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HID Conversion
After getting the new headlights, I weren't particularly happy with
their brightness. Hence, I decided to retrofit the cheap halogen
projectors with Valeo D2S HID projectors from an Audi A4. You can buy
adapters that fit the D2S bulbs into the H7 sockets, but it doesn't
work well. The bulbs have a different geometry and the beam becomes
uneven and doesn't put the light where it's wanted. The adapters are
just a couple of bucks though, so I tried it. And it's true.
So then I embarked on the project of modifying the headlight to fit
the Valeo projectors, which took quite a lot of work with Dremel and
JB Weld. The projectors are big enough that the mounts for the halo
bulbs had to go, too, so I decided to convert these to LEDs. This
turned into a whole new project, because to get enough light you need
a lot of LEDs. It ended up taking 22 LEDs x4 rings, quite a lot of
soldering. But I think it looks pretty good.
If you want to do it yourself, I wrote a pretty thorough how-to
for the LED rings at PassatWorld.
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