DIY JDM headlight conversion + demon eye on usdm headlights, LOTS of pics!!

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May 26, 2017, 07:23 PM

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seeing your DIY conversion made me jelly... this is perfect for RS owners too with non-HID heads. I am afraid to cut mine open though and screw them up. I owned real JDM heads on my last Evo and this is probably the most accurate to the JDM ones I have seen anyone do. Wish you were closer.. I would pay to have mine done too. Great work!

I was scared in the beginning as well, let me tell you its well worth it and not as bad as you think! I just recently did mine following the guide and even asking a few questions along the way.

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Jun 1, 2017, 06:23 PM

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4g63_Evo.. very clean and nicely done!

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Jun 1, 2017, 08:33 PM

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I was scared in the beginning as well, let me tell you its well worth it and not as bad as you think! I just recently did mine following the guide and even asking a few questions along the way.

I see you still put the amber corners in :-) and yeah turned out very good!

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Jun 2, 2017, 07:02 PM

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4g63_Evo.. very clean and nicely done!

Thank you!

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I see you still put the amber corners in :-) and yeah turned out very good!

Yes I did, a friend and I decided it would be tacky with all that black. Thanks again for all your help!

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Jun 2, 2017, 08:27 PM

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Thank you!

Yes I did, a friend and I decided it would be tacky with all that black. Thanks again for all your help!

no problem boss!

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Dec 21, 2017, 05:36 AM

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Psyched to find this. I was planning to do something similar with a thinner plastic material, but I totally forgot about Lexan. Great write-up, and I will be doing this with my headlights this week or next week!

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Dec 30, 2017, 01:27 PM

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Good luck! I'm working on trying to source some lexan with amber in it so I don't have to deal with the tinting process.

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Dec 31, 2017, 09:40 AM

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Good luck! I'm working on trying to source some lexan with amber in it so I don't have to deal with the tinting process.

That would be neat! I ended up scrapping the lexan idea for these headlights as I was really interested in trying them with the USDM amber marker for a bit. I do plan to change it over in the future, though. Keep us updated if you find any lexan with amber tint, this was a fun project!

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Jan 4, 2018, 11:11 PM

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great job man. i have issues with my headlights always yellowing, so im going to take this idea into consideration.

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Jan 23, 2018, 09:42 PM

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Great job man

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Jan 25, 2018, 10:54 PM

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Definitely will try this out! Thank you sir!

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Feb 4, 2018, 09:15 AM

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Great write up and nice pics!

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Mar 28, 2018, 10:57 PM

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I was scared in the beginning as well, let me tell you its well worth it and not as bad as you think! I just recently did mine following the guide and even asking a few questions along the way.

what did you use to make the fog light yellow ?

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Mar 29, 2018, 03:43 PM

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what did you use to make the fog light yellow ?

You probably mean the low beams, the foglights are the inside reflectors, low beams are the outside projectors. He used yellow paint and painted the cutoff yellow, in daylight when the sun hits the reflectors it lights up the lens and gives it that look.

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