LX470 HID RETROFIT PROJECTOR BRACKET

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just an FYI - When installing the Mini H1 Projector into the housing, go ahead and have the wires Plugged into the projector for the Hi/Low coil on the projector - it is just about impossible to plug in the wires once the projector is installed in the housing (ask me how I know...)
 
just an FYI - When installing the Mini H1 Projector into the housing, go ahead and have the wires Plugged into the projector for the Hi/Low coil on the projector - it is just about impossible to plug in the wires once the projector is installed in the housing (ask me how I know...)

Mark, please make sure and adjust your light before you seal then back up
 
I just ordered mine. I too is waiting for a full write up or a video. Thank you.
 
Success - The mini H1's with Morimoto bulbs and ballasts (and Luke's brackets of course) have been installed, and the light output is fantastic.

I had previously run a $40 HID kit off of ebay in the OEM projectors, and the output was not impressive, and ended up switching back to Sylvania silverstar ultras to get the best light I could out of the OEM setup, but it was still lacking for night driving on country roads.

The retrofit bracket was an easy install using this thread and luke's photos as a guide.

To remove the lenses from the housings, I ended up baking the light assembly at 240 Degrees for 20 minutes (as recommended on a few of the you tube tutorials) - at this lower temp it was easier to handle the light assemblies when they came out. After removing the clips and one screw it was easy to pry the clear lens up starting on one corner. When I reassembled the lens to the housing, I did add a new bead of the rubber sealer, then baked again at 240 deg for 20 more minutes - it was then easy to push the clear lens onto the housing compressing the rubber sealant, and then add back the 4 metal clips and screw to secure.

My only issue was getting the hi beams and low beams back into sync. I had to remove the "bridge" that connects the two adjusters several times to adjust the low beam independently from the hi beam. Once I had them in sync, I was then able to set the low beams to the proper horizontal height, and have the high beams in the proper position as well.

If you are a LX470 owner I would highly recommend getting a set of these projector brackets and installing upgraded HID projectors while these brackets are still available. You could easily spend days trying to retrofit projectors into the OEM bracket, Luke's brackets make this a 15 minute job once you have the lens off of the housing.

Quality and fit is impressive. Thanks for taking the time to engineer and produce these brackets.
 
Success - The mini H1's with Morimoto bulbs and ballasts (and Luke's brackets of course) have been installed, and the light output is fantastic.

I had previously run a $40 HID kit off of ebay in the OEM projectors, and the output was not impressive, and ended up switching back to Sylvania silverstar ultras to get the best light I could out of the OEM setup, but it was still lacking for night driving on country roads.

The retrofit bracket was an easy install using this thread and luke's photos as a guide.

To remove the lenses from the housings, I ended up baking the light assembly at 240 Degrees for 20 minutes (as recommended on a few of the you tube tutorials) - at this lower temp it was easier to handle the light assemblies when they came out. After removing the clips and one screw it was easy to pry the clear lens up starting on one corner. When I reassembled the lens to the housing, I did add a new bead of the rubber sealer, then baked again at 240 deg for 20 more minutes - it was then easy to push the clear lens onto the housing compressing the rubber sealant, and then add back the 4 metal clips and screw to secure.

My only issue was getting the hi beams and low beams back into sync. I had to remove the "bridge" that connects the two adjusters several times to adjust the low beam independently from the hi beam. Once I had them in sync, I was then able to set the low beams to the proper horizontal height, and have the high beams in the proper position as well.

If you are a LX470 owner I would highly recommend getting a set of these projector brackets and installing upgraded HID projectors while these brackets are still available. You could easily spend days trying to retrofit projectors into the OEM bracket, Luke's brackets make this a 15 minute job once you have the lens off of the housing.

Quality and fit is impressive. Thanks for taking the time to engineer and produce these brackets.


Thank you for nice reveiw and sharing your knowledge...

Lou
 
Very impressive development of a niche product! As an automotive engineer I can appreciate the work and patience that went into this seemingly "simple" product.

I will be ordering an H1 bracket set from you very soon. I currently have a Morimoto H1 HID system in my stock projectors and light output is indeed splochy and vague, the lenses definitely not optimized for the focal pattern of an HID bulb.

I do have one question about wiring the H1's solenoids to the vehicle's high beam circuit to enable the high beam shutter. As you know the LX uses the high beams for daytime running lights (DRL) which energizes the bulbs at a lower voltage... how to use this circuit to trigger the high beam solenoid without being affected by the DRLs? The only way I can think of is disabling the DRLs using TechStream, but this may be discouraged in some regions.

Thanks and nice work Lou!
 
I used a 9005/9006 splitter from the retrofit source on my high beam circuit to wire in the shutter.

My DRL's are functioning normally. I just went out to check, and the shutters are not engaged when the DRL's are on. The voltage supplied for the DRL is apparently not sufficient to operate the shutter, although I noticed the DRL does dim very slightly when I manually plug in the shutter, thus the electro-magnet for the shutter is apparently using some of the supplied wattage. I don't know if there would be any long term effects on the shutter mechanism or not.
 
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Hey @Luke111 when do you anticipate the second batch of brackets to be sent out? Thanks again, can't wait to get them!
 
Hey @Luke111 when do you anticipate the second batch of brackets to be sent out? Thanks again, can't wait to get them!

I mailed out 5 yesterday and I have 4 more to ship tomorrow. @LXstatic are you N. Frazier? I can PM your tracking number and was shipped yesterday
 
Yep, that's me! Thanks
 
If anyone needs headlights to play with, I still have three individual headlights I can ship out. Two have cracks in them, one in perfect shape with the plastic lenses...

Pm me if you need them

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I may have a new bracket available soon. LX470 HID foglight retrofit
I have these small Morimoto Matchbox projectors that I was going to install in the highbeam location as a quad setup but decided I'm going use the Mini H1 instead but more on that later. One of the first
modifications I did to my lights was I stuck an HID bulb in the stock fog light projectors and it was OK but it wasn't great...there's no cut off so the fact that I had these small matchbox projectors sitting around I decided to bake one of my foglights and open it up.

I pulled out the stock projector ....mocked up a bracket out of sheet metal. The OEM fog light projector is attached with two screws and one attachment point that's very similar to the headlight bracket....uses the small plastic clip for the height adjustment. So I trimmed up one of the attachment points i had for the headlight brackets and bolted it to the sheet metal bracket....installed the projectors.
These tiny projectors are pretty sick and will make a great fill light for the Mini H1's or the D2S projectors

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I have a set of new matchbox projectors sitting in the garage. Do fit inside the fog housing?

Yes, the are smaller then the factory projector

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For those willing to step up their retrofit to a quad setup the Mini H1 will fit in the high beam location wrapped in a Mini Gatlin shroud. Output shots coming soon

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