I found myself snooping around eBay the other day and stumbled upon some decent pair of projectors for about $100 shipped. They're the FX-R projectors, reverse engineered from Infiniti's FX-35 stock projectors. you can read on them here (http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=101) I decided to find a way to mount them to retrofit my headlights on my current fiero.
Bought some aftermarket H6054 headlamps off eBay with black interior and a fake projector in order to start this project. Used a dremel to cut into the housing in order to sit the projector.
Got ahold of a pair of 2" long bolts to hold down the projectors to the housing. (that's the farthest you can let the projector go in since the mounting holes are in that area)
Mounted
Since the projector is a little too long, i replaced the bolts that hold the bracket with longer ones in order to accommodate the projector
Perfectly fine from the backside, i didn't want to let it stick out much since it might pop up the headlight doors when the lights are off.
Left is finished, Right is the standart H6054 from eBay.
Finished up both headlights today, gonna install wiring harness with relay + D2S 6000K Bulbs tomorrow
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Yes, those projectors have high beam. theres a little piece of aluminum inside the projector that moves up and down for low/high. i heard the beam pattern on them is out of this world. it was my first time posting up pics, i didn't know i was suppose to resize them but edited my post already
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When you mounted them I hope you somehow made sure that the cut off matches and is straight, which would be difficult if not impossible. When mount projectors you need to be about to rotate them to line up/match the cut off. I would also suggest getting proper bulbs. Phillips are basically the only HID bulbs. Anything else is china crap, they wont last, they get hotter and could damage the projectors.
Good score on those projectors, they are quite good.
Seeing as how you actually thought to mod a housing to use a real projector, instead of slapping some cheap HID kit in to halogen projectors, or even worse, reflector housings, you may already know about the site, but HID Planet is an awesome resource!
Interested to see the output on those... I have seen a lot of FX-R pics but not on a Fiero.
Edit... I don't see any pics that show you trying to waterproof/seal the back of the housing around the projector... you need to do this.
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bnevets27 Member
Posts: 264 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2007
Originally posted by carbon: Seeing as how you actually thought to mod a housing to use a real projector, instead of slapping some cheap HID kit in to halogen projectors, or even worse, reflector housings
+1, Thank you for actually doing this properly! (Just make sure they are aimed right) Info on aiming is at HID planet that carbon posted a link for.
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DMendez7 Member
Posts: 118 From: El Paso, Texas Registered: Apr 2010
Alright guys, so far so good! I put in a few hours today on this project trying to do everything the right way. I received my new relay wiring harness through USPS this morning so i took care of all the wiring today. I'm a local HID seller here in El Paso, so i used a regular H4 Bi-Xenon relay wiring harness to power my new D2S 6K bulbs. Since the designed bulbs that are supposed to be used with the H4 wiring are telescopic, I used the power cables that activate the regular telescopic H4 bulbs into "High beam" to power the FX-R's "high beam" solenoid switch.
Received my D2S 6K bulbs and the adapters to power the bulbs.
I wired everything up before installing to make sure the wiring harness was correct
All wiring was put inside the drivers side fender to make room for the headlights
Mounted the HID relays along with the headlight relay:
Mounted the ballast inside the fender with some zip ties
Passenger side's wiring
and now i need to seal the projectors to make them waterproof, that will be done tomorrow
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DMendez7 Member
Posts: 118 From: El Paso, Texas Registered: Apr 2010
When you mounted them I hope you somehow made sure that the cut off matches and is straight, which would be difficult if not impossible. When mount projectors you need to be about to rotate them to line up/match the cut off. I would also suggest getting proper bulbs. Phillips are basically the only HID bulbs. Anything else is china crap, they wont last, they get hotter and could damage the projectors.
Good score on those projectors, they are quite good.
I did mount them correcty, I placed a strip of tape along the straight lines on the front glass. I then put the projector in its place and peeked through the bulb hole to see the tape and match the cut off line. i then marked the position of the projector's mounting holes and drilled them to be straight. I am currently looking into buying Philips bulbs but they are quite expensive, i bought some "china crap" bulbs for now but i don't intend to keep them very long. I am satisfied with these projectors for now
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Good god those are bright. I wonder if it would be possible to take your way of installing these and adapting them to fit in my Cherokee. Has the same headlights the Fiero uses.
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kellisor20 Member
Posts: 212 From: Seneca, SC, US Registered: Aug 2010
i took the pictures before adjusting the lights, they look great now! I'm very happy with this investment i made. If you're thinking of upgrading your stock lighting, i would definitely recommend this over the Hella 90mm one just because the buckets are so damn expensive.
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Synthesis Member
Posts: 12207 From: Jordan, MN Registered: Feb 2002
i would definitely recommend this over the Hella 90mm one just because the buckets are so damn expensive.
Yeah, the buckets can be expensive...
While your HIDs look fantastic, the advantages the buckets offer are: Direct bolt in low profile pop-ups Modern lighting technology fantastic looking headlamps...
You did a fantastic job on installing those HIDs. Props to you.
Definitely a great DIY project to improve the lighting on the Fiero, and easily done by anyone who wants modern HID technology on a budget. Great job!
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DMendez7 Member
Posts: 118 From: El Paso, Texas Registered: Apr 2010
While your HIDs look fantastic, the advantages the buckets offer are: Direct bolt in low profile pop-ups Modern lighting technology fantastic looking headlamps...
You did a fantastic job on installing those HIDs. Props to you.
Definitely a great DIY project to improve the lighting on the Fiero, and easily done by anyone who wants modern HID technology on a budget. Great job!
Thanks! i did what I could, glad i could show you guys that it's possible! hopefully i'll see some other fiero's modded with this!
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americasfuture2k Member
Posts: 7131 From: Edmond, Oklahoma Registered: Jan 2006
So I loved the FX-R projectors so much that i decided to go above and beyond with another pair of FX-R's for my "foglights" Used an odd location to mount them just to make it "unique" and stray away from traditional foglight locations. Could be unsafe or outrageous in a way but light output is tremendous now.
Mounted inside the bumper
Mounted ballasts with industrial strength double sided tape
covered projectors and used bondo to correct imperfections around the projector
Results
Will post light output pictures later during night time
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Posts: 4416 From: Shelby Twp Mi Registered: Sep 2002
How did you seal them? These would work great for me (price, performance and dimensions) I am afraid of dirt getting inside. Also I worry about moisture causing trouble with the shutter and solinoid
How did you seal them? Also I worry about moisture causing trouble with the shutter and solinoid
Used the "waterproof" version of the jbweld stick. molded every corner to fit and sealed everything perfectly. when it's dry its also sandable and paintable. did this to my headlight pair of fx-rs back in february and have had no problem with the shutter/solenoid. everything is perfect.