Custom HID projectors w demon eye mod

Beastlick

Beastlick

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I seem to have a slight sickness. I am a product designer for a prototyping company and have a hard time settling for ordinary. During the day I get to make custom one off prototypes and at night, my sickness continues. I've been working on this project for just over a month now. Wanted to take my time and do a correct/non blinding HID set-up. HID's are Bi-xenon and wired to work correctly with the stock wiring.(low is only low/hi is both) All chrome has been blacked out with a mix of matte/satin/gloss. Only chrome left is the Hi-beam rear reflector.

During my research I stumbled upon the demon eye effect which I fell in love with. Demon eyes are hardwired to a switch in the console connected to a constant 12V source so the demon eye mod can be left on without needing the car on. (more pics tomorrow, too dark when I got home, hard to see the car)

FYI, I bought a used set of lights in order to construct these. I now have a pair of stock headlight if anyone is seriously interested in something like this, PM me.

I bought my projectors here To be honest I wish I would have spend the extra 100 and bought from theretrofitsource.com You get what you pay for. I originally received a chipped lens, and got 1 duel inverter for the halos and 1 single. Basically with the parts they sent I couldn't wire the halos up symmetrically. I did get everything resolved in time, but waiting a week and a half to get something shipped to you SUCKS! From now on I will be buying American projectors 100%. Their customer service alone is worth the price difference.

I'll just let the pictures do the rest the talking.


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Next project: Mustacheless grill :D
 
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Beastlick

Beastlick

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Thanks for the compliments, its been a fun little project. Mass producing them would be way too pricey for me to do all on my own. I'd get much better results if each one could be made for the specific customer. Basically every element including the demon eye color could be made to anyones liking. These projectors actually came with white halos, but was not interested in keeping them on my car, they were removed and replaced with a machined ABS ring.

Disclaimer: This project involved cutting the lens off from the black housing to allow them to be painted and the projecter mounted/aligned. I do not recommend doing this entire project in a day. The cure times for the silicone alone is 24 hrs.
 
Maddmatts

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I tried doing a projector retrofit some years ago, so I can appreciate the amount of hours and work it takes to do a homebrew one (yet mine still looked ugly and fell apart on me). I still have a set of Hella's 50mm modules that would probably fit the Sonic's headlights nicely. I just need to find a cheap set of spare headlights to hack up.

I remember people over on hidplanet doing the demoneyes for their retrofits but they were running into longevity issues. The LEDs didn't like being next to sources of high heat. I imagine using lightpipes/fiberoptics would be the best way around that and might also make changing the color easier.
 
firstorbit84

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Came out awesome. I'd definitely av be interested in a set depending on the price. I'd just want regular white halos end smoked chrome for the trim rings
 
Beastlick

Beastlick

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firstorbit84 said:
Came out awesome. I'd definitely av be interested in a set depending on the price. I'd just want regular white halos end smoked chrome for the trim rings
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PM'd

Maddmatts said:
I tried doing a projector retrofit some years ago, so I can appreciate the amount of hours and work it takes to do a homebrew one (yet mine still looked ugly and fell apart on me). I still have a set of Hella's 50mm modules that would probably fit the Sonic's headlights nicely. I just need to find a cheap set of spare headlights to hack up.

I remember people over on hidplanet doing the demoneyes for their retrofits but they were running into longevity issues. The LEDs didn't like being next to sources of high heat. I imagine using lightpipes/fiberoptics would be the best way around that and might also make changing the color easier.
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These projectors used CCFL rings instead of a LED light source. HIDPlanet is a definite must if anyone wants to try this themselves! THE HID forum.


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More pics added to the first page :D
 
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ChevyST_12

ChevyST_12

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I to am interested in a pair as well in the red, halo rings so could you please PM a price. Thank you very much, do you already add the hid or no.
 
Bogus

Bogus

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HOLY #$%& that's sexy!

Beastlick edit the OP with links to all the parts you purchased for this! :)
 
american_tuner

american_tuner

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Beastlick said:
I seem to have a slight sickness. I am a product designer for a prototyping company and have a hard time settling for ordinary. During the day I get to make custom one off prototypes and at night, my sickness continues. I've been working on this project for just over a month now. Wanted to take my time and do a correct/non blinding HID set-up. HID's are Bi-xenon and wired to work correctly with the stock wiring.(low is only low/hi is both) All chrome has been blacked out with a mix of matte/satin/gloss. Only chrome left is the Hi-beam rear reflector.

During my research I stumbled upon the demon eye effect which I fell in love with. Demon eyes are hardwired to a switch in the console connected to a constant 12V source so the demon eye mod can be left on without needing the car on. (more pics tomorrow, too dark when I got home, hard to see the car)

FYI, I bought a used set of lights in order to construct these. I now have a pair of stock headlight if anyone is seriously interested in something like this, PM me.

I bought my projectors here To be honest I wish I would have spend the extra 100 and bought from theretrofitsource.com You get what you pay for. I originally received a chipped lens, and got 1 duel inverter for the halos and 1 single. Basically with the parts they sent I couldn't wire the halos up symmetrically. I did get everything resolved in time, but waiting a week and a half to get something shipped to you SUCKS! From now on I will be buying American projectors 100%. Their customer service alone is worth the price difference.

I'll just let the pictures do the rest the talking.


Untitled by 4c4faa609f4f3024589c684288568332, on Flickr


HPIM0647 by 4c4faa609f4f3024589c684288568332, on Flickr


Untitled by 4c4faa609f4f3024589c684288568332, on Flickr


HPIM0660 by 4c4faa609f4f3024589c684288568332, on Flickr


HPIM0670 by 4c4faa609f4f3024589c684288568332, on Flickr


HPIM0674 by 4c4faa609f4f3024589c684288568332, on Flickr


Untitled by 4c4faa609f4f3024589c684288568332, on Flickr


Untitled by 4c4faa609f4f3024589c684288568332, on Flickr


Untitled by 4c4faa609f4f3024589c684288568332, on Flickr


Untitled by 4c4faa609f4f3024589c684288568332, on Flickr

Next project: Mustacheless grill :D
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Very nice i like this alot!! Very interested in a set
 
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