turbocad's custom dual/quad headlight mod

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you want lazers in yours rich, no problem:laugh:



yeah, from down low is where you really see the headlight brightness, at levels above the projector level you shouldn't see much...

when I did my lights I built a simple jig too, but I was also able to mount them on my car with no lenses & drive around with them & play with them to get them fine tuned & perfect. my bumper went on & off my fx just about every day or 2 for a while :embarrassed: these I won't be able too, or need to do that, but the first set will still be test installed & driven in my fx to confirm, then all the rest will just be lazer duplicated :smile:



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Man. John, your passion and standard for perfection always amaze me. Keep up the good work :tup:

I will be on the list for the next batch, if there is one. Simply just can't miss this custom headlights with dual xeon setup. It's just too HOT!!!! :.smile:
 
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Our lights will be having a freaking laser!!!! Man I already feel luke 007!!! Jk/LOL. Great job john.. Love the fact that you work everything to the last detail..
 
ok, more progress, think I have the light shield under control, able to control the light & keep all the light below the projector level...



my shield is not 100% straight here, but you get the idea...

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this shot is from down low...


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this one is right below the projector level...


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and this is right above the projector level, notice how much less bright the light is...


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so you're throwing these in for free for me when i see oyu this week, right? ahah just kidding. these look sick but i'm excited for mine anyway.

p.s. john, when are we going drifting!?!
 
John when you do things, you really do them right. your work is very much appreciated, and admired....keep doing what you do, great job!
 
Goodness... I forgot about this and im glad that you are the one spearheading this mod...

Seems that the application of some science was in order...never thought about this step to make the Quad Headlights.

We should be calling you the MAD SCIENTIST...

Good work John..
 
yeah, I hate when I see these kids sticking hid's where they just don't belong or just don't work well, if it looks as bright above the light level as it looks below the light level, that's when problems start, from blinding people to getting pulled over & being harassed, & rightly so in some cases I'd say.... very bright lights can be very bright & not blinding to oncoming traffic at the same time if the light is controlled. I love my 4 projector lights, they light the road really awesome but they don't blind anyone at the same time... it's awesome to see on a pitch black road. these shields you see in the above pictures are not finalized, I may have to bring them down slightly still, going to try & match the same level as our low beams in the middle position of the raise/lower knob...

I'm quoting myself from a different thread to avoid typing everything again, of course the high beam stuff doesn't apply to these gb lights as the inners I'm building here are not bi-level..:

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good halogen lights average around 1,700 lumen's of light each bulb.. so a normal cars low beams are around 3,400 lumen's total... hid's at the 4,300k mark put out over 3,000 lumen's each, average around 3,200 lumen's each... so hid cars are already producing 6,400 lumen's of light... even 1 single 1,700 lumen halogen pointed at you in a high beam pattern at night can be blinding, but even the 6,000+ lumen's of an hid car are not really blinding because the light is focused & projectors do a good job of putting all the add'l light where it needs to be & keeping it away from where it don't need to be. some hid cars use a halogen high beam, but bi xenons are the latest improvement, allowing the whole 6,000 lumen's of light to be projected even in a high beam pattern when necissary...

most times a hid car is too bright when oncoming is normally because of very dirty headlights... a dirty headlight will produce huge glare because it intercepts the huge amount of light that is meant for just the road ahead & refracts it to a bright glare to oncoming traffic. Europe actually requires headlight cleaning systems for this reason. if the light is projected right, 2 of these hid projected lights are not blinding, 4 isn't blinding either, hell, even 8 of them wouldn't be blinding under normal proper use, again, assuming proper beam pattern & a clean lens...

my lights are putting out close to 13,000 lumen's, 140 watts of hid lighting...double most of the brightest headlights... it is all focused properly & the cut off is sharp enough that it does not blind anyone under normal use...I have the knob on the dash when all the way down it cuts off around 25' forward of the vehicle on level ground, which is about right... when I crank the knob up to all the way I raise the cutoff point to around 50'... at that setting the lights do look bright to on coming traffic, but not any more bright than a normal hid car with dirty headlights, probably even a bit less than so.

the way they light up the road is wild... super bright.. I have never had any kind of headlight approach what these headlights do, 12,000 lumen's focused properly on the road with a slightly wider spread because the outer ones are spread slightly without sacrificing any center as the inners cover that... when I hit the high beams holly hell breaks loose though, bi-xenons are among the brightest high beams there are & mine are overall double the lumen's of any other... damn there pretty sick... 12,000 lumen's focused straight ahead is damn bright..., I do not blind anyone unless I intend on doing so... I took a trip to jersey today & drove back at night where there are roads with no lighting at all... the performance of these lights was so sweet.... I could easily go to 8k bulbs & still have enough light, where single projectors will start to become inadequate at those color temperatures & above...

oh yeah, not sure yet about the grille emblem & yeah, the shrouds will go in when done :D
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ha, that's my basement, was like that when I bought the house... the toilet paper is on the door to the bathroom there in that hallway... only thing we do in the basement so far is laundry, it's pretty groovy down there, friggin wall to wall groovy carpet & dark dark wood paneling & a bunch of medieval looking trim.... yeah, it's pretty bad down there... even the pool table has some medieval kinda thing going on, funky, one of those knight armor suits would fit the decor just perfectly as it is now...

I know, I know, but I'm working my way to redoing it, already did the first floor rental apt over complete & finishing redoing my upstairs complete, redid all the siding & windows... almost done, just changing all the upstairs doors out from hollow to solid paneled doors, then.... the basement, can't wait to gut it :tongue:
 
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