Samoth16
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I drive a 2004 Jetta wagon and I’m looking to upgrade my lights to projectors with hids but I’m not sure what the best bang for my buck would be or if I should make some myself.
I agree with this. Take off the oem housings and put them aside. Get an inexpensive set from ebay to modify. This way if the modding goes awry or you hate the results, you can install the originals and just live with it.It might sound obvious, but I would suggest getting a spare set of stock Jetta headlights to modify instead of tinkering with the set already on your car.
Because they are garbage in reflector buckets which they were never designed forSo why not go LED? Is it too much trouble, or poor light projection? The bulbs are readily available...
This.Because they are garbage in reflector buckets which they were never designed for
The problem with those is if it goes bad you have to replace the whole thing, rather than just the bulb like an HID projector.Led projectors are a thing if some didn't know. They are just as awesome as hid projectors with less wiring. Heres a set that I did recently for my roommates mk4![]()
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And the quality of light, hotspot are still not as good of quality as true HID projectors. Worse scatter at the ground tooThe problem with those is if it goes bad you have to replace the whole thing, rather than just the bulb like an HID projector.
Not to thread-jack, but does anyone know of a good, recent thread with a simple solution for mounting HID/LED projectors to Golf housings?And the quality of light, hotspot are still not as good of quality as true HID projectors. Worse scatter at the ground too
You can just rig something to hold the projector in, bolt it into the car and line them up on your garage door or something. Then carefully take them out and permanently mount them. Some types have a long tube on the end that just clamp to the stock refector but then they don't sit in deep enough to clear the lens. It's all custom for a reason.Not to thread-jack, but does anyone know of a good, recent thread with a simple solution for mounting HID/LED projectors to Golf housings?
I have had a set of Morimoto LED projectors on my shelf for ages I may still try to retrofit. Also have a set of Morimoto HID retrofits that I did a very amateur job with; one side is not quite level. They are currently off the car, but if I can find a good mounting solution, I might use those instead of the LEDs.
I've got 2 DIYs for the golf. Links should be in my sig. The V1.0 would probably be what you're after since the 2.0 I printed custom bucketsNot to thread-jack, but does anyone know of a good, recent thread with a simple solution for mounting HID/LED projectors to Golf housings?
I have had a set of Morimoto LED projectors on my shelf for ages I may still try to retrofit. Also have a set of Morimoto HID retrofits that I did a very amateur job with; one side is not quite level. They are currently off the car, but if I can find a good mounting solution, I might use those instead of the LEDs.
Yup, looked at those. Would love a pair of those custom buckets, but looks like they would only fit the depo housings you picked up.I've got 2 DIYs for the golf. Links should be in my sig. The V1.0 would probably be what you're after since the 2.0 I printed custom buckets