Lights are almost finished. Last night I put them on the car without lenses to check all functions, and to align the beams. As much as I thought they were adjusted correctly using the horizontal line on the projector bowl as a guide, they were noticeably out of adjustment. After setting the adjustment and tightening the nuts, I locked them in place with some Goop, which is a flexible adhesive that dries harder than silicone.
The large plastic trim and metal reflectors were painted with VHT high temperature ceramic black pearl paint. Other than the switching relay I described in a previous post, no other changes were made.
I used an LED in place of the small parking light bulb. It compliments the 6000k xenon bulbs much better than the Edison bulb and would probably make a nice driving light because the white light floods the reflector bowl, although I doubt that I will make wiring changes for that to function.
I did think about using angel eyes mounted to the front of the reflector bowl, but I decided against it. That would be the perfect place for them, but they would be impossible to service once the lens is glued in place and I don't think that's the look I want to go along with this very conservative design. By the way, the car is Arctic Silver.
The only work left to do is to blow out any remaining dust, glue the lenses, and then give them a light polish. I bought them used and both have very light scratches. Then I'll wax them and apply Lamin-X film.
The beam is amazing on these projectors, with a well-defined cutoff that is much better than the lights on our A5 and new X3.
