What have you done to your P5 today?

[Bastian]

looks good kingofspades!!

 

[RicoP5]

waiting to send money for stock Protege5 lights. . . it's starting

I wrote u saying I would swap that one day we see taking about it. Guess you didn't see it lol

 

[31N007]

looks good kingofspades!!

well, I hope to get to where you are eventually. I gotta work on her, as I've already mentioned I think... Bleh, its gonna be fun but difficult cause im going to have to leave it alone in a garage for a few weeks... (dads out the state so I get to use his car- saving on gas and insurance)

Either way, high schoolrrs with p5s!

 

[mx-p5]

I wrote u saying I would swap that one day we see taking about it. Guess you didn't see it lol

i did miss it. . . dang. . . yours were in good shape too huh? lol
I might still buy your set if you have em

anyways, i can't wait. . .

 

[JDM_Pro5]

Build me a set while you're at it

I assume you have bi-xenon for headlight and single projectors for highbeams. When you turn on highbeams, all four activate? I like that. Curious about wiring it.

 

[mx-p5]

all 4 are bixenon. . . muuwwaaahahahahahaha

all 4 are HID low beam and HID high beam



E46 bixenon projectors (outer larger projectors) which have a great high beam and distance lighting but are fairly narrow (modded with ZKW-R clear lens upgrades as well as 2 washers spacing the lens from the shield for a nice sharp colorful cutoff)

then Morimoto Mini H1's which have great width but lack distance (compared to other projectors-but are still leaps and bounds better than halogens)

wiring will require two H4 harnesses spliced together at the headlight connector. The harness will be drawing power from the fuse box but being activated by the headlight switch.

 

[JDM_Pro5]

I thought about running 4 bi-xenons. My concern was the gauge wire running the stock headlight. After splicing that wire and getting to the core, it can't be larger than 16g. My Protege is lacking with power and I'm afraid to burden it with 4 ballast drawing on stock wiring. I wasn't sure if I would have to replace that wire with a thicker gauge, if I would have to run two lines from the fuse box with separate fuses, or if the power harness deleted all of these issues. I assume the power harness will do the trick. By connecting these to the high beam and low beam stock plugs, using power harnesses, and using the highbeam plug with the bi-xenon light gate switch, I assume the stock power acts more like a cut-on rather than a power source?

 

[JDM_Pro5]

Got two new Kumhos on the P5 thanks to bad roads in a neighboring city blowing out my passenger side tires. Full story in my build thread, just click my Sig pic

 

[THE Phen]

So... 4 low beam / high beam combos, and I'm sure you have fogs still on it, right Ty?

 

[JDM_Pro5]

Yeah, Projector fogs. I assume those are also HIDs. Six ballast total

 

[jdmdude07]

all 4 are bixenon. . . muuwwaaahahahahahaha

all 4 are HID low beam and HID high beam



E46 bixenon projectors (outer larger projectors) which have a great high beam and distance lighting but are fairly narrow (modded with ZKW-R clear lens upgrades as well as 2 washers spacing the lens from the shield for a nice sharp colorful cutoff)

then Morimoto Mini H1's which have great width but lack distance (compared to other projectors-but are still leaps and bounds better than halogens)

wiring will require two H4 harnesses spliced together at the headlight connector. The harness will be drawing power from the fuse box but being activated by the headlight switch.

ZOMG!!!!! I can't wait to see how this turns out. I'm skeptical about the fitment of the Mini H1 in the HB spot. Not sure if there's enough room. If there is, the shroud is going to have to be cut to pieces. BUT WHO CARES!?!?!?!?!? RACE CAR!!!!!!

 

[mx-p5]

correct on the factory headlight wiring acting as ONLY a switch. the harnesses coming off the fuse box/battery will be carrying the power.

And the ballasts only pull large amounts of power on startup, once they're on, they pull less than halogens (35 watts) although i'll probably upgrade the e46's to 55 watt ballasts

And yes, i've still got the Blazer projector fogs with 3000K hid's in em.


as to the high beam, i anticipate quite a bit of hacking to both the projector and the shroud to get it to fit but i WILL make it fit lol

 

[THE Phen]

So... 4 lights illuminated in the front at any time is all that's legal. Just an observation.

 

[JDM_Pro5]

Is that a national or state law? We have giant trucks over here lighting up things like it's a zombie Apocalypse or Jurassic Park

 

[mx-p5]

4 lights is legal (headlights/fog lights) which is why the P5 switches the fogs off when you activate the high beams), 6 lights technically is not. BUT, fogs can be turned off if someone bugs her

 

[JDM_Pro5]

^ what I was thinking. Are your fogs wired to run whenever you choose?

 

[mx-p5]

fogs are wired to the factory switch and wiring, so the dash switch can turn em off and on (but they do still cut out with the high beams)

 

[JDM_Pro5]

Will all four projectors be wired to the low beam switch, and just the light-gate switches wired to the high beam switch?

 

[mx-p5]

correct, so on low beam, all 4 lows will come on and on high's, the solenoids will move the cutoff shields exposing 4 HID burners on blast for high beams

combined, these 4 projectors should equal about what is on the car now (the Acura TL's)

 

[JDM_Pro5]

Very nice. Sorry about all the questions. I'm new to projectors and bi-xenon's and their cutoff wiring. I'm planning on retrofitting projectors and have been planning my attack.