Show your headlights!!!!!
JK Newbie
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 93
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From: Richmond, Va
I just finished my first projector retrofit a couple days ago using the Morimoto Mini H1's and they seem to work darn well! Excellent cut-off with a nice flicker at the steps and the highs are phenomenal. There's a huge difference between real bi-xenons and the crappy ass P-N-P kits, all the light is focused where you need it and on coming traffic no longer gets pissed off.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 181
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From: BC, Canada
I just finished my first projector retrofit a couple days ago using the Morimoto Mini H1's and they seem to work darn well! Excellent cut-off with a nice flicker at the steps and the highs are phenomenal. There's a huge difference between real bi-xenons and the crappy ass P-N-P kits, all the light is focused where you need it and on coming traffic no longer gets pissed off.
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JK Newbie
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 93
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From: Richmond, Va
Not yet, I can snap some this evening after dark.
The retro wasn't that difficult, but not quite as easy as I hoped it would be. I went with the mini's as the rear of the housing is threaded and is supposed to be an easy mount in the H4 and 9007 headlamps and I was hoping the H13's would be similar, that however wasn't the case... The 7" round Jeep headlamp is about an inch too shallow to completely house the projector itself, so I did have to machine out a decent amount on the backside of the factory reflector to get it to fit.
This being my first retro, I bought a second set of factory headlamps from a user here in the event I totally screwed one up, I wouldn't be out of a headlamp. Literally the biggesst issue was separating the lens from the reflector, the big key here is NOT to rush to pop it off, but instead slowly spin and pry on the lip. This was still difficult after heating the headlights in the oven for about 20 minutes at 250 degrees, that Mopar glue is apparently some good stuff! The reflector housing itself seems brittle and will crack and chip easily if forced too much, so definitely take your time working your way around.
They've only been in there for 3 days or so, but I couldn't be happier, they seem to perform outstandingly well and live up to the hype. There's a forum section over at the retrofit source dot com that had some good reading and aided in the retrofit, it's worth a skim through.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 181
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From: BC, Canada
Not yet, I can snap some this evening after dark.
The retro wasn't that difficult, but not quite as easy as I hoped it would be. I went with the mini's as the rear of the housing is threaded and is supposed to be an easy mount in the H4 and 9007 headlamps and I was hoping the H13's would be similar, that however wasn't the case... The 7" round Jeep headlamp is about an inch too shallow to completely house the projector itself, so I did have to machine out a decent amount on the backside of the factory reflector to get it to fit.
This being my first retro, I bought a second set of factory headlamps from a user here in the event I totally screwed one up, I wouldn't be out of a headlamp. Literally the biggesst issue was separating the lens from the reflector, the big key here is NOT to rush to pop it off, but instead slowly spin and pry on the lip. This was still difficult after heating the headlights in the oven for about 20 minutes at 250 degrees, that Mopar glue is apparently some good stuff! The reflector housing itself seems brittle and will crack and chip easily if forced too much, so definitely take your time working your way around.
They've only been in there for 3 days or so, but I couldn't be happier, they seem to perform outstandingly well and live up to the hype. There's a forum section over at the retrofit source dot com that had some good reading and aided in the retrofit, it's worth a skim through.
The retro wasn't that difficult, but not quite as easy as I hoped it would be. I went with the mini's as the rear of the housing is threaded and is supposed to be an easy mount in the H4 and 9007 headlamps and I was hoping the H13's would be similar, that however wasn't the case... The 7" round Jeep headlamp is about an inch too shallow to completely house the projector itself, so I did have to machine out a decent amount on the backside of the factory reflector to get it to fit.
This being my first retro, I bought a second set of factory headlamps from a user here in the event I totally screwed one up, I wouldn't be out of a headlamp. Literally the biggesst issue was separating the lens from the reflector, the big key here is NOT to rush to pop it off, but instead slowly spin and pry on the lip. This was still difficult after heating the headlights in the oven for about 20 minutes at 250 degrees, that Mopar glue is apparently some good stuff! The reflector housing itself seems brittle and will crack and chip easily if forced too much, so definitely take your time working your way around.
They've only been in there for 3 days or so, but I couldn't be happier, they seem to perform outstandingly well and live up to the hype. There's a forum section over at the retrofit source dot com that had some good reading and aided in the retrofit, it's worth a skim through.
and yeah, retrofit source is great, i've used them for both parts and info for my mazda.
JK Newbie
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 24
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From: Mirabel, Qc
I've recently had some little lights, dont be misguard by the size, these lights are 250w each...
The brackets are homemade ( a stainless steel copy of the one that you can buy from any good aftermarket store)
The brackets are homemade ( a stainless steel copy of the one that you can buy from any good aftermarket store)
JK Freak
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 510
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From: West Chester Pennsylvania