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Old 09-06-2013, 06:05 AM   #1
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I still haven't received the clear headlights. Customs clearance seems to be an impediment and take longer than I thought it would.

A bit of progress. I've started on the shroud prototype for the projector. Took delivery of the AL 6061 T6 billet stocks at 19:00 and had to spin one of them on the lathe that same evening! The high pitch and regular techno beats those machines makes is excellent for relaxation

Here goes a few shots... classic entertainer









Here goes the shroud, unfinished. Still got to write a few gcode lines and off to the 4th axis!

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I still haven't received the clear headlights. Customs clearance seems to be an impediment and take longer than I thought it would.

A bit of progress. I've started on the shroud prototype for the projector. Took delivery of the AL 6061 T6 billet stocks at 19:00 and had to spin one of them on the lathe that same evening! The high pitch and regular techno beats those machines makes is excellent for relaxation

Here goes a few shots... classic entertainer



Here goes the shroud, unfinished. Still got to write a few gcode lines and off to the 4th axis!
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These look great!!!

Funny, when I first saw this post during a search I thought someone was recycling aluminum pistons into Headlight projectors ...LOL

Not a bad idea actually if you can get the right size pistons.

This Porsche mod obsession is crazy. Now that I have burned out a low beam bulb, I'm considering projectors
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Old 01-08-2014, 05:31 AM   #3
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These look great!!!

Funny, when I first saw this post during a search I thought someone was recycling aluminum pistons into Headlight projectors ...LOL

Not a bad idea actually if you can get the right size pistons.

This Porsche mod obsession is crazy. Now that I have burned out a low beam bulb, I'm considering projectors
LOL recycled piston. Great idea tho!

See, now that you have a burned bulb, you MUST upgrade for a set of those projectors. Halogen is dying, the price of bulbs will quadruple within months, soon you won't be able to find them anywhere anymore, you and your boxster will be both left alone in total darkness.

Long life to modern xenon lol

Joking aside, I'll be very happy to make a kit in the very best of my capacity for you. Give me a shout when you're ready to crack on
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Angel Eyes (in the making w/ specs and pictures)

Few of you guys requested some more info about the optional angel eyes kit RE how they sit the bezel, material used ect. Someone else reminded me about the theme of this thread, which is to document every steps taken in the making of those high performance projectors, w/ pictures of course! Fair enough I'll say


^ All starts with a completed bezel. In this case, the Great Gunmetal Gray style!



^ Once anodized and laser'ed with customer's custom script on the face, they are ready to be implanted an angel eye (lol)


^ Somebody is missing his early high school years obviously. However most material you see there have been fine selected and thoroughly tested.
- 2mm thickness acrylic color filters
- 0.1mm thickness photography LED light diffuser film (very expansive, $4 per sheet, doesn't change color due to heat or time, ultra thin and 100% opaque)
- A set of COB LED angel eyes in white color
- Top quality Thermally Conductive Epoxy Resin/filler (A+B) and application syringe. (I get this for free knowing someone close to me working in this industry haha)



^ In this case I'll be using a clear acrylic filter for white angel eyes. But I have them is pretty much all other colors! They all create a very soft but vivid light output.



^ I've tested many different types of angel eyes COB LED rings during the whole of December. Those are the best you will find in the world at the moment. The 90 LED are covered by a resin (no vibrations) and the circuit is built-in to the PCB.

One LED goes off and you still have 89 working! This + a 2mm thick filter and you are certain that the angel eyes' light output won't be broken or affected by a burnt led.

They are rated @ 20,000hrs and known as The Best in the industry.



^ They also come with the proper heat resistant wiring, both the angel eye and wiring passed tests @ ~300 ºF for 120min continuously (amazingly).
Decent connection are in already place however everything gets re-enforced later with thermally conductive resin.



^ This is the cavity that is machined inside the bezel to accommodate the angel eye, the filter & the diffuser.


^ Assembling in order: 1) clear acrylic first 2) opaque diffuser second 3) angel eye third 4) Thermal conductive epoxy resin


^ Final assembly covered with a few drops of the thermally conductive epoxy resin. The thermo epoxy resin is rated @ ~500 ºF

* ZERO light escape from behind there, no lens light pollution
* Vibrations proof, no movements, no condensations, no hot spots along with effective heat dissipation materials. MAX temp emitted from the angel eye is 90~96 ºF (or 36 ºC). Very low!
* Safe, stable and durable along with a stunning natural looking & diffused light output.

The most advanced and simplest angel eye design you'll ever see.

There you have it!
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Just an updated diagram of how thing hooks up to the existing Porsche 9X6 headlight wiring.

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Must be the Quebecois frenchglish I'm trying to use as many pictures as I can... helps to cover up spelling mistakes lol
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^ All starts with a completed bezel. In this case, the Great Gunmetal Gray style!
Amazing!

I must own these. I have no say in the matter. I must have them.

I have another set of amber headlights that I'm thinking of converting as the outer lenses are in much better shape than my current "clear" set...now you're giving me a reason

I may have to return some Christmas socks to scrape up the $
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When the running lights are on but not the headlight switch my headlights emit a dim light.

Is that from a small seperate bulb or do the hight or low beams get lit with reduced voltage through a resister?

I was wondering if this is an issue for the projectors or if that is not the same circuit that the projectors use?
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