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[WarpSpeed]

MoonRiverOasis, on 2012-02-04 11:45:30, said:

katabeachbum, on 2012-02-04 11:34:59, said:

MoonRiverOasis, on 2012-02-03 19:37:31, said:

Soboringtochooseaname, on 2012-02-03 18:51:10, said:

Hi,


Do you kknow how much to add some Xenon lights to a Toyota car and if the lights sold are as good as they are on a brand new cars ?

Where in Bangkok or Pattaya can they install these lights ?


Thanks.

However, in most cases that's not the only thing you'll need to acheive a true "factory" equivelant setup. Most factory HID system use projectors (the only exception that springs to mind is the 2nd gen Yaris [NCP91], which was available with factory HID's using only reflectors in the Taiwan domestic market).

ad Th spec Honda Accord 2008 and later

Ahh yes, thanks

Note that in both cases, the reflectors used with HID/Xenon are very different to the reflectors used by models with halogen bulbs though (i.e. a totally different part with different beam pattern).

You should never retrofit HID/Xenon into a reflector housing designed for halogens - the light pattern will be wrong, and it will blind oncoming traffic.

On the same token though, if your car comes with OEM projectors but halogen bulbs, retrofitting HID/Xenon is fine, so long as you adjust the beam height correctly, and re-adjust it again as necessary when the vehicle is loaded.

I found out that this isn't just due to the light pattern, first off where does one even get headlamps properly aimed here?

Secondly who actually even does that on their own vehicle once? It's required back home or used to be anyways..

Thirdly When aiming my own headlamps on a blank wall with a tape measure I noticed that the headlamps are not made to be aimed on right drive cars they're standard for left drive cars and as a such the aiming adjustments are very limited when trying to aim to the left as they should be to avoid the eyes of oncoming traffic..

This is one of those universally applicable cost cutting measures they can get away with as they're adequate but not correct so no one produces right drive specific headlamps..

[Kwasaki]

Daffy D, on 2012-02-04 11:18:53, said:

^{What happened to the Halogen bulbs you could use as straight replacements at small cost?
Or am I showing my age now}   

The Halogen 100/90 W Phillips H4 works fine.

Edited by Kwasaki, 2012-02-04 13:56:35.

[katabeachbum]

sure there are RHD azymetric headlights available, all my new car purchses in Th have had them, even my Ninja has it

adjusting light, at DLT and main dealers and at some bike dealers

[WarpSpeed]

katabeachbum, on 2012-02-04 13:56:56, said:

sure there are RHD azymetric headlights available, all my new car purchses in Th have had them, even my Ninja has it

adjusting light, at DLT and main dealers and at some bike dealers

No they're not on older vehicles, can't say about newer ones, besides I thought this thread was about cars? It's a fair bit less costly on a motorcy and easier to make available..

Edited by WarpSpeed, 2012-02-04 14:06:08.

[Soboringtochooseaname]

MoonRiverOasis, on 2012-02-03 20:39:52, said:

Soboringtochooseaname, on 2012-02-03 20:33:46, said:

I don't want to be one of these ass...

Toyota is 1995 Corolla, I'm ok to change complete projector if possible and doesn't look too good on this old car (don't want to look like one of these axxholes with a very old car that they try to improve!) but it's ok, this car is used few months a year only and mostly not by me :-)

1995 is right on the cusp of a major model change, so hard to know if it's an AE100 or AE111...

The good news is that projector housings for these models are cheap, the bad news is you will look like "one of these axxholes with a very old car that they try to improve"

Links:

http://www.rstylerac...100601184368819

http://www.rstylerac...100123150161832

Thank you so much ! Yes, quite cheap, but I might never drive this car again with these projectors ! hahahaha......

Is there any other solution as adding HID on the front lower part of the car (Don't know how are these small round shape lights called ) ?

Thanks you so much again !

[2unique]

Soboringtochooseaname, on 2012-02-04 14:37:27, said:

MoonRiverOasis, on 2012-02-03 20:39:52, said:

Soboringtochooseaname, on 2012-02-03 20:33:46, said:

I don't want to be one of these ass...

Toyota is 1995 Corolla, I'm ok to change complete projector if possible and doesn't look too good on this old car (don't want to look like one of these axxholes with a very old car that they try to improve!) but it's ok, this car is used few months a year only and mostly not by me :-)

1995 is right on the cusp of a major model change, so hard to know if it's an AE100 or AE111...

The good news is that projector housings for these models are cheap, the bad news is you will look like "one of these axxholes with a very old car that they try to improve"

Links:

http://www.rstylerac...100601184368819

http://www.rstylerac...100123150161832

Thank you so much ! Yes, quite cheap, but I might never drive this car again with these projectors ! hahahaha......

Is there any other solution as adding HID on the front lower part of the car (Don't know how are these small round shape lights called ) ?

Thanks you so much again !

I have seen led foglights and xenon also

[MoonRiverOasis]

Soboringtochooseaname, on 2012-02-04 14:37:27, said:

Thank you so much ! Yes, quite cheap, but I might never drive this car again with these projectors ! hahahaha......

Is there any other solution as adding HID on the front lower part of the car (Don't know how are these small round shape lights called ) ?

Thanks you so much again !

No-one makes drop-in replacement projectors for the foglamps, and given the shape of foglamps used on the Corolla, it's not going to be easy to fabricate them in.

Perhaps you should look into getting the headlamp plastic reconditioned (it will have oxidized and lost clarity), and adding in a pair of the higher-brightness halogens?

Have a look at these guys for better halogen bulb options: www.powerbulbs.co.uk

2unique, on 2012-02-04 16:09:54, said:

I have seen led foglights and xenon also

I custom fitted projector foglamps with xenon's to my wife's old PJS.. Pics/info here: http://www.thaivisa....73#entry4076473

[katabeachbum]

MoonRiverOasis, on 2012-02-04 18:05:19, said:

Soboringtochooseaname, on 2012-02-04 14:37:27, said:

Thank you so much ! Yes, quite cheap, but I might never drive this car again with these projectors ! hahahaha......

Is there any other solution as adding HID on the front lower part of the car (Don't know how are these small round shape lights called ) ?

Thanks you so much again !

No-one makes drop-in replacement projectors for the foglamps, and given the shape of foglamps used on the Corolla, it's not going to be easy to fabricate them in.

Perhaps you should look into getting the headlamp plastic reconditioned (it will have oxidized and lost clarity), and adding in a pair of the higher-brightness halogens?

Have a look at these guys for better halogen bulb options: www.powerbulbs.co.uk

2unique, on 2012-02-04 16:09:54, said:

I have seen led foglights and xenon also

I custom fitted projector foglamps with xenon's to my wife's old PJS.. Pics/info here: http://www.thaivisa....73#entry4076473

on a 17 year old, you will have hundreds of percent improvement by
rewiring
new headlight units
90/100w H4 bulbs

night and day,

I d say 800 each for the units and 150 each for the relays,wires and bulbs

and still looks 100% original, just new and bright

[2unique]

MoonRiverOasis, on 2012-02-04 18:05:19, said:

Have a look at these guys for better halogen bulb options: www.powerbulbs.co.uk

2unique, on 2012-02-04 16:09:54, said:

I have seen led foglights and xenon also

I custom fitted projector foglamps with xenon's to my wife's old PJS.. Pics/info here: http://www.thaivisa....73#entry4076473

now that is sweet - I have angel eyes, white side light bulbs but OEM halogens on the MU7 and keep flipping between paying for Xenon's top and bottom (or LED fogs) to complete the white look - nothing to do with brightness just style - and having the covers "tinted" black.

I really am that bored !!! and I found an inexpensive place next door to a massage parlour on Puttamonton Sai 2

[2unique]

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5000k halogens for a color match (~600 baht)

So i could replace top and botom with 5000k halogens or mix and match