Down and out in 2008

[petevw]

That trans is a monster!

Looking good Sandeep.

Later,
Pete

[Sandeep]

Too hot to work in the garage lately ... +35c with humidity so thought I'd spend some time in the cool basement with some electronics for the car.











Now just need to clean things up, paint some parts and put the headlights back together for good.

Sandeep

[70Turbobug]

Oooooooooohhhh I like that a lot! I know exactly where you can install them!! Would you share some details? Please!?

[Sandeep]

Originally Posted by 70Turbobug

Oooooooooohhhh I like that a lot! I know exactly where you can install them!! Would you share some details? Please!?

The base headlight is a Porsche 911 Bosch H4 unit that I changed out the 911 chrome trim ring for a '66 vw beetle ring. I had to remove the H4 metal cap from the chrome bowl, just 2 tabs and it pops out. The bucket / bowl is still 911 Bosch H4 and I still have horizontal / vertical alignment adjustments

The glass was changed from the H4 fluted lens to a '66 beetle clear lens. The lenses are the cheap aftermarket ones and I'll be replacing these with some OEM lenses (if I can find them) but they'll work for now. You can tell how crappy the lenses are by the distortion present in the first pic

The projectors are bixenon Morimoto Mini D2S's with D2S 5000K bulbs, 35 watt ballasts and a custom harness. The shrouds are called Gatling Guns and include the 100mm dia CCFL tubes / inverters, all was purchased from http://www.theretrofitsource.com

I chose these projectors because the kit is a direct replacement for Halogen H4 bulbs ... total retrofit took about 2 hrs and I am impressed with the results, both asthetically and financially. I really wanted to fill in that 7" chrome bowl so the projector (2.5" dia) doesn't look lost.

Sandeep

[NO_H2O]

Sweet.

[70Turbobug]

I agree the results are fantastic! Thanks for sharing! I have been thinking of how to convert my lenses to HID and bring it through the tüv - with those components it just might work..thanks!

[70Turbobug]

Some more questions: the 7" bowl is still the original headlight bowl/backplate? Or is that the "Gattling Gun" plastic insert? The reason I ask is on the website the gattling gun shroud is the piece around the bulb? Or is there another piece to it that isn´t pictured on the website? The LEDs are also included?

[Sandeep]

Yes, the 7" bowl is the original Bosch H4 bowl.

This particular D2S projector has a threaded end on it so it fits into the original hole for the H4 bulb. Once installed, the projector sticks out towards the glass lens on the front of the bowl. You still install the D2S bulbs from the rear of the bowl, just like the stock H4 setup.

The shroud is then placed over the projector to cover up its guts ... a nice side effect of this is the cool pattern that is reflected on to the chrome bowl

Of course you can get different shrouds, which will project a different pattern on to the bowl. Different shrouds also have provisions for different diameter CCFL / LED rings, I chose this particular model to fill out the bowl, the CCFL / LED rings are an option that comes with the kit.

The great thing about this kit is it is fully 100% reversible if you needed to convert back

Sandeep

[70Turbobug]

Great info Thanks a lot Sandeep! I will definetly order me a set.

[ricola]

Hi Sandeep,
Any chance of some pics without the shrouds on? I'm trying to work out if they are short enough to do the same swap in some late 7" housings for my '03. Do they stick out of the back a long way? Finally, the site lists the gatling shrouds as only 120mm diameter but it looks like yours are bigger?
Cheers,
Rich

[70Turbobug]

That's basically what I asked what you see is the reflection of the shroud on the bucket You can't see that in the pic

[ricola]

Ah, that makes sense now! I take it you have to remove the lense from the sealed beam and throw it away as the projector wouldn't fit underneath it?

[Bruce.]

Nice..... However for UK owners, I think the new MOT rules that start in jan 2012 will now include HID so it must be up to spec.

Which may include headlight washers and auto levelling system.

[70Turbobug]

Originally Posted by Bruce.

Nice..... However for UK owners, I think the new MOT rules that start in jan 2012 will now include HID so it must be up to spec.

Which may include headlight washers and auto levelling system.

We have the same problem here in Germany also.A washing system is no problem.I haven't figured out how an auto leveling would work.Electronically isn't much of a problem, you could use an oem unit.However mechanically it gets more complicated.I'm hoping I won't need it.

[al_kaholik]

Bruce that is what concerns me. Rich what is your stance? Torn between some good quality H4s with (+x% bulbs) and driving lights or a projector conversion.

Does look smart though