Non RS HID Retrofit.. Affordable solution to HID - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

turboguy327 · 11-22-2010, 08:44 PM

I have started my hid retrofit that some of you have been waiting for. I am using Moritomo D2S projectors Apollo shrouds and 5K D2S Moritomo bulbs. Along with CCFL halo rings. This retrofit is a legal solution to putting HID into your car. Installing a HID kit into your camaro is illegal and way to much money for a marginal improvement. Doing a retro is installing a projector from a OEM HID vehicle into a reflector or halogen equipt vehicle. It is legal and much more beneficial both to the driver of the car the retro is installed on and does not blind other drivers you are sharing the road with. This will allow use of high beams as well. And everything I am using is OEM quality. You can go to the local parts store IF you ever need a bulb or ballast. I have made a link to my photobucket account once all the pics are uploaded and any questions please ask away.

SNV · 11-22-2010, 09:16 PM

What no pics?

turboguy327 · 11-22-2010, 09:27 PM

I have over 40 pics uploading right now while the paint on the shrouds is drying.

turboguy327 · 11-22-2010, 09:57 PM

Getting ready for bumper removal

Highly recomended you do this

To see these bolts

and

Get the 3 obvious bolts and unhook the plug on passenger side and you have this

If you have clumsy fingers like me its much easier to take the horn out. Its 1 10mm bolt. Makes it easier to get the bottom inside bolt out and later back in.
Take out the 4 bolts on each headlight and you have this

turboguy327 · 11-22-2010, 09:59 PM

Headlight out and ready for retrofit

Take this bracket off

With these 3 bolts

turboguy327 · 11-22-2010, 10:06 PM

Take the bulbs out and wait til your wife/gf/parents leave for a couple hours and put in oven til golden brown at 235 degrees F. In about 15 minutes WITH GLOVES!! remove from oven. Expect about an hour and a half for each light if this is your first time doing this. Take a screwdriver and start prying the lens off. Pop the clips. I have found it easier to start on a corner and work out each way. Work about 5 minutes and it will cool down. Put back in the over for a few minutes and play some more. Keep at it and move slowly. It will come just takes time. Dont pry on the lens lip. Go to the bottom of the plastic groove and get to the backside of the lens. The black plastic will bend a ton. I had mine almost flat. MOVE SLOWLY!! Keep playing with it and you will get the lens off. Now take a flathead and pop the reflector off of these 3 pegs. Go through where the bulb was and push on the little black clips on the reflector

turboguy327 · 11-22-2010, 10:08 PM

Take the little screw out of the reflector with a T15. Now you can turn back til this next step. This step all depends on your projector choice. I used Moritomo Minis so I used a 1.5 inch hole saw to the back of the reflector at the bulb seat.

turboguy327 · 11-22-2010, 10:09 PM

Now the projector fits.

Thats what it would look like with a bare projector in the light.

With the Apollo shroud

turboguy327 · 11-22-2010, 10:10 PM

And now I am waiting for the paint to dry. I painted the reflector and shroud flat black. Will finish in the am.

Quick shot of another couple retrofits on my other cars from last winter while they where waiting for nice weather. Cobalt is stage 2 from ZZP. Supra has a 2j single on E85 making about 760 rwhp. I dont have any pics of my 94 unfortunately.

jdenotter · 11-22-2010, 10:14 PM

If im not mistaken there no such thing as a 5k hid bulbs

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turboguy327 · 11-22-2010, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdenotter

If im not mistaken there no such thing as a 5k hid bulbs

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Huh?? Thats what I have been using for years?? Unless you mean I forgot the 0s?? They are 5000k bulbs

jdenotter · 11-23-2010, 06:49 AM

No. I spoken with reps at kelvin and they claim there isn't a 5k bulb but there is 4300 and 6k.

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SomeGeoffGuy · 11-23-2010, 08:22 AM

Any pics of the completed lamp? That thing must stick out the back pretty far compared to what was in there. How did you seal the back side?

-Geoff

turboguy327 · 11-23-2010, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdenotter

No. I spoken with reps at kelvin and they claim there isn't a 5k bulb but there is 4300 and 6k.

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I have no idea what ur talking about man. Reps from kelvin?? They are 5k bulbs.

11-22-2010, 08:44 PM	#1
turboguy327 Banned Drives: 2011 Chevy Camaro Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: USA Posts: 704	Non RS HID Retrofit.. Affordable solution to HID I have started my hid retrofit that some of you have been waiting for. I am using Moritomo D2S projectors Apollo shrouds and 5K D2S Moritomo bulbs. Along with CCFL halo rings. This retrofit is a legal solution to putting HID into your car. Installing a HID kit into your camaro is illegal and way to much money for a marginal improvement. Doing a retro is installing a projector from a OEM HID vehicle into a reflector or halogen equipt vehicle. It is legal and much more beneficial both to the driver of the car the retro is installed on and does not blind other drivers you are sharing the road with. This will allow use of high beams as well. And everything I am using is OEM quality. You can go to the local parts store IF you ever need a bulb or ballast. I have made a link to my photobucket account once all the pics are uploaded and any questions please ask away.

11-22-2010, 09:57 PM	#4
turboguy327 Banned Drives: 2011 Chevy Camaro Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: USA Posts: 704	Getting ready for bumper removal Highly recomended you do this To see these bolts and Get the 3 obvious bolts and unhook the plug on passenger side and you have this If you have clumsy fingers like me its much easier to take the horn out. Its 1 10mm bolt. Makes it easier to get the bottom inside bolt out and later back in. Take out the 4 bolts on each headlight and you have this Last edited by turboguy327; 11-25-2010 at 11:57 PM.

11-22-2010, 10:14 PM	#10
jdenotter Drives: 2010 2SS/RS,M6,Black w/CGM Stripes Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nashville, NC Posts: 1,778 View My Garage	If im not mistaken there no such thing as a 5k hid bulbs Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk __________________ 3" RDP Motorsports aggressive cat-back exhaust w/ x-pipe, Vararam CAI, Hurst's short throw shifter, Gary's Customs painted bowties, Ofer's HID DRL/Fog Light wiring harness, Kelvin 8K HID DRL bulbs, ZL1 grille. Johnson's window tint film, LSR lowering springs, Metra dash kit with Pioneer In-Dash DVD head unit.

11-23-2010, 06:49 AM	#12
jdenotter Drives: 2010 2SS/RS,M6,Black w/CGM Stripes Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nashville, NC Posts: 1,778 View My Garage	No. I spoken with reps at kelvin and they claim there isn't a 5k bulb but there is 4300 and 6k. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk __________________ 3" RDP Motorsports aggressive cat-back exhaust w/ x-pipe, Vararam CAI, Hurst's short throw shifter, Gary's Customs painted bowties, Ofer's HID DRL/Fog Light wiring harness, Kelvin 8K HID DRL bulbs, ZL1 grille. Johnson's window tint film, LSR lowering springs, Metra dash kit with Pioneer In-Dash DVD head unit.

11-23-2010, 08:22 AM	#13
SomeGeoffGuy Drives: 2023 2SS Convertible Join Date: May 2009 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 1,059	Any pics of the completed lamp? That thing must stick out the back pretty far compared to what was in there. How did you seal the back side? -Geoff __________________ '12 2SS RS Convertible - Traded in. '16 2SS Convertible - White on white, mag-ride, NPP, nav. Sold! '23 2SS Convertible -Same as above except orange.

11-22-2010, 09:16 PM	#2
SNV Drives: 2014 RRM 2ls Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 1,307 View My Garage	What no pics?

11-22-2010, 09:27 PM	#3
turboguy327 Banned Drives: 2011 Chevy Camaro Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: USA Posts: 704	I have over 40 pics uploading right now while the paint on the shrouds is drying.

11-22-2010, 09:59 PM	#5
turboguy327 Banned Drives: 2011 Chevy Camaro Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: USA Posts: 704	Headlight out and ready for retrofit Take this bracket off With these 3 bolts

11-22-2010, 10:06 PM	#6
turboguy327 Banned Drives: 2011 Chevy Camaro Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: USA Posts: 704	Take the bulbs out and wait til your wife/gf/parents leave for a couple hours and put in oven til golden brown at 235 degrees F. In about 15 minutes WITH GLOVES!! remove from oven. Expect about an hour and a half for each light if this is your first time doing this. Take a screwdriver and start prying the lens off. Pop the clips. I have found it easier to start on a corner and work out each way. Work about 5 minutes and it will cool down. Put back in the over for a few minutes and play some more. Keep at it and move slowly. It will come just takes time. Dont pry on the lens lip. Go to the bottom of the plastic groove and get to the backside of the lens. The black plastic will bend a ton. I had mine almost flat. MOVE SLOWLY!! Keep playing with it and you will get the lens off. Now take a flathead and pop the reflector off of these 3 pegs. Go through where the bulb was and push on the little black clips on the reflector

11-22-2010, 10:08 PM	#7
turboguy327 Banned Drives: 2011 Chevy Camaro Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: USA Posts: 704	Take the little screw out of the reflector with a T15. Now you can turn back til this next step. This step all depends on your projector choice. I used Moritomo Minis so I used a 1.5 inch hole saw to the back of the reflector at the bulb seat.

11-22-2010, 10:09 PM	#8
turboguy327 Banned Drives: 2011 Chevy Camaro Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: USA Posts: 704	Now the projector fits. Thats what it would look like with a bare projector in the light. With the Apollo shroud

11-22-2010, 10:10 PM	#9
turboguy327 Banned Drives: 2011 Chevy Camaro Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: USA Posts: 704	And now I am waiting for the paint to dry. I painted the reflector and shroud flat black. Will finish in the am. Quick shot of another couple retrofits on my other cars from last winter while they where waiting for nice weather. Cobalt is stage 2 from ZZP. Supra has a 2j single on E85 making about 760 rwhp. I dont have any pics of my 94 unfortunately.

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