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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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Thumbs up tutorial for retrofit projectors

HERE IS A CLIP I FOUND WHEN SEARCHING AROUND ..... THOUGHT SOME PEOPLE WOULD TAKE IT AS AN ADVANTAGE FOR DOING THERE OWN... SINCE ALL THE CRAZY AND CREATIVE THINGS IVE SEEN PEOPLE MADE AND DO HERE

http://vimeo.com/1593165

SO THERE YOU ALL GO AND HAPPY CREATING !!

ANYONE WANNA MAKE A SET FOR ME ??
 
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 02:07 PM
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It was a nice out come, but that seemed like a lot of work and I dont know anyone with a vaccum mold. It was an interesting video.
 
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 03:07 PM
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the vacuum molder can be made using and old sink in a table and an shop vac with some mods

i broke a set of lights so i can pro salvage the reflectors from them
 
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 02:57 AM
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i love my custom retrofitted projectors ive had them for a year now
 
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by sampson01
the vacuum molder can be made using and old sink in a table and an shop vac with some mods

i broke a set of lights so i can pro salvage the reflectors from them
you need to do a tutorial on how to make the vacuum molder
 
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 03:40 AM
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i love my custom retrofitted projectors ive had them for a year now
got any more pics? i dont want to go through all that work and not like them, buddy of mine has some projector bulbs laying around
 
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 09:42 AM
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i got a set from an audi ... but i want to go bigger ... anyone have any seggestions... i was looking at the Q45 lights but expensive as hell
 
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 09:49 AM
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instructions on a vacuforming table

http://www.studiocreations.com/howto...ble/index.html
 
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by travis08
i love my custom retrofitted projectors ive had them for a year now
Yeah Travis, do you have any more pics and did you build them or buy them?
 
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 03:23 PM
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i got a set from an audi ... but i want to go bigger ... anyone have any seggestions... i was looking at the Q45 lights but expensive as hell
your right theres some on ebay right now http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/02-05...Q5fAccessories for almost $900

they also have some knock offs for $230 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/UNIVE...Q5fAccessories
 
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 07:18 PM
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ya i defenetly loooove the look of the q45 projectors but toooo expensive

wonder if i can find a salvage pair

they didnt make many of q45s in that year range they had those headlights
 
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