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DIY HID Retrofit in Halogen Housing for Golf GTI 2010 MK6 MKVI
So this is my retrofit w/out the projector installed. It was quite a rough ride splitting the headlight. As you can see, I did custom colors too.
Step 1: Red Line vs Blue Line.
So I chose to dremel at the red line but the plastic would melt and cut at the same time… if it makes sense. So cut at the blue line!
Cut Off:
The projector themselves are pretty awesome. Its aimed really low right now because the headlight lens isnt on which adds weight and will help mount the cut off line to its appropriate height. Nonetheless, you get the point.
Just Kidding. Here's what really happened.
I was trying to split my headlight w/ a heat gun and literally spent almost 3 hours. The sealant just WOULD NOT budge. Turns out, the housing is sealed by some crazy RTV sealant. Basically crazy enough that it has a higher melting point than the plastic. But before I accepted this… I tried opening it to see if it would make a difference. And uh.. you obviously saw what happened. I lost 180 dollars for being so stupid :[. Nonetheless, I actually use this headlight a LOT during my actualy retrofit as a 'beta.' I did all my projector fittings, and figuring out which wire is wire on this headlight, so it served as a REALLY good guinea pig.
This is the real deal.
So uh... I have to move into my LA apartment tommorow morning, AND i still have to work on my second headlight that night. And while I'm at it, I'm going to record a full video of me doing this. Sorry for all the reserved spots (sorry mod!). I've been organizing this DIY as I've been going along. I put in a lot of time not just retrofitting but making sure this DIY is thorough! The time I believe the DIY will be up is either Tuesday Morning/Night.
So this is my retrofit w/out the projector installed. It was quite a rough ride splitting the headlight. As you can see, I did custom colors too.
Step 1: Red Line vs Blue Line.
So I chose to dremel at the red line but the plastic would melt and cut at the same time… if it makes sense. So cut at the blue line!
Cut Off:
The projector themselves are pretty awesome. Its aimed really low right now because the headlight lens isnt on which adds weight and will help mount the cut off line to its appropriate height. Nonetheless, you get the point.
Just Kidding. Here's what really happened.
I was trying to split my headlight w/ a heat gun and literally spent almost 3 hours. The sealant just WOULD NOT budge. Turns out, the housing is sealed by some crazy RTV sealant. Basically crazy enough that it has a higher melting point than the plastic. But before I accepted this… I tried opening it to see if it would make a difference. And uh.. you obviously saw what happened. I lost 180 dollars for being so stupid :[. Nonetheless, I actually use this headlight a LOT during my actualy retrofit as a 'beta.' I did all my projector fittings, and figuring out which wire is wire on this headlight, so it served as a REALLY good guinea pig.
This is the real deal.
So uh... I have to move into my LA apartment tommorow morning, AND i still have to work on my second headlight that night. And while I'm at it, I'm going to record a full video of me doing this. Sorry for all the reserved spots (sorry mod!). I've been organizing this DIY as I've been going along. I put in a lot of time not just retrofitting but making sure this DIY is thorough! The time I believe the DIY will be up is either Tuesday Morning/Night.
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