So, haven't posted on here in a long while but I figured I had something to share. I despise people who install HID lights in halogen housings, that being said I was getting really tired of driving on the highway at night all the time with the crappy stock lights. I went online, found some projectors designed for HIDs and retrofitted them into my housings. Took a while and I ended up breaking a light because I dropped it, but nothing that a little JB weld couldn't fix.

Got them all wired in, aimed and tested so I figured I would share a few pictures. I highly recommend this, if you are going to do an HID conversion do it properly. The light output shames the crappy rebased HID kits you get on eBay (it so happens that I happened to pull up next to a fellow in a 1500 that had those installed and my lights literally cast shadows into his).

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I'll post more up when I have daylight to take pictures in.

 

Anyone flash you yet?

 

No, and I don't suspect they will. Managed to install the auto-leveling and auto aiming mechanism. The light beam matches the one out of my 2013 Audi almost perfectly.

 

That right there, is the only way HID's should be installed, with projectors. Did you bake open the headlights or cut them open? I would love to do this also, but my first try at baking open a headlight went nowhere, it wouldn't budge at all.
They look great, nice work.

And let me beat Donkey to the punch: Where's the 'How To' pictures.
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I never actually took "how-to" pictures. I had every intention of doing it but I am terrible for that. I get going on a project and forget to eat, sleep and take photos (but never forget to drink beer).

I baked them apart, the trick is moving fast. Pre-heat your oven to 300F, put down some sort of non-flammable fabric on a cookie sheet to prevent metal-to-plastic contact (I used some old fireproof coveralls that I had cut up for shop rags but I'm sure an oven mitt would work too). Stick the light in the oven for about 20 minutes, then pull the assembly out and start working your way around with a pry lever of some sort. I found the best tool for the job was a metal bicycle tire lever as it didn't damage the housing like a screwdriver does.

**TIP Find the first place you can get a gap formed with the lever and once you do basically just grab under the gap and pull. The faster you get the lens off the better as the glue really starts to harden quickly.

If you're not re-using the glue make sure to get it all out of the groove on the housing and off the edge of the lens. A heat gun works well for this task but it is time-consuming and frustrating. Perfection takes time right?

After that a Dremel tool works great for trimming the housing to fit the new projector. It took me a while to get everything perfectly level but make sure to spend the extra time on this. I not only screwed the projector in place but also used epoxy for an extra-snug and secure fit.

Putting the lens back together is crucial too, make sure to use enough low-temp glue to ensure a good seal. Rubber tipped clamps work great to apply pressure after baking the assembly with the glue in place at 300 for 5-6 minutes.

 

Daylight shots

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Nice looking truck. I like the bed cap....

and I have to LOL at dakotaff's sig pic now....love that shot! I can see him just jumping in, firing her up, turn the wipers on to clear the windshield, throwing her into 4-lo and just driving out of there a la lone Wolf McQuade...

 

I'm diggin' that bed cap, too. Who makes it?

 

great lookin truck, is that the bed cap that can easily collapse down?

 

sweet ride man. projectors look awsome