I meant to buy D2R for my sedan's headlights but bought the wrong one. they just came in the mail today and they are D2S.

I know D2S are for projectors but what will it look like if i just stick them in my D2S reflector cups anway ?

what would be the problem other than glares to incoming traffics?

will my own visibility be affected ? ie "not as bright"

thank you

 

Well, you're using a focused light source with a tight lighting angle in a reflective housing. You're going to get a LOT of glare, but you're not going to get much light out of them either.





However, you could take this opportunity to fit some nice projectors in your housing. We all know that a half decent projector headlamp rocks the crap out of any reflector based housing.

I've done a few retrofits and they are not too difficult to do as long as you have a good plan and take your time.

 

how do you "retrofit" projectors? is there a website that shows you step by step?

 

theres a whole bunch of diy's on doing retrofits

 

There's not really a step by step guide to installing them as there's hundreds of different types of projectors... all are a little different.

There's a few setups that were posted up with pics taken during the process. Not many of them are install guide quality, but some are better than others.

Check out hidplanet.com; their forum board is pretty informative.

Keep in mind that this is not a quick and easy procedure.