I've subscribed to this thread so hopefully if you follow through I would be interested in a custom projector bracket.
GX470 HID Projector Retrofit (1 Viewer)
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I've subscribed to this thread so hopefully if you follow through I would be interested in a custom projector bracket.
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At this time I'm not going to finish this retrofit..... the cost vs return doesn't calculate. For those with the time this retrofit can be done and hopefully the limited information I post might motivate you to build a set but a finished plug and play set would run $1600 plus once I have a finished bracket. Sorry guys I was hoping to have an option to offer.
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Darn! Thanks for trying though. Would you recommend to use your H1 bracket as a base to retrofit a Mini H1 7.0? Also, did you revise your Hi-Lens LED mount at all?
What a bummer. The LX retrofit has totally changed my driving habits and how comfortable I am driving at night.
Great build so far!
So did you ever actually finish? I know you aren't pursuing them from a business standpoint, but just wondering if you ran into any hard stops. I've done a retrofit in my 99 Tacoma (easy) and 17 Tacoma (PITA to get apart, simple RX housing bolt in). I'm looking at possibly picking up a GX in the near future, and after a proper HID Bi xenon retrofit... it is at the top of my priorities with a new rig.
Bi-Xenon is a must if I'm going in there. but I'm really wondering how those LED's worked IRL
Bi-Xenon is a must if I'm going in there. but I'm really wondering how those LED's worked IRL
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Never finished the GX retrofit but I'm running the LED High Lens as a DRL/High Beam in my LX and @jerryb came up a solution to run the Morimoto 2Stroke LED as a DRL/High Beam in 03-2007 LC and LX. Both are nice and give you a white DRL instead of the yellow color of the halogen and additional high beam for those running a Bi-Xenon in the Low beam location. There was a guy that posted pictures of nice bracket to run a quad setup in the GX and stated production was 3 weeks away.... that was in Jan. Never posted his finished lights, has 8 total post on Mud and went dark. My suggestion would be to buy a 100 or LX470 both are easy to retrofit.
The hard stops for me
1: Opening the lights (total frustration) I can open a LX Lens in less then 60 seconds once it's removed from the oven...More than 15 minutes to get into the GX..had to bake it twiice.
2: Removing the OEM bracket (total frustration)
3: The size of the light would make sealing them back up and a total PITA
4: Cost to make a bracket
5: Don't own a GX
6: Tossed the brand new GX Lens and hacked up housing in the trash
GX470 Quad HID Projector Retrofit
Like many GX470 owners, I was not happy with the output of my OEM halogen headlights. My original plan was to retrofit in S2000 HID projectors in the factory low beam location. Along the way, ran into problems with mounting the projector to the factory bracket. Instead of cutting up the...
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LED DRL and High Beam for LX and LC
Page 4 has a possible solution for the 98-2002 to run this setup 2003-2007 LED DRL/HIGH BEAM KIT The LED DRL /High Beam Kit is now available in a limited quantity on my site www.lbbuiltwerks.com . The kit will include the 2Stroke LED bulbs a resistor and a harness. The kits vary based on LX...
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First picture is the 2 Stroke LED and other 3 are the LED HI-Lens
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Thanks for the reply. have you ever done a 3rd gen Tacoma retrofit? just curious as to the difficulty comparison. I got my 99 lights apart in about 90 seconds, the 17 took me over an hour with 4 different re-bakes and even then I jacked up the housing trying to pry it apart. That damn adhesive is insane.
when you say size of the light in regards to sealing them back up, do you mean the projector, or the actual housing? I'm confused.
anyways, the LX looks great. off to read those threads. THANKS!
when you say size of the light in regards to sealing them back up, do you mean the projector, or the actual housing? I'm confused.
anyways, the LX looks great. off to read those threads. THANKS!
Hi there I recently have dove into headlight retrofitting (i know im pretty late in the game)
I have 2003 Gx470 and bought these YUFANYA 2.5Inch Honeycomb Bixenon Projector Lens
Here is the problem, while you can only get two 2.5in honeycomb Projector lenses with a cool halo ring, they don’t fit what so ever.
I took them apart and roughly implanted the 2.5in honeycomb lens into the high beam lens. Now I am trying to find a 3.25in honeycomb projector lens for the partnering regular beam. Does anyone know where I could get one? I have searched a lot and have not even found a normal 3.25 in lens that replaces the one I took out.
Also, how do you take that grey housing that the projector lens sit in out of the whole headlamp? There is an inclosed, perfectly unreachable nut that holds everything in the middle and idk how to get in there.
Thank you!
I have 2003 Gx470 and bought these YUFANYA 2.5Inch Honeycomb Bixenon Projector Lens
Here is the problem, while you can only get two 2.5in honeycomb Projector lenses with a cool halo ring, they don’t fit what so ever.
I took them apart and roughly implanted the 2.5in honeycomb lens into the high beam lens. Now I am trying to find a 3.25in honeycomb projector lens for the partnering regular beam. Does anyone know where I could get one? I have searched a lot and have not even found a normal 3.25 in lens that replaces the one I took out.
Also, how do you take that grey housing that the projector lens sit in out of the whole headlamp? There is an inclosed, perfectly unreachable nut that holds everything in the middle and idk how to get in there.
Thank you!
My apologies, for the gx470, there are two projector lens’. On the gx470, the small lens belongs to the normal light that is on normally. The big lens, thats 3.25in. It belongs to the high beams. Is there a 3.25 in honeycomb lens?
I never knew those multi nipple lenses existed. I originally thought of these when you mentioned "honeycomb projector": Infiniti Q45 HID projectors on fleaBay
