Damn man that looks really good, what sand paper and paint did you use?

 

600 grit wet/dry paper and duplicolor primer, duplicolor low gloss engine enamel

 

Can anyone help me out? I paid 300 dollars to get these installed and aligned and this is how it looks...nothing like the cutoff of what others posted of their depos...

 

I think the other Depo cutoffs all look bad, because they're not meant to house a HID bulb. Which post were you talking about? This one?



While the cutoff line is straight, there is a crazy amount of bleeding glare above and below the output lines. The output is not only narrow, but also short. These really need to be retrofitted to get better than stock halogen output, especially the brights.

That said, you seem most disappointed with the cutoff. That's because your headlights need to be aimed, which you can do in your garage in a few minutes.

Here are the aiming mechanisms on the lights (from an earlier post):


I would take them back to the shop that installed them and explain they did not aim them at all. To me, they look too low, and the driver one is pointed way too far to the right. You can access these while the headlights are still installed, but the outside ones, you'll need some crafty usage of flashlights and socket/screwdriver extensions to make it happen.

This is only a 2 minute video, but it is the best short aiming guide I've ever seen. Since you don't have HID steps, use the brightest focal hot spots as your "steps".


Obviously in that video, he is adjusting on the front, Evos adjust on the back. The center of the projectors on an Evo are about 59" apart, so also much further apart than that Jeep. I set height cutoff at 3' from a 25' distance. That was just under the bottom of my father-in-law's Prius' side view mirrors, which sat lowest of any car that I had onhand that weekend (except mine, which isn't stock height, so doesn't count).

Once you get them aimed, it will be a little better, but if you want to do it right, rip out those Depo projectors and put Hella EvoX-R projectors in there! You've already spent the bulk of the money, you might as well make them awesome, and have HID brights too.

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/com...l#.UzCPDEko5R0

You're dang close, and these rock. You might want to switch to better HID kit while you're at it. Lots of us already have. I have an unopened DDM Tuning 4500k kit I need to sell myself (to someone who doesn't want to retrofit).

Good luck, let me know if I didn't answer your questions.

 

PS: Once you pull the headlights apart (totally simple), those projectors fit EXACTLY where the nasty Depo projectors were. Easy as can be installation!

 

Thanks noize for now I just want these aligned and done right so I can drive at night, I just bought my hid and was told they are good I think I paid about 100$ for the kit, however the left one is flickering so I need the shop that promised me they are good hid that won't flicker to fix it too.

Overall this has been a total nightmare for me.

 

noize would you happen to know exactly how to explain and what to tell to the shop about what they need to do to fix my alignment issue and the flicker issue? They are convinced it's just a bad ballast or hid bulb

 

Head out to your car with a stubby Phillips screwdriver.

This pic will be helpful.


This is your passenger side light.

Those three red arrows are your adjustment points. Get an iphone LED or a flashlight, and shine down on those headlights.

That big fat black harness plug is super obvious, and there are adjustment screws above and below it on each side.

Now **WARNING** to you. That small top one (above the black plug and harness) is reverse threaded. So if you start turning the top one, you are going to LOOSEN it to raise the light beam. Do it with the lights on, you can watch it happen in real time. The other two screws with the red arrows are not reverse threaded. Make sure they don't strip them, they are super easy to strip out. In most cases, I'd assume that is what would happen.

Just adjust with the three screws with the red arrows, remember the small top one (8mm) is reverse threaded, and take your time!

The flickering is either a bad ballast or a bad connection from installation.

What HID kit do you have?

Good luck, buddy!

 

Hey Noize on the box it says extreme lighting accessories so I guess that is the type it is. I bought it from a local performance shop in the area who said it is a good kit.

Also, sorry for all the questions but yeah I understand there will be like that light bleeding above the cutoff but this isn't normal right? It is what freaked me out the most:

 

I will definitely order those projectors , but just need some working headlights as of right now haha thanks

 

That bleeding is definitely the Depo projector in combination with aiming. The Depo projectors are notched on the ends, so I suspect the crazy aiming is a result of that. If you retrofit those yourself, it will blow your mind how much you'll learn about how these suckers work.

 

Will that be able to fix what's circled in red though with proper alignment and aiming?

 

The notches Noize speaks of can be seen in the depo projector on the right. Notches in the ends of the cutoff plate