some nighttime shots with mr tsx - High-Intensity

**Alex** · 06-01-2007, 02:00 PM

Thoughts? For my first attempt Id say it isnt too shabby. I dont have any daylight shots yet, I had to borrow a friends camera to take these since someone stole mine.

Almost done, just a few things I want to touch up stylistically

I photoshopped this up when I was aligning mine, maybe it will help someone out. I also wrote an explanation on aligning them, as I understand it. This photo may appear confusing at first, but this is the method for properly aligning projectors. Now, the somewhat "dashed" line is the height from the ground to the center of the projector itself. This is where the light would be if you were right against the wall. In order to align these, you have to have the car approximately 25ft from a wall on relatively even ground. Beneath the first dashed piece of painters tape you will see a second. This is approximately 2.5" beneath the one above it demonstrating the DOT legal cutoff point. What does this mean? In short, at 25 ft, the cutoff of the projectors needs to fall between 2.1 and 2.5" inches to be legal (not blind people). It goes without saying that lights are aligned based off the left light, not the right. The 2 pieces of vertical tape represent the center of the kick, or where you see the lower portion of the cutoff slant upward to the higher portion. The two pieces of tape are at a specific distance, in this case they represent the distance from projector to projector on the car itself. You'll notice I have set my right lamp slightly to the right. I am doing this as a safety feature. The output of the lights is so substantial that I wanted to throw a small amount further to right to help me spot an animal, person, whatever potentially running out into the street at night.

Here's the traditional tsx color mod...

Quick nighttime snap. The lights are semi-flat black, shrouds are semi-flat, chrome blinkers.

This is a straight comparison of the OEM STi HIDs versus my retrofit. The difference is night and day, both of these photos were taken with the same camera and simply cropped / resized.

ragnarok · 06-01-2007, 03:58 PM

wow, looks great!, I can't wait to see more project pics.

I'm curious about the in reflector aiming bit also... I see the awsome results you guys are getting, but with regards to getting the projector to sit straight in the reflector bowl, is this the right procedure? :
1) get the bolts on the projector through the holes in the old reflector and back the nuts against the inside of the reflector.
2) add nuts to hold projector in place on the other side of the reflector.
3) turn on and see... if they are off, losen the outside nuts and reposition the projector? then do step 1 again?

gts2k · 06-01-2007, 05:18 PM

wow, difference I tell ya, difference. sooooo nice. do you have pics of your housing? I wonder how that looks like

jdmcl9 · 06-01-2007, 06:43 PM

nice color output !

jaho1979 · 06-01-2007, 09:41 PM

Output looks good, interested to see what they look like!

**Alex** · 06-02-2007, 01:52 AM

I need to wash the car, but for now here is a mild teaser. I'll be throwing in a set of ccfls at some point soon. I realize this fails to show the detail on the shrouds themselves, etc.

jaho1979 · 06-02-2007, 02:41 PM

That looks very nice, I really like the all black look!

**Alex** · 06-02-2007, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaho1979

That looks very nice, I really like the all black look!

Thanks

Still trying to get used to the new camera, Sony interface to Canon is a bit of a jump

**Alex** · 06-05-2007, 02:15 PM

No tripod, borrowed camera. Decided to take a trip over to GT. This is quite possibly the best I could do. I plan to wash the car and go back out there to get some quality photos. I realize if I played with HDR I could really achieve better results with these. Its late, and Ill fuss with it tomorrow. Anyways, I wanted to take a few to demonstrate the length and width that these guys put out -- its intense!

enjoi,
alex

jaho1979 · 06-05-2007, 05:11 PM

Wow, those are some really great shots! I can't wait to get my TSX projectors installed!!

**Alex** · 06-05-2007, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaho1979

Wow, those are some really great shots! I can't wait to get my TSX projectors installed!!

Considering I had no tripod, I took about 100+ and ended up with 12 or so.

**LightWerkz** · 06-05-2007, 06:04 PM

awesome work alex, glad you enjoyed it

Auto:Optics · 06-07-2007, 01:19 PM

looks great alex!! nice write-up on the aiming too.

**Alex** · 06-07-2007, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Auto:Optics

looks great alex!! nice write-up on the aiming too.

Thanks, feel free to let your customers, etc, use it.

grandmossy · 06-08-2007, 05:08 PM

Thanks for the great write up!

san~man · 06-22-2007, 04:06 AM

Damn I shoulda kept those shrouds haha. Good work Alex.

dankbaber · 09-03-2007, 12:44 AM

shots look great man! good job! i need some tsx's!

Ginuwine · 11-19-2008, 03:55 AM

looks good from the 2 pics man.

aznboi89x · 12-21-2008, 07:45 PM

good man

AWDBoost · 01-29-2009, 02:39 PM

Looks great! Cool Suby!

06-01-2007, 02:00 PM	#1
Alex dayum, that ish is bright! Administrator Location: high-intensity.org! Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 441 Setup: modded clear tsx & ccfls; modded s2k's with 50w output coming soon Feedback: 100% (1)	some nighttime shots with mr tsx Thoughts? For my first attempt Id say it isnt too shabby. I dont have any daylight shots yet, I had to borrow a friends camera to take these since someone stole mine. Almost done, just a few things I want to touch up stylistically I photoshopped this up when I was aligning mine, maybe it will help someone out. I also wrote an explanation on aligning them, as I understand it. This photo may appear confusing at first, but this is the method for properly aligning projectors. Now, the somewhat "dashed" line is the height from the ground to the center of the projector itself. This is where the light would be if you were right against the wall. In order to align these, you have to have the car approximately 25ft from a wall on relatively even ground. Beneath the first dashed piece of painters tape you will see a second. This is approximately 2.5" beneath the one above it demonstrating the DOT legal cutoff point. What does this mean? In short, at 25 ft, the cutoff of the projectors needs to fall between 2.1 and 2.5" inches to be legal (not blind people). It goes without saying that lights are aligned based off the left light, not the right. The 2 pieces of vertical tape represent the center of the kick, or where you see the lower portion of the cutoff slant upward to the higher portion. The two pieces of tape are at a specific distance, in this case they represent the distance from projector to projector on the car itself. You'll notice I have set my right lamp slightly to the right. I am doing this as a safety feature. The output of the lights is so substantial that I wanted to throw a small amount further to right to help me spot an animal, person, whatever potentially running out into the street at night. Here's the traditional tsx color mod... Quick nighttime snap. The lights are semi-flat black, shrouds are semi-flat, chrome blinkers. This is a straight comparison of the OEM STi HIDs versus my retrofit. The difference is night and day, both of these photos were taken with the same camera and simply cropped / resized. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 20 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

06-01-2007, 05:18 PM	#3
gts2k Luminous Flux Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 21 Setup: tl/zkw Feedback: 0% (0)	wow, difference I tell ya, difference. sooooo nice. do you have pics of your housing? I wonder how that looks like __________________ 98 Rolla w/ RS6 bi-xenon, denso ballast

06-02-2007, 01:52 AM	#6
Alex dayum, that ish is bright! Administrator Location: high-intensity.org! Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 441 Setup: modded clear tsx & ccfls; modded s2k's with 50w output coming soon Feedback: 100% (1)	I need to wash the car, but for now here is a mild teaser. I'll be throwing in a set of ccfls at some point soon. I realize this fails to show the detail on the shrouds themselves, etc. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 20 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

06-05-2007, 02:15 PM	#9
Alex dayum, that ish is bright! Administrator Location: high-intensity.org! Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 441 Setup: modded clear tsx & ccfls; modded s2k's with 50w output coming soon Feedback: 100% (1)	No tripod, borrowed camera. Decided to take a trip over to GT. This is quite possibly the best I could do. I plan to wash the car and go back out there to get some quality photos. I realize if I played with HDR I could really achieve better results with these. Its late, and Ill fuss with it tomorrow. Anyways, I wanted to take a few to demonstrate the length and width that these guys put out -- its intense! enjoi, alex __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 20 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

06-05-2007, 06:04 PM	#12
LightWerkz Registered Retrofitter Location: Clifton NJ Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,159 Setup: Quad TFX W/ Quad 60LED Angel Eyes Feedback: 100% (2)	awesome work alex, glad you enjoyed it __________________ Caesar Rowinski - LightWerkz Questions regarding automotive lighting? Email: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 20 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Web: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 20 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ...offering only the best in automotive lighting.

06-01-2007, 03:58 PM	#2
ragnarok Luminous Energy Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 10 Feedback: 0% (0)	wow, looks great!, I can't wait to see more project pics. I'm curious about the in reflector aiming bit also... I see the awsome results you guys are getting, but with regards to getting the projector to sit straight in the reflector bowl, is this the right procedure? : 1) get the bolts on the projector through the holes in the old reflector and back the nuts against the inside of the reflector. 2) add nuts to hold projector in place on the other side of the reflector. 3) turn on and see... if they are off, losen the outside nuts and reposition the projector? then do step 1 again?

06-01-2007, 06:43 PM	#4
jdmcl9 Luminous Flux Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 51 Setup: tsx Feedback: 0% (0)	nice color output !

06-01-2007, 09:41 PM	#5
jaho1979 Luminous Flux Location: Houston, TX Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 41 Setup: Xetronic 4300K 9006 kit for now. Feedback: 0% (0)	Output looks good, interested to see what they look like!

06-02-2007, 02:41 PM	#7
jaho1979 Luminous Flux Location: Houston, TX Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 41 Setup: Xetronic 4300K 9006 kit for now. Feedback: 0% (0)	That looks very nice, I really like the all black look!

06-05-2007, 05:11 PM	#10
jaho1979 Luminous Flux Location: Houston, TX Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 41 Setup: Xetronic 4300K 9006 kit for now. Feedback: 0% (0)	Wow, those are some really great shots! I can't wait to get my TSX projectors installed!!

06-07-2007, 01:19 PM	#13
Auto:Optics Banned Location: cucamonga,ca Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 382 Setup: TL/zkw Feedback: 0% (0)	looks great alex!! nice write-up on the aiming too.

06-08-2007, 05:08 PM	#15
grandmossy Luminous Flux Location: Ontario, Canada Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 51 Setup: s2k retrofit @ Lightwerkz Feedback: 0% (0)	Thanks for the great write up!

06-22-2007, 04:06 AM	#16
san~man Luminous Intensity Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 121 Feedback: 100% (1)	Damn I shoulda kept those shrouds haha. Good work Alex.

09-03-2007, 12:44 AM	#17
dankbaber Luminous Flux Location: Richmond, Va. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 24 Setup: stock :0( Feedback: 0% (0)	shots look great man! good job! i need some tsx's!

11-19-2008, 03:55 AM	#18
Ginuwine Luminous Flux Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 20 Feedback: 0% (0)	looks good from the 2 pics man.

12-21-2008, 07:45 PM	#19
aznboi89x Luminous Flux Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 27 Feedback: 0% (0)	good man

01-29-2009, 02:39 PM	#20
AWDBoost Luminous Flux Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 26 Feedback: 0% (0)	Looks great! Cool Suby!

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