Happy newyear to all!
new-ish member here, but not new to car mods; just wanting to see if i can actually something needlessly complicated for the heck of it
i promised to do this build last September , but progress has been slow due to the truck being totaled; i got hit by a flash flood, whilst juggling engineering school.
so, im doing this even though the ute is gone
although, im still waiting on the insurance money, and when i get my stocks values up so i can buy another ml triton
the project:
with 8 retrofits under my belt, i always thought that HIDs were crap. cant use em to signal in daylight, go damn hot and melt reflectors sometimes,has to be done right or you'd be a tool blinding passersby, and they lose their total lumens progressively.
so i wanted a LED projector, problem is, the market only have led adapted bulbs that fit in existing projector bowls (ment for hid) resulting in less than optimal results, tendency to blind.
so, ill keep some details a secret until it's fully finished, but here's the important details:
-water cooled with an aluminum radiator meant for overclocking computers
-DAMN BRIGHT
-reaches twice further than any hid ive compared it with (easily)
-complicated and time consuming build.
-actually have its own digital thermostat because it seemed like a good idea at the time
-fully dimmable using electronic trickery, with just a knob (not shown... yet)
about the photos
-used my htc one 13mp camera (not the best camera, but it's all ive got )
- did in my street, well lit with some dark spots
- pictures does not do it justice. waaaaaaaay brighter in person.
comparing a 1year old 55w q5r projector retrofit with philips hids in my little honda jazz
against just 1 of my prototype projector (around 85% power)
~reference points~
the pink car (my sister's) is 10m away.
the wall to the left is around 30m away
this is with only the pair of q5r retro
dont get me wrong, this is a very bright retrofit, brightest available here in the PH.
it's just a very well lit road
this is the SINGLE prototype
this is in the garage, in a very very well lit room, the light made everything so much darker. i cant stress enough how photos dont give this any justice.
cut off line, by the way, still going to modify this
here is a side to side video with the comparison of the projectors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq4nxeKXJqw
you can actually see the street lamp and how dim it is in comparison
my takeaway from this:
get a better camera.
mine sucks.
cant see well in the dark, cant give an accurate rendering of real life brightness.
will be posting more when i get a better camera, and when more parts arrive.