors but easily $200 to $300 more when you factor in shipping. The difference between OEM and depos is night and day.
Ray at www.SPAM website was a pleasure to do business with. Great service when I had issues and was super easly to install. Just plug into 9005 socket, after testing correct polarity, and you are done. Went the super high beam route, H1 and H4 work together, and the results are amazing. The heat they put out could fry an egg.
Love your work Nick but watching the cash flow.
Ray at www.SPAM website was a pleasure to do business with. Great service when I had issues and was super easly to install. Just plug into 9005 socket, after testing correct polarity, and you are done. Went the super high beam route, H1 and H4 work together, and the results are amazing. The heat they put out could fry an egg.
Love your work Nick but watching the cash flow.
Is there a write-up somewhere on this? Also, how does your 7" HID's compare to all 4 of your depo lights? Thanks,
Just wanted to bump this so others might see this - I'm in for a set of the Depo w/ the D2S in them, and this is the only way I see it being a worthwhile gain over doing the harness Slee sells with either HIR's or in my case I prefer the Osram Silverstars (not Sylvania, they aren't the same).
I have tried a lot of things over the years & even if you don't D2S a set of Depo lights the H4 / H1 setup is so superior. - They are the factory configuration in a Euro headlight for Corrados (a VW) & with a relay harness they are unstoppable & you never get flashed by oncoming traffic because you don't throw stray light upward (think last gen Ford truck - those lights are infamous horrible!!)
Bump for Nick!
I have tried a lot of things over the years & even if you don't D2S a set of Depo lights the H4 / H1 setup is so superior. - They are the factory configuration in a Euro headlight for Corrados (a VW) & with a relay harness they are unstoppable & you never get flashed by oncoming traffic because you don't throw stray light upward (think last gen Ford truck - those lights are infamous horrible!!)
Bump for Nick!
H4/H1 is also the stock setup for HDJ81's, but the stock headlights still suck.
I recently installed a pair of Depo's to replace the stock H4/H1 setup and the difference is night and day. Stock headlights had Osram's, running Phillips +60% in the Depos.
I recently installed a pair of Depo's to replace the stock H4/H1 setup and the difference is night and day. Stock headlights had Osram's, running Phillips +60% in the Depos.
I bet there's some diffuser lines in the glass lense for the stock HL's - am I right? That's the prob with DOT approved down here - but if you guys get "E1" in a circle stamped in the glass, that's a Euro/TUV lense & would be a solid start - and it would be odd why those wouldn't be good/great, esp with real Osrams - not the Sylvania -
Another thing guys did was chop E36 Euro lights for the projectors & retrofit in the early E30 headlights.
Did the H4 filament stay lit when you kick to hi-beams/H1's? -In the HDJ. For some reason despite having the ability, some cars from BMW killed the H4 when you fired the H1's.
The H1 + H4 combo is the advantage of the rallylight harness. A big reason why I went that route over the adapters and direct connection to the battery for increased output.
Took the family out for a.drive last night to show off the new.lights and in hi you could see a very long distance.
Took the family out for a.drive last night to show off the new.lights and in hi you could see a very long distance.
I'm not a light guy by any means but one of my friends has this setup and it is real nice. I want usable light in a low beam for when I'm driving on dimly light roads with oncoming traffic. High beams aren't much help here.
I personally bought the depos and then had them shipped in C/O to Nicks address so as to drop ship them to him. Just another way to save time and money.
I personally bought the depos and then had them shipped in C/O to Nicks address so as to drop ship them to him. Just another way to save time and money.
Painting the bezel, and low beam compartment is doable. The low beam reflector on the Depo is no longer used with projectors, therefor you could black out the entire headlight (not the high beam reflector). I haven't tried with the Depo's. I have built headlights for customers that requested color matching and have used 2 stage paint for the inside.
Nick did an awesome job of painting the interiors and doing the retro-fit...
hoping to get my grille finished and these installed today - can't wait !
hoping to get my grille finished and these installed today - can't wait !