Pro5x2's foglight projector retrofit

[mx-p5]

I just picked up a set of halogen foglight projectors off a buddy's 06 tiburon.

Plugged em in to test output. Pics below. Keep in mind, I am just holding them by hand.

Yeah, I know, it's aim'd a tad bit high.lol

Here's my current fog pattern with PIAA plasma ion h3 bulbs

I just pick'd up some broken oem pro5 foglights like those on my car currently. I am going to be removing all the glass from them, machining out the back of the housing, and mounting the new projector inside of it and machining out a cover painted black with a hole in the center for the projector to show through with a chrome shroud around the projector.

More pics will be on the way once the broken housings show up

I will also be swapping the bulbs in the fogs for PIAA 2300K plasma ion halogen bulbs, halogen doing better in the foul weather



Also as a side note, I've got a friend working on retrofitting in some FX35 color modded clear lenes into sedan headlight housings with custom molded led turnsignals and possible halo kit. As soon as I hear more from him and pics, I'll be posting.



Just finished uploading the pics of my weekend to photobucket.

Project: retrofitting projector foglights out of an 06 Tiburon into our stock housings.

Total cost of project to day: $20 for the high temp epoxy. Everything else was given to me.

Alright, gotta make this fit into that

A little turning of a 3" hole should suffice.

The beast that made the hole

The thing that ran the beast that made the hole

First machined a 2.5" hole, wasn't gonna cut it. 3" appears to do it

After looking at it's backside, I don't know what all will need done to the car to fit that through!!

Sitting on the workdesk with the new 9006 pigtail connectors rigged to stock fog harness

The stock foglight brackets that are needing some modification

Here's the tool for the job

Well, at least I thought it was the tool for the job. It dug out about this much before crapping out

A trip to Home Depot to rent a bigger drill and I am now equiped with this

And in no time, this!

Didn't realize there was more metal behind that. Time to make it look like this

What fell out of the bumper when I was done

The carnage of a 2" holesaw catching and spinning out of my hands and punching me in the face

Driver's side bolt in place

Wired up for a comparison shot

Both installed and wired. Once I find something to fill them in, I think they will compliment the projector headlights quite nicely

Also, keep in mind that I will be installing some Projector retrofitted sedan housings soon as well, so, they should compliment each other well.

Also, i took the projector fogs out, I have the stock fogs back in so it doesn't look unfinished or broken

Any thoughts or opinions? Like em? Love em? Hate em? Feel free!! Lemme know whatcha think!

 

[whitemp5seattle]

wow good job! looks very clean so far! (2thumbs)

The one thing that's a little weird to me is how the fog holes in the bumper are so large and the projectors are so tiny, but I'm sure you'll figure something out to make it all look good. Either that or try to find a 4.25" wide projector (rofl2)

hmmm...just thought about this...and I know this would be a totally different route, but me thinks you should get a msp lip and then retrofit the fogs into that. that would be hawt!!!

 

[mx-p5]

I am still trying to figure out what to do about filling in the holes. I am thinkin on fiberglassing a nice flat surface just above where the 2 screw holes are visible on either side of the projector, then painting it black and cutting either glass or some sort of plexi-glass to then cover that so it gives the appearnce like the headlights. Whatcha'll think? Anybody around me any good with fiberglass or glass or plexiglass??

 

[StealthWyvern]

wow good job! looks very clean so far! (2thumbs)

The one thing that's a little weird to me is how the fog holes in the bumper are so large and the projectors are so tiny, but I'm sure you'll figure something out to make it all look good. Either that or try to find a 4.25" wide projector (rofl2)

hmmm...just thought about this...and I know this would be a totally different route, but me thinks you should get a msp lip and then retrofit the fogs into that. that would be hawt!!!

I agree that would look pimp!

 

[mx-p5]

That was my origional idea, but, funds popped that bubble. I do agree that the projectors would look hella pimp tuck'd inside a msp lip. I might still down the road though. It shouldn't be too hard to get the projectors back out of the housings when the time does come

 

[Foolish]

What about the foglight blanking grills? I think they were a Canadian option, but anyway, they matched the other grills, and may or may not have only worked with the MSP lip, I'm really not sure.

I was thinking a set of those, cut out for your new little fogs to stick through.

 

[mx-p5]

What about the foglight blanking grills? I think they were a Canadian option, but anyway, they matched the other grills, and may or may not have only worked with the MSP lip, I'm really not sure.

I was thinking a set of those, cut out for your new little fogs to stick through.

I know there are inserts for the MSP lip and seperate inserts for non MSP lips

If anybody has any they can part with, Id love to take em off your hands to install!!

 

[Beau M]

Gotta admit, that took some balls. Make sure to spray paint the bare metal from the cutting with some rust inhibiting paint or something.

 

[ga0887]

looks good, what did you do with the glass from the fogs? I need a good lens one of mine is cracked..

 

[Tiffers]

So did you finish your project?? pics?

 

[mx-p5]

I actually got the black metal housings free off a member here, so they didn't come with any glass, and no, not done yet. I hit a point that I just couldn't get em to look right, so, they were shipped to Puerto Rico for Chicoloco to work his magic on. They'll be showing up at my house sometime before Oct. along with new headlights!!!

 

[ga0887]

Thanks anyway, cant wait to see them finished! any updated pics?

 

[mx-p5]

not currently on the fogs, no. I left off where you see above. And shipped to Chicoloco for hiim to make em pretty and match teh headlights

 

[Tiffers]

cool beans cant wait to see them finished

 

[mx-p5]

You and me both!! lol