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attempting civic projectors
Posted: October 2nd, 2006, 5:19 pm
by Jacbs2007
UGHH this is so much harder then it looks. I guess I'm more or less just venting but still, I had no idea there was this much cutting involved. I'm attempting to follow the Evilyetti instructions but damn...it's been 2 full days and I don't even have the first headlight done.
I hope I'm not ruining a perfectly good $130 set of civic projectors
Posted: October 2nd, 2006, 5:25 pm
by hgallegos915
nah just be patient.. DO NOT USE fiber glass RESIN .. itwill stain the lens and then useless.. lets say it all fais.. simply just use the inner projector
Use a hot knife.. thats what i did for cutting.. it makes it so fast.. the fumes are bad tho lol. Youll be ok. Seal em up with tire rubber and notplastic. well thats the easy way i did and its awesome.
Posted: October 2nd, 2006, 5:31 pm
by Jacbs2007
wanna drive up and help me? it's only a few thousand miles
Posted: October 2nd, 2006, 6:05 pm
by Jovian2k
Thats what happened to me, $130 down the drain.
I didn't want to cut the bumper at all so I just tried to cut the lenses and after tons of hours and aggravation I decided to give up. I had to throw them out too since I moved but I wish I had stuck with it. Wish you the best of luck man, when you get aggravated picture how nice it will look when you are done
Posted: October 2nd, 2006, 7:54 pm
by hgallegos915
Dont trow them out../ make some 3d projectors like gregory christian did.
Posted: October 2nd, 2006, 11:03 pm
by Jovian2k
would have been nice, didnt really think of it. Didn't have the time anyways
Posted: October 3rd, 2006, 3:13 pm
by Blazianenigma
Keep at it.
Dont try and rush it.
I'm still working on mines right now.
I set a pretty lofty goal...to have them done before it snows
Posted: November 9th, 2006, 3:00 pm
by Fyujin
Here is a site on Car domain where a Guy sucesfully turned Civic Projectors into MX-3 Projectors.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/360367/2
Posted: November 9th, 2006, 4:19 pm
by ninjajim4
this thread just reminds me to say thank you again, hec. you're the man
Posted: November 10th, 2006, 7:04 am
by GregoryChristian
hey that looks familar
Posted: November 17th, 2006, 5:55 am
by zuna_mx-3
Is there a whole lot less work if one decides to cut the bumper?? I´m not going to cut it but I will make a custom bumper.
So the question is - if the bumper is irrelevant, do you still have to cut the glass and everything???
Posted: November 17th, 2006, 6:16 pm
by Jacbs2007
You could probably get away with only having to cut the back of the housing if you made your own front bumper. The back will still need to be cut so that it will fit in the same place as the stock headlights, but I think you could avoid having to cut the lense if you made a custom bumper.