Here's mine:

FX-R, 55W Morimoto's with 4300K.

Initial start-up:



After 10 second warm-up:





I'm really impressed at how well built these ballasts are. Really heavy and sturdy, and thick silicon insulation and tight connections.





One headlight almost done, other one getting pre-cut







And the dremel set I got. Gotta love Harbor Freight



Now if only Lowe's was open...

 

Im interested to see how this falls together. I was thinking about doing the same thing.

 

Nice.

 

Very nice Raptor! I am thinking about this hmmm

 

I cannot wait for these bulbs to burn in properly. A slight tinge of yellow, then they'll burn off to 5000K towards their 150hr lifetime. But crazy bright nonetheless.

Nighttime pics:

I did a horrible job of holding the camera steady for this shot. This shows the beam shooting skyward to a low ceiling of 3,000 ft clouds above.



Adjusted white-balance:



Off-adjusted white balance:





Off to Lowe's in the morning

 

woot woot!

 

Get on it, derek! One headlight complete:







I've drained the dremel's battery about 6 times now. Another three charges should finish the other one and take less time now that I have a feel for it

 

light output looks great! kinda ugly in the housing though

 

shroud isnt on

 

that chrome part in your housing...are you gonna paint that black or leave it chrome?

 

I will as soon as I'm back at my apartment.

But I was a little messy with removing the lenses, so I have to figure out how to get some of the silicone off the black parts....if it doesn't come off, gonna repaint. =|

 

I'm leaving my reflector bucket chrome.

This gatling gun shroud is a bitch to get on :/

 

Remember, you will have to trim the bottom of the shroud as Thomas did

 

I don't keep up much with HID's but they are slowly catching my attention more and more. As my head lights suck really. This looks great. Maybe would look a bit better in a different set of housings. Or maybe would have looked better (not sure about the light) a little offset in the housing and not so centered. Reminds me of an eyeball right now. But looks good. What does a setup like this run cost wise? And where to get them.
Gotta love Harbor Freight for tools like this, although I'm a bit weary of their battery operated things. How do you secure that into the housing? Once they are secure and re-installed, are you able to use the factory adjustments to adjust them or..

 

The lights were $320 from theretrofitsource.com. The headlights were $150 from eBay. Dremel & tools about $50. If you look closely, you will see 4 holes on each of the corners. I will drill holes and bolt it down and then seal it with silicone. And yes. I will loosely attach them to the buckets with the 4 bolts, and then put them on the truck sans the lens. I will adjust everything and make sure the cutoff is fine and then take them off the truck, tighten down everything, and seal them up.