HID with cutoff angle ???

[benny888]

http://www.parkyourpic.com/uploads/d438e8fa9c.jpg

is that cutoff angle ??? how can i make it ??? or do i need to change the projector ???

[Chuckie]

i thought you could manually adjust the projector.

nice choice of colour btw.

[FLIPDADY]

Come out to one of the meets and Xenon will adjust it for ya.:p

[majic]

Originally posted by FLIPSPEED


Come out to one of the meets and Xenon will adjust it for ya.:p

he\'s got school.. he\'s too busy for that :sarc

[FLIPDADY]

Which reminds me I have to re-adjust mine since I\'m at stock height again.

[mit-gee-mui]

Originally posted by majic



Originally posted by FLIPSPEED


Come out to one of the meets and Xenon will adjust it for ya.:p

he\'s got school.. he\'s too busy for that :sarc

Patience, grasshoppa..........;)

[benny888]

Originally posted by FLIPSPEED


Come out to one of the meets and Xenon will adjust it for ya.:p



oic... ^^ so gd , but my english is bad , i dunno can i talk to u guys when i go out meeting with u guys

[DeLaY_NoMoRe]

Originally posted by FLIPSPEED


Which reminds me I have to re-adjust mine since I\'m at stock height again.

Mannn......how can it be adjusted? I\'d never knew this b4......:sarc

[Chuckie]

Originally posted by benny888



Originally posted by FLIPSPEED


Come out to one of the meets and Xenon will adjust it for ya.:p



oic... ^^ so gd , but my english is bad , i dunno can i talk to u guys when i go out meeting with u guys

you never know until you try. what else do you speak? maybe we can converse in that, and translate.
that means....


start coming out to meets!

[benny888]

Originally posted by Chuckie



Originally posted by benny888



Originally posted by FLIPSPEED


Come out to one of the meets and Xenon will adjust it for ya.:p



oic... ^^ so gd , but my english is bad , i dunno can i talk to u guys when i go out meeting with u guys

you never know until you try. what else do you speak? maybe we can converse in that, and translate.
that means....


start coming out to meets!



hahaha i speak cantonese , i am from HK

[MazdaTree]

a few people on m3f changed their projectors, He may be one of them:)

[Chuckie]

Originally posted by benny888



Originally posted by Chuckie



Originally posted by benny888



Originally posted by FLIPSPEED


Come out to one of the meets and Xenon will adjust it for ya.:p



oic... ^^ so gd , but my english is bad , i dunno can i talk to u guys when i go out meeting with u guys

you never know until you try. what else do you speak? maybe we can converse in that, and translate.
that means....


start coming out to meets!



hahaha i speak cantonese , i am from HK

Thats fine.. there will probably be someone that can translate for you. come out to the next AA meet. =)

[benny888]

Originally posted by Chuckie



Originally posted by benny888



Originally posted by Chuckie



Originally posted by benny888



Originally posted by FLIPSPEED


Come out to one of the meets and Xenon will adjust it for ya.:p



oic... ^^ so gd , but my english is bad , i dunno can i talk to u guys when i go out meeting with u guys

you never know until you try. what else do you speak? maybe we can converse in that, and translate.
that means....


start coming out to meets!



hahaha i speak cantonese , i am from HK

Thats fine.. there will probably be someone that can translate for you. come out to the next AA meet. =)




oic.... ^^ that\'s gd , but where is the meeting usually , around hi-way 7 ???

[Chuckie]

it\'s at steeles and don mills. this coming thursday.

so let me give you proper directions. it\'s about 4 lights and a bit past metro heading west. :p

[benny888]

Originally posted by Chuckie


it\'s at steeles and don mills. this coming thursday.

so let me give you proper directions. it\'s about 4 lights and a bit past metro heading west. :p


close to me ^^ i live Finch & Vic park



o.... ya and can someone can post how to adjust that cutoff angle ??

[SABIO]

don\'t all you guys live finch and vic park...steeles and warden...:sarc

[MajesticBlueNTO]

Originally posted by benny888


http://www.parkyourpic.com/uploads/d438e8fa9c.jpg

is that cutoff angle ??? how can i make it ??? or do i need to change the projector ???

looks like sok07\'s car (http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=38597.0) and those are HID-specific projectors.

[benny888]

Originally posted by MajesticBlueN



Originally posted by benny888


http://www.parkyourpic.com/uploads/d438e8fa9c.jpg

is that cutoff angle ??? how can i make it ??? or do i need to change the projector ???

looks like sok07\'s car (http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=38597.0) and those are HID-specific projectors.


yes haha , but how did he do it ??

[MajesticBlueNTO]

Originally posted by benny888



Originally posted by MajesticBlueN



looks like sok07\'s car (http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=38597.0) and those are HID-specific projectors.


yes haha , but how did he do it ??

opened the headlight housing, swapped out the halogen projectors with HID projectors, sealed back the headlight housing. commonly referred to as HID retrofit and can be done with S2000 HID projectors, TSX HID projectors, OEM Mazda3 HID projectors, etc.

check HID Planet (http://www.hidplanet.com) and their forums (http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/) for more information on HID retrofits.

[benny888]

Originally posted by MajesticBlueN



Originally posted by benny888



Originally posted by MajesticBlueN



looks like sok07\'s car (http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=38597.0) and those are HID-specific projectors.


yes haha , but how did he do it ??

opened the headlight housing, swapped out the halogen projectors with HID projectors, sealed back the headlight housing. commonly referred to as HID retrofit and can be done with S2000 HID projectors, TSX HID projectors, OEM Mazda3 HID projectors, etc.

check HID Planet (http://www.hidplanet.com) and their forums (http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/) for more information on HID retrofits.


isn\'t they said i can adjust it ?? and dun need to buy anything ??

[MajesticBlueNTO]

Originally posted by benny888



isn\'t they said i can adjust it ?? and dun need to buy anything ??

i haven\'t seen an adjusted halogen projector with HIDs so I can\'t say.

In the pic posted, he has HID projectors, so you will not get that exact look if you don\'t use HID projectors.

[benny888]

Originally posted by MajesticBlueN



Originally posted by benny888



isn\'t they said i can adjust it ?? and dun need to buy anything ??

i haven\'t seen an adjusted halogen projector with HIDs so I can\'t say.

In the pic posted, he has HID projectors, so you will not get that exact look if you don\'t use HID projectors.

o.... but did u see the first few replys ?? they said can adjust it

so in the pic , he changed the projector ??

[KenYork]

yup adjustable.. there\'s a thread somewhere should date back about a month or two.

[benny888]

Originally posted by KenYork


yup adjustable.. there\'s a thread somewhere should date back about a month or two.


u mean i can adjust my stock projector or , i can adjust after i got a new HID-projector ?

[MazdaTree]

yes I believe the stock headlights have 2 dials, one makes the light shine up or down and one for left or right....

[DrunknFoo]

So early in the morning waiting to go for my root canal

Anyways, here\'s a link from the online mazda service manual

HeadLight Aiming (http://www.icestormdesign.com/mwcc/mazda/manual/esicont/en/srvc/html/B3E091851030W01.html)

Now that I think about it, I remember trying to adjust my cutoff angle as well, it was during the winter after I lowered the car, I gave up cause it was so damn cold outside and a little plastic cap that I had to remove was getting on my nerves, I think I\'ll reattempt to adjust the height a little.

Thanks for reminding me =D

[Xenon]

I\'ll see if I can make it out to the AA meeting this week... I\'ll definately be at La Paloma.

The headlight beam angle or height can be easily adusted. You just have to know how the projectors work so you adjust them properly. In addition to that, you can adjust them in different ways so that the beams can perform different things.

A while back when I adjusted all the headlights on the cars, it was to maximize light output on the road, and minimize glare to oncoming traffic.

My projectors are set so that oncoming traffic sees more purple than usual (mostly because of my crappy 04 projectors) and optimize the cut off. But I sacrifice some distance the light gets thrown.

[CoolColombian]

There is a pair of TSX projectors for sale here (http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=200943#200943) for US $175 shipped within the US.

[benny888]

Originally posted by Xenon


I\'ll see if I can make it out to the AA meeting this week... I\'ll definately be at La Paloma.

The headlight beam angle or height can be easily adusted. You just have to know how the projectors work so you adjust them properly. In addition to that, you can adjust them in different ways so that the beams can perform different things.

A while back when I adjusted all the headlights on the cars, it was to maximize light output on the road, and minimize glare to oncoming traffic.

My projectors are set so that oncoming traffic sees more purple than usual (mostly because of my crappy 04 projectors) and optimize the cut off. But I sacrifice some distance the light gets thrown.


is that mean if i aim it higher, then the cutoff line will hv more colour ??

[Xenon]

For the stock Mazda3 projectors, the higher you aim them above what they are supposed to be the crappier your cutoff gets, because the light doesn\'t go through the lens properly.

You will also lack the nice purplish colour once you are above the optimal lens refraction.