![]() ![]() In green are the areas that i contoured with a sharpie or you can mask off with Thank you for the amazing write up. In blue the high beam bowl lining up with the edge of the table In red I marked where you clamp the projector holder I was about 5 feet away from the garage door when I did this. Turn on your power supply light and mask off the wall. I did this so that every time I do a test I am aligned in the same spot. I then marked around the projector or you can mask off the projector with tape. I then aligned the high beam bowl to the edge of the table. I clamped the whole projector holder to the table. ![]() ![]() DIY PROJECTOR HOW TOI found these videos useful on how to find my reference point.Īt the edge of a table I laid down some painter’s tape. I placed a thermometer on the side of the box so I know that I can maintain tempĪfter taking headlights apart I did an initial test to see where the original projector beam sits so that at the very end of this project the d2s will be aimed approximately in the same spot. I baked each light at 200 degrees for approximately 12-16 minutes and it took a few trys before prying apart. You may choose other methods to open your headlights for example your kitchen oven or a heat gun. I also taped up the edges of the box using duct tape. I did this in a garage in cold weather and it took a lot longer. Here is a video on how to create a box for baking headlights. Remove 5 screws surrounding the headlights (I used a flat head to gently remove them out) Remove 2 plastic vent covers there’s one on each side and they have a little bit of foam on the inside. Remove all the bulbs low beam, high beam and turn signal. Remove the rubber seals both on high beam and low beam. DIY PROJECTOR ZIPBefore you take apart anything grab 2 zip locks one for the right and one for the left. It also resets a "fault" instantly which is much better than a computer power supply.īuild time is about an hour. Bonus: Build an adapter with alligator clips for other 12-volt testing.īest thing about this set up is that it’s enough power for any ballast (35 or 55 watt). DIY PROJECTOR INSTALLInstall a rocker switch** on the red and blue wire for instant on/off. Connect it straight to 9006 extension cord** plug for testing. The 4 Yellow wires are power and 4 Black wires are ground. Go to GameStop, buy an Xbox 360 power supply for $5.99 cut off the end. I found an easy solution to put together a bench test on Facebook Headlight Junkies that works by using an Xbox 360 power supply. Allen Hex Bolts Stainless Steel (Size 1 1/8) 8 Count D2S Bulbs: I bought a few different ones: Morimoto D2S 5.0 Projectors (3-inch lens) 2000:1 contrast ratio is far greater than any lcd panel that's available to us.-OEM (original equipment manufacture) Projector Headlights A replacement bulb is only 300$ which gives you 3000 hours of lamp life. Although if I were to enter the market today I would probably buy an x2. That being said I still had a lot of fun playing with diy lcd projectors and would still be using mine if I hadn't found the crt. Blacks look simply amazing and it really owns my old lcd projector. However the specs on it blow anything else out of the water my res max's out at 1600*1200 and an amazing contrast ratio of 20,000:1. This thing is massive at nearly 150lbs and requires quite a bit of work to get calibrated. I stumbled across a Sony CRT projector at a garage sale for 75$. Finally settling on a Viewsonic vg150 panel on top of an elmo OHP with a 575w MH lamp. This was way out of my price range so I went through several different lcd's and projectors. At the time I got into doing DIY projectors were still a good 1-2k for a decent one. ![]()
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