09turbo

i have a set of 3rd gen projector headlights, and i recently took them out cuz i cant get them adjusted from where they are pointed... which is about 5 feet in front of me...
and you have to keep taking the light out to adjust them and i did not notice any changes in the placement of the light so i took them out all together... anyone know anything about this?

and also... is it possible to put the actual clear lens off a housing from some stockers and make them fit on the 3rd gens? i havent looked to see if any of the clips are the same or anything.

any help would be awsome!!!
thanks

-Casey

Spun

iTrader: (1)

The 3rd gens are like that, you have to crank on them forever to get them to go. Do it for a couple minutes, then when you think you have turn it enough give it a half dozen more just for ***** a giggles. It takes forever but sooner or later you will notice a difference.

The 3rds all came pointed 15 feet in front of the car so this is normal from my experiance, and having to take it out and put it back in every time you want to ajust it is one of the downfalls of projectors, I don't know what the hell they were thinking but I'm guessing not much

NCC-2000

I got my thirds aimed fine, it just took a while with the trial and error method.

09turbo

i know there are 2 bolt looking things... if i am looking at the back of the driver headlight which one do i turn to adjust up and down?

thanks alot guys!!!
and no one knows about the stocker lenses fitting on the 3rd gens?

09turbo

late night bump

Spun

iTrader: (1)

Like he said trial and error.
I think one of the bolts is for hi's and one for lows (beam) but I can't remember.

For some reason I want to say the one on the bottom...you'll just have to do what thye rest of us did....wing it.

09turbo

yea guess i will do that. i just hate it cuz there is always a new scratch on my bumper. i try and use painters tape around them but it still gets scratched...

and i am going to see if some stock lenses will fit on the 3rd gens

HB_SS/TC

iTrader: (1)

You got to turn both bolts equally. Tighten to aim down and loosen to aim up

09turbo

thats so stupid you have to turn both of them for one direction. that helps so much bro.
how did you find that out?

Sp3No

adjusting mine sucked so bad, theyre not perfect but theyre kinda close i was aggravated my left one is somewhat off, i will fix it at a random time. But it tooke A LONG ASS time of trial and error.

HB_SS/TC

iTrader: (1)

I called them up. lol

09turbo

if i am planning on putting in HIDs it will really need to be adjusted. i wanna do 8K but idk if the 3rd gens can take them. i think its only 6K right?

haha great idea!!!

HB_SS/TC

iTrader: (1)

I've got the 8000K on mine

09turbo

sweet dude. got some pics?
any problems?

maybe we should just traid headlights. lol

EmperorJJ1

iTrader: (5)

dont see why they wouldnt... why would u swap em?

09turbo

because the ones that come on the 3rd gens are kinda cheap and have tiny stress fractures in them. they are all parallel and you can see them when they are in the right light. i think its like that for all projectors.. but idk

NCC-2000

My third gens are fine thus far, and have been on my car around a year, and went through last winter to boot. I don't know if the stock lens will fit perfectly on the projector housing, but the lines on the stock lens that normally separate the headlight from the signal light might get in the way of the projector beam.

09turbo

thats good. did you adjust them? and i was looking at that but i think sense its more to the side it will be in the way of the high beam... that im not that worried about.

cobalt man

i got the 3rd gens and i love them i had a bitch of a time aming them but i got it and i also got 8k in mine

09turbo

how do you like the 8k kit?

Spun

iTrader: (1)

I had my 3rd gens spiderweb crack on me after about 6 months, it got really bad so I got 2nd generations. I have a 6000k kit, pissed me off had to get new bulbs for the 2nd gens (H7).
Now I'm getting rid of the 2nd gens, for a set of retrofits, I'm not happy with the light output from projectors, even with the 6000k fog light kit I just put in its still lacking compared to the stock housing.

Emp- The stock lights had a glass lens on them rather than the plastic one that comes on the aftermarket ones. I wanted to swap them to, but decided it wasn't worth breaking the seal on them for.

NCC-2000

Stock lights aren't glass, they're plastic too.

09turbo

X2 i didnt think thy were plastic

NCC-2000

Look at it this way, if the stock lights used glass lenses, they'd be heavy as ****.

09turbo

yea same here thats why i wanna try the stock lense on them. if i angle them good enough and get the stock lense to fit and a nice HID kit i will be set

exactly